Russian Authorities Release Azerbaijani Fitness Trainer Detained At Yerevan's Request

Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said on February 21 that Russian authorities released Azerbaijani fitness trainer Kamil Zeynalli, who was detained hours earlier at a Moscow airport at Armenia's request. Armenian Interior Ministry spokesman Narek Sarkisian told RFE/RL earlier that Zeynalli is wanted in Armenia on murder charges. RFE/RL's Armenian Service cited sources as saying Zeynalli is suspected of killing two people in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 during the war over the then-breakaway region. Azerbaijan recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, 30 years after the region was taken under ethnic-Armenian control. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, click here. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Armenian Service, click here.