The Kremlin is closely monitoring the situation and hopes to secure the release of the detained reporters, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Moscow hopes to secure the release of Russian journalists detained in Azerbaijan as soon as possible, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. Three reporters were arrested in Baku during a police raid on the office of Sputnik Azerbaijan earlier this week. Authorities detained the head of Sputnik’s editorial office, Igor Kartavykh, editor-in-chief