Moscow slams Baku's treatment of Russians with Armenian roots
January 11, 2019 - 16:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Azerbaijan's detention and expulsion of Russian citizens on a national basis is a gross violation of their rights, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a weekly briefing when asked about complaints on non-admission of people of Armenian nationality to Baku.
The border service of Azerbaijan has a record of denying entry to citizens of various countries due to their Armenian heritage.
"I have seen a large number of messages, including on social networks. Such incidents happened during the holidays, we have registered similar cases earlier too," Zakharova was quoted as saying by Sputnik Armenia.
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Aizerbaijan is a bit like Iran meaning a country with mostly Shia Muslims, 89%, a bit secular too. We will see if this develops into anything.
Wikipedia entry on the country of Aizerbaijan
