What's happening between #Russia and #Azerbaijan?

🇦🇿❌🇷🇺 Relations between Moscow and Baku have once again deteriorated this past week following the arrest of several Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg, two of whom were killed by Russian OMON (riot police) officers. Another eight Azerbaijani citizens sustained injuries of varying severity during the harsh detentions, with four in critical condition and hospitalized.

⚠️The deceased were involved in the restaurant business and held both Azerbaijani and Russian citizenship, suggesting that, given the involvement of the FSB, this may indicate a typical Russian power-related business redistribution

➡️ As a result, all concerts, festivals, performances, and exhibitions that Russian state institutions planned to hold in Azerbaijan have been canceled.
The temporary chargé d'affaires of Russia in Azerbaijan was summoned to the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where a strong protest was lodged regarding the raids in Yekaterinburg on apartments where people of Azerbaijani origin reside. Azerbaijan's Culture Ministry announced the cancellations, and Azerbaijan's parliament also withdrew from an upcoming bilateral meeting in Moscow. Baku canceled a visit by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk, stating that the Azerbaijani government didn't consider it appropriate for him or any other Russian official to visit the country under current circumstances

🔴 Adding fuel to the fire were statements by Russian propagandists who claimed: "Baku has always been a Russian city, just like Odesa"

⏺In response, Azerbaijani TV channels accused Russia of repression, chauvinism, and imperialism:

"The Russian people have always been considered a superior race, while Azerbaijanis, Uzbeks, Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, and Turkmen are second-class people... What happened, Putin? Are you so concerned that Azerbaijan has become a strong state for the first time in 200 years, reclaimed its lands, and restored its sovereignty?"

➡️ It's worth noting that relations between the two countries began to sour after a passenger plane belonging to the Azerbaijani airline AZAL was shot down in Russian airspace (over Grozny) last December. The plane crashed in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 people on board.
Baku categorically refused to “hush up” the tragedy with the downed plane, despite pressure from the Kremlin.

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🇦🇿❌🇷🇺 Обстановка в Баку: Вход в офис «Sputnik-Азербайджан» в Баку заблокирован, полиция оцепила территорию перед зданием. Агентство финансируется и управляется правительством Российской Федерации.

В офисе российского агентства проводятся следственные мероприятия.

⏺Захарова заявила, что "что российские дипломаты в Баку более двух часов не могут связаться с российскими журналистами" — ТАСС

UPD:
Задержаны два сотрудника ФСБ России, работавшие в «Спутник Азербайджан» под прикрытием журналистов — сообщил СК Азербайджана

#Россия #Азербайджан

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🇦🇿❌🇷🇺 Situation in Baku: The entrance to the Sputnik-Azerbaijan office in Baku is blocked, police have cordoned off the area in front of the building. The agency is financed and managed by the government of the Russian Federation.

Investigative measures are being carried out in the office of the Russian agency.

⏺ Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that "Russian diplomats in Baku have been unable to contact Russian journalists for more than two hours" — TASS

UPD:
Two Russian FSB officers working undercover at Sputnik Azerbaijan detained, Azerbaijan Investigative Committee reports

#Russia #Azerbaijan

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⚡️🇲🇭🇱🇾🇬🇷🇷🇺🇰🇿Bloomberg: A tanker, Vilamoura, hauling 1 million barrels of oil suffered an explosion near Libya and is being towed to Greece for damage assessment.

⏺The cause of the explosion is unclear, but the vessel had previously called at Russian ports, including Ust-Luga and Novorossiysk, to load Kazakh oil.

➡️ Reuters reports that the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Vilamoura had left Libya's Zuetina port and was en route to Gibraltar when there was an explosion in the engine room.

🔴 This is the fifth tanker of the Russian "shadow fleet" to be damaged after visiting Russian ports since the beginning of the year:

🇲🇹 Seajewel (flag of Malta).
At the time of the explosion, it was anchored off the port of Savona in northern Italy. On February 14, the explosion caused a one-meter hole in the hull below the waterline. A second explosion occurred 20 minutes later. The Seajewel tanker is part of the Russian "shadow fleet".

🇲🇭 Seacharm (flag of the Marshall Islands).
It was damaged by an explosion at the end of January off the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Both tankers, Seajewel and Seacharm, are managed by the Athens-based company Thenamaris. Some of its other vessels were previously included in the US SDN sanctions list also due to their involvement in the "shadow fleet".

🇱🇷 Grace Ferrum (flag of Liberia).
Owned by the Liberian Grace Ferrum Shipping. It was damaged in the port of Tripoli (Libya) in February.

🇦🇬 Koala (Antigua and Barbuda flag).
On February 9, it was damaged in the port of Ust-Luga (Leningrad region), while standing at the pier. Greenpeace previously included the tanker in its list of "shadow fleet".

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⚡️🇦🇿🇷🇺The Azerbaijani Interior Ministry confirmed information about the detention of employees of the Russian agency "Sputnik-Azerbaijan" during an operation at the media structure's office in Baku.

⚡️🇦🇿🇷🇺 МВД Азербайджана подтвердило информацию о задержаниях сотрудников российского агентства "Sputnik-Азербайджан" в ходе операции в офисе медиаструктуры в Баку.

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⚡️🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 #Iran has begun rebuilding the Fordow facility.
⏺New Maxar satellite images from June 29 show heavy equipment at the nuclear complex: an excavator and crane working directly above the site of the US GBU-57 strike, a bulldozer and trucks are visible on the slope.
Additional equipment is at the eastern entrance and the building damaged by the Israeli raid.

⚡️🇮🇷 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 #Иран начал восстановление объекта в Фордо.
⏺Свежие спутниковые снимки Maxar от 29 июня фиксируют тяжёлую технику у ядерного комплекса: экскаватор и кран работают прямо над местом удара американских GBU-57, на склоне видны бульдозер и грузовики.
Дополнительная техника — у восточного въезда и здания, повреждённого израильским рейдом.

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Alligator Alcatraz: the one-stop shop to carry out Trump’s mass deportation agenda
🐍🇺🇸 Illegals to be Guarded by Alligators: Donald Trump is expected to be at the formal opening Tuesday of a controversial immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades that state leaders have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” — NBC News
⏺The new migrant detention center is surrounded on all sides by swamps that are home to thousands of alligators and pythons.
💰 The facility is estimated to cost $450 million annually.The camp is located on an old airfield, where temperatures reach +40°C. People will live in tents under the open sky while awaiting deportation.
#USA

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Аллигатор Алькатрас: универсальное решение для реализации плана Трампа по массовой депортации
🦖🇺🇸 Нелегалов будут охранять аллигаторы: Трамп завтра лично откроет центр содержания мигрантов, окружённый болотами, в которых водятся тысячи аллигаторов и питонов — NBC News
❗️Стоимость объекта — $450 млн в год. Лагерь размещен на старом аэродроме, температура там доходит до +40°C. Люди будут жить в палатках под открытым небом в ожидании депортации.
#США

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