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Yekaterinburg court extends pre-trial detention of Azerbaijani diaspora leader’s son

Mutvali Shikhlinski, the son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora, Shahin Shikhlinski

09 September 2025 17:54 (UTC +04:00)

The Verkh-Isetsky District Court of Yekaterinburg has extended the term of pre-trial detention imposed on Mutvali Shikhlinski, the son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora, Shahin Shikhlinski, APA's Russian bureau reports, citing the press service of the Sverdlovsk Regional Court.

Note that on July 16, 2025, the Leninsky District Court of Yekaterinburg had initially ordered his pre-trial detention. The preliminary investigation authorities accuse M. Shikhlinski of committing a crime under Part 1 of Article 318 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violence against a government official).

Recall that M. Shikhlinski’s arrest was triggered by an incident near “Baku Plaza” on July 1. Operatives of the Federal Security Service (FSB), dressed in unmarked clothing and vehicles, confronted Shahin Shikhlinski, head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, while he was in a car driven by his son. During the incident, Mutvali Shikhlinski lost control and struck an FSB officer with the vehicle he was driving. In court, he expressed regret over what happened and stated that the incident was not intentional.