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Zahiraddin Agarza oglu Ibrahimov
Social activist and blogger, founder of the Talysh Cultural Center in the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Federation, and head of the YouTube channel Sabarz Mard (Man with His Head Held High).
Articles 274 (High Treason), 281.3 (Public calls for the violent seizure of power, the violent retention of power, or the violent change of the constitutional order or the violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the dissemination of materials containing such content, committed at the direction of foreign organizations or their representatives), and 283.1 (Incitement to national, racial, social, or religious hatred and enmity) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On August 23, 2023, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan opened a criminal case against Z. Ibrahimov and placed him on the wanted list. On August 24, 2023, the Sabail District Court of Baku ordered his arrest for one month and 15 days. Based on this decision, on March 26, 2025, Z. Ibrahimov was arrested and remanded in custody pending investigation.
2025-03-26
Pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan
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Zakhiraddin Ibrahimov (born 1954), a native of the village of Shaglaser in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan and a historian by profession, moved to Russia in 1997 and lived in Yekaterinburg. In his spare time, Z. Ibrahimov wrote extensively about the history
and culture of the Talysh people and hosted programs in the Talysh language on YouTube. He was also one of the founders of several Talysh organizations in Russia.
In 2007, Z. Ibrahimov became a citizen of the Russian Federation and, in accordance with the law, even sent a letter to the relevant authorities in Azerbaijan renouncing his Azerbaijani citizenship. In 2014, he attempted to enter Azerbaijan with a Russian passport, but was denied entry.
On the morning of March 26, 2025, Z. Ibrahimov disappeared on his way to work. His relatives lost contact with him 15 minutes after he left his home in Yekaterinburg. It was later revealed that he had been literally kidnapped by Azerbaijani security services and brought to Azerbaijan. This was a deliberate operation, apparently with the assistance of Russian law enforcement agencies. Interestingly, on March 26, 2025, while Z. Ibrahimov was still in Russia, Fuad Almammadov, head of the Investigative Department of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, mailed a letter to Z. Ibrahimov's relatives in the village of Shaglaser informing them that Z. Ibrahimov had been detained on charges of treason and was being held in a pretrial detention facility run by the State Security Service. Family members, however, only received the letter on April 11, 2025.
Meanwhile, Sayyara Aliyeva, a hastily appointed state attorney by the authorities, instead of fulfilling her professional duties to defend her client, began giving numerous interviews to Azerbaijani and Russian media, claiming that her client had allegedly confessed to ties to Armenia and to having received several hundred dollars from representatives of that country. She added:
"I don't know if he was kidnapped anywhere. ... He spoke about the rights of the Talysh people, about Talysh organizations, and about violations of Talysh rights. He spoke about stupid, idiotic things."
Upon learning of all this, the relatives immediately terminated S. Aliyev's services and signed a contract with the renowned lawyer Javad Javadov. During the trial of Z. Ibrahimov, who was detained on May 3, 2025, lawyer Javad Javadov argued that Ibrahimov's detention was unlawful, as he had been a Russian citizen since 2007, and his rights are protected by the Russian Constitution. When he was brought from Russia to Azerbaijan with a Russian passport, border guards at the Lankaran airport stated that Ibrahimov was barred from entering Azerbaijan. The lawyer further pointed out that Ibrahimov had officially renounced his Azerbaijani citizenship and notified the relevant authorities of the Azerbaijan Republic, and Article 274 of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic can only be applied to a citizen of the Azerbaijan Republic, which Z. Ibrahimov is not.
However, the court, as usual, ignored these blatant violations of the law and ruled to grant the investigator's motion to extend his detention.
But the question of the citizenship of the arrested Z. Ibrahimov was highly pressing, and many Russian media outlets raised the question of why the authorities were failing to protect their citizen. The Russian authorities' response soon followed: on May 22, 2025, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a letter to Ibrahimov, who was being held in the pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, stating that he had been stripped of his Russian citizenship on May 12, 2025, and was once again considered an Azerbaijani citizen!
Zakhiraddin Ibrahimov (born 1954), a native of the village of Shaglaser in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan and a historian by profession, moved to Russia in 1997 and lived in Yekaterinburg. In his spare time, Z. Ibrahimov wrote extensively about the history
and culture of the Talysh people and hosted programs in the Talysh language on YouTube. He was also one of the founders of several Talysh organizations in Russia.
In 2007, Z. Ibrahimov became a citizen of the Russian Federation and, in accordance with the law, even sent a letter to the relevant authorities in Azerbaijan renouncing his Azerbaijani citizenship. In 2014, he attempted to enter Azerbaijan with a Russian passport, but was denied entry.
On the morning of March 26, 2025, Z. Ibrahimov disappeared on his way to work. His relatives lost contact with him 15 minutes after he left his home in Yekaterinburg. It was later revealed that he had been literally kidnapped by Azerbaijani security services and brought to Azerbaijan. This was a deliberate operation, apparently with the assistance of Russian law enforcement agencies. Interestingly, on March 26, 2025, while Z. Ibrahimov was still in Russia, Fuad Almammadov, head of the Investigative Department of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, mailed a letter to Z. Ibrahimov's relatives in the village of Shaglaser informing them that Z. Ibrahimov had been detained on charges of treason and was being held in a pretrial detention facility run by the State Security Service. Family members, however, only received the letter on April 11, 2025.
