A criminal case has been opened against the son of the Azerbaijani Diaspora's son, Mutvali Shikhlinsky, in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

Axar.az informs that this was reported by Igor Putintsev, President of the Chamber of Lawyers of the Sverdlovsk region.

"The Chamber of Advocates confirms the information that the Mutvala was prosecuted against Shikhlinsky," the agency's interlocutor said.

Putintsev did not specify which item could be charged with Shikhlinsky.

Earlier, the chairman of the Azerbaijan-Ural Public National-Cultural Organization of the Azerbaijan-Ural, Sahin Shikhlinsky, was detained. He was later released.