{
  "id": 1551694,
  "title": "Russia deports the head of Moscow’s Azerbaijani diaspora, and Baku issues arrest warrants for three Russians",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/russia-deports-the-head-of-moscows-azerbaijani-diaspora-and-baku",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T19:35:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/17/russia-deports-the-head-of-moscow-s-azerbaijani-diaspora-and-baku-issues-arrest-warrants-for-three-russians"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Bakhtiyar Hasanov, leader of Moscow’s Azerbaijani diaspora group, was removed from Russia, according to Azerbaijan’s APA news agency. The Russian government took away his Russian citizenship in 2025. In June 2026, they arrested him and placed him in a temporary detention facility for migrants. Azerbaijan subsequently issued arrest warrants for three Russians and added their names to a wanted list. The individuals targeted are Alexei Chadayev, who advised Russia’s transport minister; Ivan Knyazev, a host on Moscow 24 TV channel; and Semyon Uralov, a political consultant. They face charges of \"spreading hatred\" and \"public calls for terrorism\" due to comments made on a YouTube program. Tensions between the two nations escalated in the summer of 2025 when diaspora members of Azerbaijan and Russia were rounded up in large-scale arrests. Azerbaijan subsequently apprehended several employees of Russian propaganda outlets and detained 11 Russians, some at random — tourists and those who had moved to Azerbaijan. The media workers were released after several months, while the remaining individuals were sentenced to imprisonment. This report, written by one of Meduza’s human journalists and translated from Russian using an AI system adhering to strict journalistic guidelines, aims to provide an accurate account of events.",
  "summary": "Bakhtiyar Hasanov, head of Moscow’s Azerbaijani diaspora organization, was deported from Russia, Azerbaijan’s APA news agency reported.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}