Meanwhile, Sayyara Aliyeva, a hastily appointed state attorney by the authorities, instead of fulfilling her professional duties to defend her client, began giving numerous interviews to Azerbaijani and Russian media, claiming that her client had allegedly confessed to ties to Armenia and to having received several hundred dollars from representatives of that country. She added:
"I don't know if he was kidnapped anywhere. ... He spoke about the rights of the Talysh people, about Talysh organizations, and about violations of Talysh rights. He spoke about stupid, idiotic things."
Upon learning of all this, the relatives immediately terminated S. Aliyev's services and signed a contract with the renowned lawyer Javad Javadov. During the trial of Z. Ibrahimov, who was detained on May 3, 2025, lawyer Javad Javadov argued that Ibrahimov's detention was unlawful, as he had been a Russian citizen since 2007, and his rights are protected by the Russian Constitution. When he was brought from Russia to Azerbaijan with a Russian passport, border guards at the Lankaran airport stated that Ibrahimov was barred from entering Azerbaijan. The lawyer further pointed out that Ibrahimov had officially renounced his Azerbaijani citizenship and notified the relevant authorities of the Azerbaijan Republic, and Article 274 of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic can only be applied to a citizen of the Azerbaijan Republic, which Z. Ibrahimov is not.
However, the court, as usual, ignored these blatant violations of the law and ruled to grant the investigator's motion to extend his detention.
But the question of the citizenship of the arrested Z. Ibrahimov was highly pressing, and many Russian media outlets raised the question of why the authorities were failing to protect their citizen. The Russian authorities' response soon followed: on May 22, 2025, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a letter to Ibrahimov, who was being held in the pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, stating that he had been stripped of his Russian citizenship on May 12, 2025, and was once again considered an Azerbaijani citizen!
Zahiraddin Agarza oglu Ibrahimov
Social activist and blogger, founder of the Talysh Cultural Center in the Sverdlovsk Region of the Russian Federation, and head of the YouTube channel Sabarz Mard (Man with His Head Held High).
Articles 274 (High Treason), 281.3 (Public calls for the violent seizure of power, the violent retention of power, or the violent change of the constitutional order or the violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as the dissemination of materials containing such content, committed at the direction of foreign organizations or their representatives), and 283.1 (Incitement to national, racial, social, or religious hatred and enmity) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
On August 23, 2023, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan opened a criminal case against Z. Ibrahimov and placed him on the wanted list. On August 24, 2023, the Sabail District Court of Baku ordered his arrest for one month and 15 days. Based on this decision, on March 26, 2025, Z. Ibrahimov was arrested and remanded in custody pending investigation.
2025-03-26
Pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan
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Zakhiraddin Ibrahimov (born 1954), a native of the village of Shaglaser in the Lankaran region of Azerbaijan and a historian by profession, moved to Russia in 1997 and lived in Yekaterinburg. In his spare time, Z. Ibrahimov wrote extensively about the history
and culture of the Talysh people and hosted programs in the Talysh language on YouTube. He was also one of the founders of several Talysh organizations in Russia.
In 2007, Z. Ibrahimov became a citizen of the Russian Federation and, in accordance with the law, even sent a letter to the relevant authorities in Azerbaijan renouncing his Azerbaijani citizenship. In 2014, he attempted to enter Azerbaijan with a Russian passport, but was denied entry.
On the morning of March 26, 2025, Z. Ibrahimov disappeared on his way to work. His relatives lost contact with him 15 minutes after he left his home in Yekaterinburg. It was later revealed that he had been literally kidnapped by Azerbaijani security services and brought to Azerbaijan. This was a deliberate operation, apparently with the assistance of Russian law enforcement agencies. Interestingly, on March 26, 2025, while Z. Ibrahimov was still in Russia, Fuad Almammadov, head of the Investigative Department of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, mailed a letter to Z. Ibrahimov's relatives in the village of Shaglaser informing them that Z. Ibrahimov had been detained on charges of treason and was being held in a pretrial detention facility run by the State Security Service. Family members, however, only received the letter on April 11, 2025.
Meanwhile, Sayyara Aliyeva, a hastily appointed state attorney by the authorities, instead of fulfilling her professional duties to defend her client, began giving numerous interviews to Azerbaijani and Russian media, claiming that her client had allegedly confessed to ties to Armenia and to having received several hundred dollars from representatives of that country. She added:
"I don't know if he was kidnapped anywhere. ... He spoke about the rights of the Talysh people, about Talysh organizations, and about violations of Talysh rights. He spoke about stupid, idiotic things."
Upon learning of all this, the relatives immediately terminated S. Aliyev's services and signed a contract with the renowned lawyer Javad Javadov. During the trial of Z. Ibrahimov, who was detained on May 3, 2025, lawyer Javad Javadov argued that Ibrahimov's detention was unlawful, as he had been a Russian citizen since 2007, and his rights are protected by the Russian Constitution. When he was brought from Russia to Azerbaijan with a Russian passport, border guards at the Lankaran airport stated that Ibrahimov was barred from entering Azerbaijan. The lawyer further pointed out that Ibrahimov had officially renounced his Azerbaijani citizenship and notified the relevant authorities of the Azerbaijan Republic, and Article 274 of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic can only be applied to a citizen of the Azerbaijan Republic, which Z. Ibrahimov is not.
However, the court, as usual, ignored these blatant violations of the law and ruled to grant the investigator's motion to extend his detention.
But the question of the citizenship of the arrested Z. Ibrahimov was highly pressing, and many Russian media outlets raised the question of why the authorities were failing to protect their citizen. The Russian authorities' response soon followed: on May 22, 2025, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a letter to Ibrahimov, who was being held in the pretrial detention center of the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, stating that he had been stripped of his Russian citizenship on May 12, 2025, and was once again considered an Azerbaijani citizen!