Moscow: The Russian citizenship of Shirvan Karimov, head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia's Samara region, has been revoked, APA's Moscow bureau reports. Shirvan Karimov is currently in Azerbaijan, where he was informed about the revocation of his Russian citizenship.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, Karimov is the latest in a series of Azerbaijani diaspora leaders in Russia to face such actions. The Azerbaijani diaspora in Russia has experienced pressure for more than a year, with similar revocations occurring in various regions, including Moscow.

Last September, Bakhtiyar Hasanov, chairman of the Moscow Azerbaijani National Cultural Autonomy, also had his Russian citizenship revoked. Hasanov was subsequently placed in a temporary migrant detention center, pending his deportation from Russia.