In a reciprocal move, the Russian side also freed an Azerbaijani citizen who had been detained on Russian territory, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said, AzVision.az reports, citing Kommersant.
According to reports, the negotiations were conducted primarily at the level of presidential aides. Ushakov worked directly with his Azerbaijani counterpart, Hikmet Hajiyev, and the decision to release Kartavykh was made on the eve of the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe.
Political analyst Andrei Kolesnikov noted that the aides had the ability to coordinate the process directly with both presidents, which Ushakov cited as the key factor that made Kartavykh’s release possible.
AzVision.az
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