Asya Umarova studied at the Caucasus Institute in Yerevan one year. She is Muslim, but she has had no problems with religion here. Asya was a good student, sociable and friendly girl, " Alexander Iskandaryan, Director of Caucasus Institute told PanARMENIAN.net, commenting on the recent detention and arrest at the Azerbaijani border the Chechen journalist Asya Umarova.

According to the director, the accident in Baku was not against her personally, but revealed the hysteria and nearly paranoid attitude to Armenia existing in Azerbaijan. "This applies to absolutely everything, even if it's just a entry stamp to Armenia in the passport of a Russian citizen," Mr. Iskandaryan stressed.