Russian investigators charge six people with murder in case that sparked tension with Azerbaijan

Russian investigators charge six people with murder in case that sparked tension with Azerbaijan
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Russia's Investigative Committee said on Wednesday it had charged six people, all Russian citizens, with murder and other serious crimes in a case that has caused tensions to flare between Russia and Azerbaijan. The charges are part of a probe into members of an ethnic Azerbaijani community in the city of Yekaterinburg.

The six people are accused of killing multiple people in murder-for-hire schemes between 2001 and 2011.

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