Azerbaijani police raided the offices of Sputnik, Russia's state-funded news agency, arresting its editor and director. This follows the deaths of two ethnic Azerbaijanis during a Russian police raid in Yekaterinburg. Baku protested the deaths, citing extrajudicial killings, and canceled several events with Russia in response. Russia claims the Yekaterinburg raid was part of a murder investigation, and expressed regret over the canceled events, while maintaining that the actions were justified.

Prepared by Rachel Morgan and reviewed by editorial team.