Among them: the advisor to the head of the Russian Ministry of Transport and the so-called military blogger Aleksey Chadayev, the host of the TV channel “Moscow 24” Ivan Knyazev, and political scientist, media manager Semyon Uralov, writes the news portal “Minval”, citing the republic’s General Prosecutor’s Office.
According to the prosecutor’s office, all three propagandists are connected with public calls to engage in terrorism, “forcible change of Azerbaijan’s constitutional order,” violation of the country’s territorial integrity, and incitement of ethnic hatred.
It is noted that the reason for the justified suspicions was two programs published on the social network “YouTube” channel “Semen Uralov” on July 14 and August 13.
In the first, as prosecutors stated, the propagandists called for violent methods against Azerbaijan, overthrowing the legitimate government of the country and violating its territorial integrity, as well as inciting ethnic hatred.
“The Moscow Times” guessed that it was about a program titled “How many Aliyev agents are there in Russia?”, which is now no longer available.
In the other program, according to authorities, A. Chadayev, I. Knyazev, and S. Uralov called for terrorism, including the use of violence against the republic, the destruction of certain individuals, and their “targeted liquidation.”
The authors of the program themselves present its content as “political expertise.” All three were charged in absentia in Azerbaijan under several criminal articles. The suspects have been declared wanted, and the information has been passed on to Interpol.
The day before, it became known that the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Moscow, Bakhtiar Gasanov, was deported from Russia. As reported by the news agency APA, B. Gasanov’s citizenship was revoked back in 2025, and in June 2026 he was detained by law enforcement officers and sent to a temporary migrant detention center.
In July, the Azerbaijani authorities made several harsh statements regarding Moscow.
For example, at the beginning of the month, Baku protested to Russia over damage to the facilities of the Azerbaijani company “SOCAR” and embassy buildings caused by attacks by the Russian armed forces on Ukrainian cities, which, according to the republic’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, were “deliberate” in nature.
In mid-July, the country’s president Ilham Aliyev emphasized that the republic’s presence within the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union is viewed as a colonial period “without rights” and that during the Soviet era “billions of tons of oil” were taken out of Azerbaijan.
A few days later, I. Aliyev also spoke about Russia’s inability to reliably supply partners with oil and gas, whose production and supply were disrupted due to Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refining enterprises.
Azerbaijan emphasized that Baku is ready to replace Russia in the European energy market, significantly increasing supply under certain conditions.
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