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Head of Azerbaijani diaspora in Moscow Bakhtiyar Hasanov deported from Russia

Bakhtiyar Hasanov, head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Moscow

17 August 2026 12:36 (UTC +04:00)

Bakhtiyar Hasanov, head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Moscow, has been deported from Russia, APA's Russia bureau reports.

Bakhtiyar Hasanov was taken from the temporary detention center for migrants, where he had been held for some time, to the airport and deported from the Russian Federation.

It should be noted that the Russian citizenship of Bakhtiyar Hasanov, chairman of the Azerbaijani National Cultural Autonomy in Moscow, was revoked last year. In June of this year, he was detained by law enforcement authorities and placed in a temporary detention center for migrants.