INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has actually disallowed an Azerbaijani legislator from going into the country amidst simmering diplomatic tensions, the state-run
TASS news company reported Monday, citing a confidential source familiar with the matter.Azerbaijans Foreign Ministry on Sunday opposed the
detention and deportation of parliamentary member Azer Badamov, who had actually traveled to Moscow to attend an occasion honoring late
Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev in southern Russias Astrakhan region.A Russian Foreign Ministry representative supposedly promised Baku
to examine the circumstances of Badamovs short detention, according to Azerbaijans Trend news agency.TASS quoted a source as saying that
Badamov had actually been stated persona non grata over his repetitive anti-Russian and Russophobic statements, though the move was not
planned to damage Russian-Azerbaijani relations.The source recommended the entry restriction was a reciprocal measure following Azerbaijans
choice in February to disallow Russian State Duma lawmaker and previous heavyweight boxing champion Nikolai Valuev
Valuev was supposedly the 3rd Russian lawmaker to be banned from getting in Azerbaijan.Russia is not a supporter of entry bans in relations
with friendly nations, the TASS source said
Moscow believes these concerns should be solved through diplomatic channels instead of airing complaints in the media.Tensions in between
Moscow and Baku have actually simmered given that the December crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines flight from Baku to the Chechen capital of
Grozny, which killed 38 of the 67 individuals on board.Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has actually declared that Russian air defense
systems mistakenly shot down the airplane
Russian President Vladimir Putin released an uncommon apology but did not accept obligation, stating air defenses were responding to a
Ukrainian drone attack on the day of the crash.
