BAKU (Reuters) -Authorities in Azerbaijan released a Russian journalist from prison to house arrest following a meeting between the leaders of Russia and Azerbaijan, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Friday, citing the Kremlin.

Igor Kartavykh, the executive director of Sputnik Azerbaijan, was arrested alongside several of his colleagues in June amid a diplomatic spat between Moscow and Baku.

Two sources in the Azerbaijani government confirmed Kartavykh’s release to Reuters. One source said it was not immediately clear if the media director would still face prosecution.

Baku has launched an investigation into Sputnik Azerbaijan after ordering the Russian state company that owns it, Rossiya Segodnya, to close its offices in the South Caucasus country.

Kommersant reported that an

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