Igor Kartavykh, editor-in-chief of “Sputnik Azerbaijan”, who was arrested in Baku, has been released.
Modern.az reports that this was announced by Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to Zakharova, Kartavykh was released a few days ago and has already been taken to Russia.
It should be recalled that Igor Kartavykh was detained in June of this year during an operation conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan at the Baku branch of the “Rossiya Segodnya” news agency (“Sputnik Azerbaijan”). At that time, investigations were being conducted regarding the activities of the editorial office.
