Russia taking every measure to assist jailed citizen in AzerbaijanFebruary 15, 2017 - 13:49 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan is taking every possible step to assist Russian-Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Wednesday, February 15, TASS reports. Despite the fact that Moscow’s position on the inadmissibility of extradition of Russian citizens to third countries has been repeatedly stated to Minsk, Lapshin was extradited to Azerbaijan on February 7. Rrussian embassy representatives visited the blogger at the Baku detention facility, Zakharova said. No complaints about detention conditions have been reported, she added. According to her, the Russian side "is in constant contact with law enforcement agencies, Prosecutor General's Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, as well as the Embassy of Israel in the country. Lapshin, 40, divides his time between Israel and a few other places. He was arrested on December 15 in Minsk, the capital of Belarus, at the request of Azeri authorities who demanded his extradition. Lapshin was arrested following his visits to Karabakh as well as due to critical posts in his Russian-language blog against Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Once extradited to Azerbaijan, Lapshin was immediately taken into custody. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |