BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 17. The Azerbaijani
Prosecutor General's Office has announced a search within the
framework of the criminal case against three Russian citizens:
journalist Ivan Knyazev, political consultant and media expert
Semyon Uralov, and adviser to the Russian Minister of Transport
Aleksey Chadayev.


This was reported by the press service of the Prosecutor
General's Office.


According to the report, the Prosecutor General’s Office is
continuing the pre-trial investigation of the criminal case
initiated in connection with public calls for the forcible change
of the constitutional order in the Republic of Azerbaijan,
violation of its territorial integrity, incitement of national
hatred and enmity, as well as public calls to terrorism.


In the course of the investigation reasonable suspicion was
determined that citizens of Russia: a journalist and presenter of
the Moscow 24 television channel Ivan Knyazev; Semyon Uralov,
presenting himself as a political consultant and media expert; and
Aleksey Chadayev, who works as a TV journalist and correspondent
and serves as an adviser to the Minister of Transport of Russia
made calls, for the use of violent methods against Azerbaijan, the
forcible change of the country’s constitutional order and violation
of its territorial integrity, as well as for the incitement of
national hatred and enmity, while broadcasting “Clarity of
Understanding” program on the “Semyon Uralov” YouTube channel on
July 14, 2026.


The report noted that, in addition, the named individuals, while
expressing views on the use of violent methods against Azerbaijan,
including keeping certain individuals under the direct threat of
physical elimination and their targeted elimination, made public
calls for terrorism during broadcasting on the abovementioned
channel on August 13.







In connection with this fact, the Prosecutor General of
Azerbaijan initiated a criminal case under Articles 214-2 (public
calls for terrorism), 281.2 (public calls directed against the
State), and 283.2.1 (incitement of national hatred and enmity) of
the country's Criminal Code.


On the basis of the evidence collected, Uralov, Knyazev and
Chadayev were charged under those articles. As the said individuals
are outside the territory of Azerbaijan, a coercive measure of
arrest was ordered in absentia, and they have been included in the
wanted list.


At the same time, the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan
has requested international partners' assistance in surrendering
the suspects.


The Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan ensures that it
will take decisive legal measures concerning any unlawful acts
directed against the sovereignty, constitutional order and
territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, in accordance with the
requirements of national legislation and the international treaties
to which Azerbaijan is a party.