ArmInfo.Russia demands the cessation of discrimination of Russian citizens arriving in Azerbaijan with Armenian surnames. "We have to state that Russian citizens arriving in Azerbaijan are indeed discriminated on the ethnic principle," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in connection with reports of a number of similar cases, TASS reports.
"We continue to demand the cessation of outrageous discriminatory practices incompatible with friendly relations between the two countries," the Russian diplomatic mission said. "Of course, we will draw conclusions from the current situation. "As noted in the Russian Foreign Ministry, since the beginning of this year, 25 Russian citizens have been denied entry to Azerbaijan, they were detained for several hours, in some cases without food, water and medical assistance, and then deported at their own expense. Their Armenian surnames, but there were also cases "when persons with Russian names, names and patronymics were interrogated for the purpose of revealing" Armenian ancestors ".
The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation indicated that several times, including in official notations, they demanded the termination of this practice, but they did not receive a coherent and satisfactory answer. "In the response note of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry it is said that" to prevent undesirable excesses, Azerbaijan is forced to apply appropriate regulations in relation to a number of persons, "the ministry informs.