Baku publishes list of 335 people declared non grata for unlawfully visiting territories occupied by Armenia
BAKU. Aug 2 (Interfax) - The Azeri Foreign Ministry has made public a list of foreign citizens who illegally visited Azeri territories occupied by Armenia at different times and have therefore been declared personae non gratae.
The list includes 335 people, the ministry said.
Among these people are parliamentarians from several countries, including Russia, Iran, Argentina and Uruguay.
In particular, the list includes State Duma deputies Konstantin Zatulin, Igor Chernyshenko, Maxim Mishchenko, Kirill Cherkasov, Tatyana Volozhinskaya, and Sergei Popov, who visited Nagorno-Karabakh in 2010, Alexei Mitrofanov, who traveled there in September 2011, Alexander Balberov and Ivan Sukharev (July 2012), and Oleg Pakholkov (July 2013). The list also contains former Russian Ambassador to Armenia Vladimir Stupishin.
Along with parliamentarians, there are other Russians on the list, particularly scientists and political analysts, such as Andrei Areshev and Sergei Markedonov. The list includes over 90 Russians, more than citizens of any other country.
The non grata list also includes Italian singer and actor Albano Carrisi, known also as Al Bano, Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caballe, other culture and art figures, journalists, students, and tourists from different countries.
