Acting Charge d'Affaires of Russia in Azerbaijan Peter Burdykin said the statement by Russian State Duma Vice-speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky on the possibility of Nagorno Karabakh's independence "doesn't reflect the position of the RF leadership." Burdykin remarked that "a parliamentarian expressing his personal viewpoint does not express the position of the state."

He said the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement is a very subtle issue and even mature members of the Russian and U.S. foreign departments read their statement from paper, reported Day.az.

To remind, Russian State Duma Vice-speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky stated that unrecognized republics, which were formed in the territory of the former Soviet Union, will follow the path of Montenegro, Russian State Duma Vice-Speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky had stated. "Abkhazia, Transnistria and Karabakh will follow the path of Montenegro. Referendum on declaring independence in Montenegro is a precedent in the international law," he told journalists in Moscow before the third congress of the Union of Armenians of Russia. "Time will come and resolutions on referendums will be adopted in the South Caucasus, e.g. Karabakh will acquire independence," Zhirinovsky added. "Karabakh is fully entitled to become an independent state and for Baku not to feel hurt, it may not join Armenia, having allied relations with it," the Russian State Duma Vice-Speaker said.