Peskov announced the intention of the Russian Federation to protect the legitimate interests of citizens in Azerbaijan

On July 2, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reacted to the arrest in Baku of Russians accused of organizing drug trafficking from Iran and cyber fraud and said that Moscow was closely monitoring developments and intended to protect the legitimate interests of its citizens.

"Indeed, we have seen, we have carefully watched all the video footage. We paid attention to all the details. We will protect the legitimate interests of our citizens through diplomatic channels. And we will use all the means available to us for this," Peskov said during a briefing.

On the same day, the identities of the Russians arrested in Baku became known. The suspects are Valery Dulov, a former employee of Russian oil companies, Dmitry Bezugly, an ex—employee of large IT corporations, Sergey Sofronov, an IT specialist, Alexey Vasilchenko, a psychologist and traveler, Alexander Vaisero, a tourist, Dmitry Fedorov, a student, and Anton Drachev, an IT specialist.

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