Employees of Ekho Moskvy radio station are indignant at Baku’s decision to declare deputy chief editor Sergei Buntman persona non-grata in Azerbaijan.

On radio station’s website chief editor Alekxey Venediktov expressed protest against actions of Azerbaijani foreign office.

“Secondly, I intend to send a letter to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev with a request to reverse the decision. Thirdly, I want to inform our listeners henceforth employees of Ekho-Moskvy radio station will visit the places guided by decision of chief editor, not officers of foreign ministry,” he wrote.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has blacklisted Sergei Buntman after his visit to Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia was instructed “to protest” and convey the Azerbaijani leadership’s position to the leadership of the radio station.

During his visit, Buntman interviewed President of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Bako Sahakyan and Stepanakert Mayor Vazgen Mikaelyan.