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/* Organized crime and diaspora in Russia */
In July 2025 a large group of ethnic Azerbaijanis were detained in Yekaterinburg in the [[Russian Federation]] on suspicion of involvement in murders and attempted murders of past years (2001-2011). According to the [[Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation]] in the Sverdlovsk Region, several of them immediately confessed. At the same time, Azerbaijan began to voice complaints against Russia regarding human rights violations, which turned into hysteria and Russophobia.
[[Baku]] was so offended by [[Moscow]] that it began to dismantle Russian-Azerbaijani relations. It should be taken into account that Azerbaijan was recently considered one of the most [[pragmatic ]] partners of the Russian Federation in the [[post-Soviet]] space. It can be assumed that Baku had long been planning to quarrel with Moscow and break up, it was just waiting for some reason.
Azerbaijan refused to host Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk because of the raid on its diaspora in Yekaterinburg, which resulted in dozens of people being detained and two suspects being killed. The visit of the Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation to Moscow to participate in the 23rd session of the commission of the Milli Majlis of the [[Republic of Armenia]] and the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on interparliamentary cooperation was also cancelled. The Ministry of Culture of Azerbaijan informed that all [[cultural]] events planned for holding in the country with the participation of state and private organizations from the Russian Federation, including concerts, festivals, performances, exhibitions, are cancelled. The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry even burst into curses against the Russian Federation.
