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The investigation in accordance with Azerbaijani law is continuing with respect to Alexander Lapshin, the Russian embassy in Azerbaijan informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Also, the embassy stated that a private attorney, who was hired by Lapshin’s family, is defending his rights.

“The embassy is in constant contact with this lawyer,” it added.

On February 9, the embassy representatives visited Alexander Lapshin at the investigative solitary confinement in the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku, and became convinced that his rights as a defendant are fully protected.

“During the talk, Alexander did not express dissatisfaction with the confinement conditions,” the embassy also noted. “The next visit is being prepared.”

In December 2016, Israeli Russian blogger Alexander Lapshin was detained in the Belarusian capital city of Minsk. The reason was his being on the international wanted persons’ list, due to a search which Azerbaijan had declared. Baku accuses him of visiting Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) without its consent.

And on February 7 of the current year, Belarus extradited the blogger to the Azerbaijani capital city of Baku, where he was taken into custody.

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