Russian MP silences Azerbaijani counterpart 

ArmInfo. Konstantin Zatulin, a member of the State Duma of Russia from the Sochi district, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian Integration and Public Relations, congratulated former Azerbaijani Ambassador Polad Bulbul- oglu on the start of his parliamentary activity and recalled the occupation of Artsakh by Azerbaijan. 

In his address, Zatulin drew attention to the fact that former  Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia, and now member of the Azerbaijani  parliament from Shusha and Nagorno-Karabakh Polad Bulbul-oglu began  his parliamentary activity by writing a complaint against him to the  Chairman of the State Duma of Russia.  "The reason: my sympathy for  the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, who all left their homes  and became refugees in 2023. This sympathy is called  "congratulations" and "provocation" by the Mejlis deputy and the  Azerbaijani media that echo him, although I have no one to  congratulate on such an ending to the modern Karabakh tragedy, not  only in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan," the Russian deputy noted.

At the same time, he noted that everyone chooses for themselves where  to start a new stage in their life. "It is not surprising to me that  Polad Bulbul-oglu, like a number of politicians, public figures and  journalists of Azerbaijan, continue to practice the genre of  denunciation, public or unadvertised, of the one whom they consider  their opponent in Russia. Over the years, I have become accustomed to  this. As well as to the fact that one cannot count on any objectivity  on their part. No sympathy is shown in Azerbaijan today not only to  the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh - their partners in long-term  negotiations, but also to the rest of the Armenian population of  Nagorno-Karabakh, called nothing less than "terrorists" and  "separatists". Well, that's a pity. By the way: personally, since my  election as a deputy of the First State Duma, I have repeatedly  spoken out in favor of a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict, and have always spoken out in favor of the return to  Azerbaijan of the areas along the perimeter of the NKR captured  during the military operations in the 90s, although "Not all of my  Armenian friends liked it," the Russian politician recalled.

At the same time, he drew attention to a curious fact. According to  Zatulin, "the gentlemen from Baku over the past few years have not  abandoned in their appeals to the Russian leadership touching  attempts to teach him what Russian interests and the policy of  "United Russia" should be in order to finally shut the mouth of the  State Duma deputy." "According to my observations, Heydar Aliyev did  not allow himself such stupidity," the politician summed up.