Shvydkoy: 'Heydar Aliyev did a lot to promote Azerbaijani culture'

He proved that he was a world-class leader, Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of Russia for International Cultural Cooperation, told Report.

"The name of Heydar Aliyev for us is the name of one of the powerful and important leaders of the post-Soviet space and not only," he said.

"I must say that the attitude of Russians towards Heydar Aliyev is special. We all remember him as a man who headed the republic within the Soviet Union and then he did a lot to develop international relations within the USSR. He did a lot to promote the culture of Azerbaijan," he said.