Ria.ru website logo. Archive photoBAKU, June 3The website of the Russian news agency RIA Novosti has become unavailable in Azerbaijan, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. members of the international media group «Russia Today». In response to a request from the agency, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated that Rossiya Segodnya is allegedly replicating the statements of Nagorno-Karabakh due to the release of news from a conversation between a RIA Novosti correspondent and the NKR state minister. against the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and promoting separatist tendencies. All this does not correspond to the spirit of friendly relations between Azerbaijan and Russia and, therefore, causes serious regret, Leyla Abdullayeva, head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, said. In her opinion, this allegedly contradicts the provisions of the Agreement on Friendship, Security and Strategic Partnership between Azerbaijan and Russia of 1997 and the Declaration on Allied Interaction of 2022. At the same time, the representative of the ministry did not provide any evidence of provocativeness or propaganda of separatism by RIA Novosti. />RIA Novosti columnists included in the EU sanctions listThe publications with the statements of the representative of Nagorno-Karabakh in the materials of RIA Novosti were accompanied by a detailed statement of the position of Azerbaijan. Official Baku not only does not recognize the NKR, but at the highest level has repeatedly stated that «the status of Nagorno-Karabakh out of the question». Moreover, Azerbaijan claims that there is no such administrative unit as Nagorno-Karabakh and insists on naming this territory as the Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Russia also does not officially recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
RIA Novosti columnist commented on her inclusion in the sanctions list
