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Three individuals on international wanted list extradited to Azerbaijan

19 January 2026 18:50 (UTC +04:00)

Three more individuals who had been placed on an international wanted list have been extradited to Azerbaijan, APA reports, citing the Press Service of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

According to the statement, in accordance with the requirements of the Convention dated October 7, 2002, “On Legal Assistance and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters,” the motions submitted by the Prosecutor General’s Office regarding the extradition of citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ruad Yashar Mammadov, Khayal Rasim Asgarov, and Zaur Ayyub Ayyubov were granted by the Prosecutor General’s Offices of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan, respectively.

Thus, based on the establishment of well-grounded suspicions that Ruad Yashar Mammadov and Khayal Rasim Asgarov committed fraud causing large-scale financial damage, decisions were adopted to indict them as accused persons. As they had absconded from the preliminary investigation and gone into hiding, they were placed on an international wanted list. The said individuals were detained on the territory of the Russian Federation and, under the escort of a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, were transferred to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

At the same time, in connection with a criminal case under the proceedings of the Yasamal District Court, Zaur Ayyub Ayyubov, who had been charged as an accused person with theft causing significant financial damage, was placed on an international wanted list after absconding from the court. He was detained on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and, under the escort of a special convoy of the Penitentiary Service of the Ministry of Justice, was transferred to the Republic of Azerbaijan.