Fuad Akhundov: Impossible not to be proud of Azerbaijan-Russia relations

It is impossible not to be proud of the bilateral relations between Russia and Azerbaijan today. All this is thanks to the merits of the national leader Heydar Aliyev, political scientist Fuad Akhundov said during the round table "Heydar Aliyev: his role in the development of the USSR and Russia" in Moscow, Report informs.

According to him, Gorbachev destroyed the USSR, including the economy and ideology. "But he failed to destroy our common information and cultural space," Fuad Akhundov said, adding that the number of schoolchildren studying in Russian is growing in Azerbaijan.

In turn, the rector of the Russian University of World Civilizations, Oleg Slobotchikov, noted that Heydar Aliyev was a real statesman.

"Azerbaijan has achieved good sustainable development thanks to the policy of Heydar Aliyev," he added.