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As per the court ruling in Yekaterinburg, Bakir Safarov, the sixth defendant in the case involving a group of Azerbaijanis, will also be kept in custody for an additional 72 hours, Azernews reports.

Local media sources indicate that the state prosecutor has chosen not to comment on the matter.

17:26 (GMT+4) The Leninsky District Court in Yekaterinburg, Russia, has detained Aklhiman Ganjiev for three days as a suspect.

Ganjiev's lawyer stated that his client is experiencing mobility issues. The defense team is now working to ensure justice.

16:09 (GMT+4) The Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg, Russia, has placed Shakhin Lalayev in custody for three days as a suspect.

At present, the court is evaluating whether to impose a preventive measure on Hajiyev Akhliman Sattar oglu.

Additionally, Bakir Safarov is scheduled to appear before the court.

15:04 (GMT+4) Ayaz Safarov has become the third individual to be placed in custody in connection with the events that occurred in Yekaterinburg, Russia, in the early 2000s,

Similar to the two other Azerbaijanis detained in this case—Mazahir and Akif Safarov—he has been remanded in custody for 22 days.

It was also reported that visible injuries can be seen on Ayaz Safarov’s face.

13:39 (GMT+4) Another Azerbaijani, Ayaz Safarov, who was taken into custody as a suspect in Yekaterinburg, appeared before the court.

13:30 (GMT+4) Acourt in Yekaterinburg, Russia, sentenced Akif Safarov to 22 days of pretrial detention. He is listed as a suspect.

12:51 (GMT+4) Another individual involved in the case, Akif Safarov, born in 1963, has been brought to the courtroom.

Like the other detainees, he is suspected of participating in events that occurred in Yekaterinburg during the early 2000s.

The investigators are requesting that he be held in pre-trial detention. The court session is being conducted in private.

Initial information suggests that Safarov is the manager of the "Caspian" café in Yekaterinburg. He is married and has grown-up children.

12:19 (GMT+4) Mazahir Safarov has been placed in custody for 22 days as part of the trial involving nine Azerbaijanis who were forcibly detained in Yekaterinburg.

He and several other Azerbaijanis are charged with contract killings. Some of them are scheduled to be sentenced today.

The acting Azerbaijani Consul General in Yekaterinburg, Shokhrat Mustafayev, along with Shahin Shikhlinsky, head of the public organization "Azerbaijan-Ural" and leader of the Azerbaijani community in Yekaterinburg, are also involved in the trial.

On the morning of June 27, Russian Federal Security Service officers raided the homes of Azerbaijanis in Yekaterinburg. During the operation, two Azerbaijanis—brothers of Seyfaddin Huseynli—were killed. Several others were detained.