Azerbaijan Reacts to Moscow's Criticism of "Abolition of Russian Culture"
Baku has reacted sharply to the statements of the Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy, which followed the dismantling of the bust of Ivan Aivazovsky in Khankendi. The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade, called Shvydkoy's statements part of a "targeted anti-Azerbaijani campaign."