Eight Russian nationals arrested in Azerbaijan 

ArmInfo.In Azerbaijan, 8 Russian citizens who were caught in the heat of the moment in the latest round of tensions between Moscow and Baku have been  demonstratively arrested for 4 months. They are charged with "participation in drug trafficking from Iran and committing IT crimes." This was reported by APA.

At the same time, the photos and videos of the arrest that have been  distributed show that the Russian citizens were severely beaten and  treated humiliatingly. It is already known that among those detained  are 40-year-old businessman Anton Drachev, co-founder of the online  dry cleaner Airo and 30-year-old developer Dmitry Bezugly, who worked  at VK and Yandex, as well as a 35-year-old tourist from Yekaterinburg  who decided to spend his vacation in Baku.

Earlier, the Azerbaijani side detained Russian journalists Igor  Kartavykh and Yevgeny Belousov for two months. Russia handed the  Azerbaijani ambassador a verbal note demanding the immediate release  of Russian journalists detained in Baku.

It is noteworthy that this staged trial in the best Azerbaijani  traditions was initiated in Baku after members of an organized crime  group who killed their own compatriots on Russian territory between  2001 and 2011 were detained in Yekaterinburg.