Ekho Moskvy radio station editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov, outraged over announcing editor-in-chief of the radio station Sergey Buntman a persona non grata Azerbaijan, plans to appeal to President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, News.az reported

"A journalist has a right to gather information and the Ekho Moskvy radio station will further use this right regardless of Foreign Ministries’ instructions," he said.