Another Azerbaijani, Ayaz Safarov, who was detained as a suspect in Yekaterinburg, was brought to the courtroom, Trend reports.
13:30 (GMT+4) A court in Russia's Yekaterinburg has sentenced Akif Safarov to 22 days of pretrial detention, Trend reports.
He is listed as a suspect.
12:51 (GMT+4) Another defendant in the case, Akif Safarov, born in 1963, has been brought to the courtroom, Trend reports.
Like the other detainees, he is suspected of involvement in events that took place in Yekaterinburg in the early 2000s.
The investigation is requesting that he be placed in pre-trial detention. The court hearing is being held behind closed doors.
Preliminary information indicates that Safarov is the director of the "Caspian" café in Yekaterinburg. He is married and has adult children.
12:19 (GMT+4) Mazahir Safarov has been remanded in custody for 22 days as part of the trial of nine Azerbaijanis who were forcibly detained in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, Trend reports.
He and several other Azerbaijanis are accused of contract killings. Some of them will be sentenced today.
The acting Consul General of Azerbaijan in Yekaterinburg, Shokhrat Mustafayev, and the chairman of the public organization "Azerbaijan-Ural", which heads the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, Shahin Shikhlinsky are also participating in the trial.
On the morning of June 27, officers of the Federal Security Service of Russia conducted a raid on the homes of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg. As a result of the operation, two Azerbaijanis - the brothers of Seyfaddin Huseynli were killed. Several more people were detained.
