Ilgar Safarov: Russian law enforcement agencies not yet expressed official position on Yekaterinburg events

If citizens of Azerbaijan were killed with particular cruelty and were subjected to violence, it is our duty as the Prosecutor General's Office to investigate these crimes, Senior Assistant to the Prosecutor General for Special Assignments Ilgar Safarov said at a press conference in the Prosecutor General's Office on the initiation of a criminal case in connection with the murder of Azerbaijanis in Russia, Report informs.

He said that the Azerbaijani side has not yet seen the official position of Russian law enforcement agencies: "On the contrary, in the Russian press, deaths are associated with illness. However, having conducted an examination of the bodies in Azerbaijan, we have established that their death cannot be considered natural. We assume that Russian law enforcement agencies will have a different opinion regarding this incident."

On the morning of June 27, the Russian FSB raided the houses of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg. During the raid, two people were killed and several others were injured. The killed Azerbaijanis are the brothers of the well-known journalist Seyfaddin Huseynli. They were buried on July 1 in Aghjabadi.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry issued a statement on June 28, demanding an investigation and prosecution of those responsible for this unacceptable act of violence. Later, the Russian chargé d'affaires was summoned to the Foreign Ministry, and a strong protest was expressed to him in connection with the incident.