In the publication of TASS, the city of Khankendi, where the monument was demolished, was called the Soviet name Stepanakert.
The Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry emphasized that the renaming of Hangkendi in Stepanakert in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region on the historical lands of Azerbaijan was a manifestation of disrespect for the country in 1923, since the city was named “in honor of the Bolshevik Stepan Shaumyan, who, together with the Dashnak Armenians, carried out the massacres of Azerbaijani people “.
It is also noted in the statement of the department that the bust of the Armenian artist Ivan Aivazovsky (Ovanes Aivazyan) was illegally established by Russian peacekeepers without the permission of the Azerbaijani side. This has become a clear manifestation of Russia's disrespect for the sovereignty of the Republic of Azerbaijan, emphasized the Foreign Ministry.
The department said that they expect aparts and appropriate amendments from TASS, otherwise measures will be taken in accordance with the law.
After criticism, TASS adjusted the article, replacing the name Stepanakert in Karabakh in the title, the city was named Hankendi in the text, but Stepanakert is also mentioned.
Azerbaijan State Agency said that Azerbaijan may begin to use the historical or Turkic names of Russian toponyms, such as Koenigsberg instead of Kaliningrad, Orynbor instead of Orenburg, Sarys instead of Volgograd, Itil instead of the Volga River and a number of other names.
Minval has already posted a publication in which Kaliningrad Kennigsberg called. It refers to the placement in the city of the S-400 and shock systems.
