Russia's Ambassador to Azerbaijan Vasiliy Istratov was summoned to the Azeri Foreign Ministry, where Deputy FM Araz Azimov handed him a protest note. Azeri MFA Spokesman Khazar Ibrahim said the note refers to "distortion of historical facts in the Russian encyclopedic edition, specifically to presentation of Nagorno Karabakh as an independent formation." Azerbaijan urged Russia to apologize and withdraw the encyclopedia from circulation.

Press attaché of the Russian Embassy in Azerbaijan Stepan Rybalko said the note will be conveyed to the Russian MFA.

It's a second note handed to the Russian Ambassador during recent two weeks. Earlier Istratov was told about "inadmissibility of distorting the historical facts about belonging of the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic to Azerbaijan in Vesti Russian TV program."