Moscow: Russia has once again put Azerbaijani blogger Huseyn Hasanov on the wanted list, APA’s Moscow bureau reports. Information about Hasanov being wanted again has been added to the database of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. The blogger is accused of money laundering.

According to Azeri-Press News Agency, at the end of April this year, Moscow’s Chertanovsky Court decided to arrest Hasanov in absentia. He has been placed on an international wanted list on charges of laundering large amounts of money. The indictment alleges that between 2019 and 2021, Hasanov evaded more than 170 million rubles in taxes. To create the appearance of legitimate financial activity, he is said to have laundered more than 20 million rubles through various financial operations.

In June 2024, Russia’s Federal Tax Service filed a lawsuit against Hasanov for tax evasion and froze his bank accounts. In July, Yekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League, announced that the blogger had fled and that his companies were shut down due to debts owed to the state. In a claim submitted to the Moscow Arbitration Court, the Federal Tax Service requested the confiscation of Hasanov’s property valued at 112 million rubles. In September, however, the plaintiff withdrew the claim, and the court dismissed the case. No reasons were given for the withdrawal.