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Published on July 28, 2009
POPULAR RUSSIAN SINGER ANNOUNCED PERSONA NON-GRATA IN AZERBAIJAN
- Popular Russian singer Nadezhda Babkina and Tea For Two group were announced persona non grata in Azerbaijan for participating in a concert dedicated to the anniversary of independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. People who visit Nagorno Karabakh and who have an NKR entry visa stamped in their passports are prohibited from arriving in Azerbaijan. The ban is applied to all – singers, sportsmen and entrepreneurs. Popular singers Katya Lel, Aziza and Soso Pavliashvili were included in Azerbaijan’s black list earlier
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