BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 18. Alexey Chadayev,
an adviser to Russia’s Minister of Transport who had previously
made statements of an anti-Azerbaijani nature, has resigned from
his position.
He announced this on his Telegram channel.
“I have decided to resign as an adviser to Russia’s Minister of
Transport,” he wrote.
It should be recalled that on August 17, Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor
General’s Office placed three Russian citizens on an international
wanted list over calls for terrorism. They are Ivan Andreyevich
Knyazev, a journalist and host at the Moscow 24 television channel;
Semyon Sergeyevich Uralov, who presents himself in Russia as a
political consultant and media expert; and Alexey Alexandrovich
Chadayev, an adviser to Russia’s Minister of Transport who works as
a television journalist and correspondent.
According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, a preliminary
investigation is underway in a criminal case opened over public
calls for the forcible change of Azerbaijan’s constitutional order,
violation of its territorial integrity, incitement of national
hatred and hostility, as well as public calls for terrorism.
Earlier, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry summoned Russian
Ambassador Mikhail Yevdokimov and conveyed a strong protest over
recent provocative statements targeting Azerbaijan and its
leadership in the Russian media.
