The deaths of two Azeri brothers have escalted tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia. Russian citizens in the country are now being detained on charges of drug trafficking. Meanwhile, the country is seeking an apology from Moscow over the downing of civilian aircraft,

Post-mortems on two Azerbaijani brothers who died in Russian police custody have shown that they were beaten to death, authorities in the South Caucasus country said on Tuesday as tensions rose sharply between Moscow and Baku.

Azerbaijan has canceled all cultural events involving Russian institutions in protest over the deaths of two Azerbaijanis during police raids in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.