President Ilham Aliyev: Education in Russian language - conscious policy

“As for education in the Russian language, yes, this is a conscious policy, we are doing this, of course, first of all for ourselves, so that those who want to study in Russian - both Azerbaijanis and non-Azerbaijanis, would have such an opportunity," President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said on February 23 at a meeting with heads of leading Russian media outlets at the TASS news agency, Report informs.

"The demand for the Russian sector, as we call it, is big in schools, and, as I said, both Azerbaijanis and non-Azerbaijanis study - more than 140,000 children and more than 15,000 Azerbaijani citizens study at universities in the Russian department,” the head of state said.