YEREVAN, AUGUST 27, ARMENPRESS. A group of Russian public figures and journalists, who paid a visit to Armenia on August 25-30, visited the Nagorno Karabakh Republic as well. On 26 August Artsakh Republic President Bako Sahakyan received a group of Russian public figures and journalists. A number of issues related to the Artsakh Republic's domestic and foreign policy, Russian-Karabakh relations were touched upon during the meeting. Ren TV's reporter Anna Chapman, member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Denis Dvornikov, lawyer Sergey Karnaukhov and Dairy News's journalist Alexander Rizhkov were included in the delegation of "Russian-Armenian Cooperation".

As reports "Armenpress" the Head of the Press Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Elman Abdullayev stated that if the fact of their visit to the Nagorno Karabakh Republic is confirmed, then the members of the Russian delegation will be included in the "persona non grata" list of Azerbaijan.

The aforesaid funny list of "persona non grata" contains 14 deputies of Russian Parliament, 5 reporters of German ZDF TV channel, president of Berlin academy, deputies of Iranian, Slovakian, Argentinean parliaments, famous Russian economist Victor Sheinis, Baroness Cox, President of military academy of Denmark, Russian political scientist Sergey Marcedonov, 14 deputies of French parliament, Italian singer Al Bano, 8 deputies of European Parliament, reporter of Washington Post in Moscow Will Englund, reporter of New York Times Anastasia Taylor Wint, Phillip Kirkorov's father – Bedros Kirkorov, famous opera singer Montserrat Caballe, a deputy of Canadian Parliament. 

The list also includes 6 American doctors, 7 British deputies, a Greek deputy, 3 deputies of Swiss Parliament, editor in chief of EU foreign policy magazine, former EU special representative in South Caucasus Peter Samnabi, 5 deputies of Uruguayan parliament, famous Swiss cosmonaut Claudi Nikolia, 6 Australian deputies,  a deputy of German Bundestag and other famous people.