Russia grateful to Azerbaijani leadership, Putin says

"We are grateful to the leadership of Azerbaijan for supporting and promoting the Russian language and culture in the republic," Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Moscow on February 22.

He reminded that there are over 300 Russian-language schools in Azerbaijan and Russian-language faculties in most universities.

"During the talks, Mr.President said that there are not 300, but 340 schools - we are not fast enough to track it and count, so, we are grateful, and we attach great importance to this. I want to mention that over 11,000 Azerbaijani students currently receive education in Russia; of them, more than a thousand are funded from the federal budget," Putin said.