Interfax - Russia & CIS General Newswire
June 9, 2017 Friday


Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry blacklists Limonov for visiting Karabakh

BAKU. June 9


The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has declared Russian writer and
politician Eduard Limonov persona non grata, ministry official Khikmet
Gadzhiyev told Interfax.

"The Limonov issue has been reviewed. His illegal visit to the
occupied territories of Azerbaijan was confirmed. His name was
included in the list of personae non grata in Azerbaijan. He can find
his name on the updated list," Gadzhiyev said.

According to the Azerbaijani authorities, Limonov illegally visited
the occupied Azerbaijani territories in early June 2017.

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