Kremlin: Moscow to discuss issue of detained Sputnik Azerbaijan employees during direct contacts with Baku

Russia hopes to secure the release of detained Sputnik Azerbaijan employees through direct contacts with Baku, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, Report informs via Russian media.

"We expect that in the very near future, through direct contacts with the Azerbaijani side, we will be able to secure their release," he noted.

Yesterday the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan confirmed information about the detention of employees of the Russian agency Sputnik Azerbaijan during an operation at the media structure's office in Baku. Police officers conducted a special operation at the Sputnik Azerbaijan office based on operational information about illegal financing of the structure's activities. As a result of the Ministry of Internal Affairs operation, Sputnik Azerbaijan director Igor Kartavykh and editor-in-chief Evgeny Belousov were detained.