I was lucky that in 1993 my parents moved to Ukraine, not Russia.

Those were hard times, everyone was looking for opportunities to find work and feed their families. Some of my relatives went to Moscow. All of them eventually returned .

Every single one of them spoke about the terrible treatment of Azerbaijanis and citizens of other countries in general in Russia. This includes beatings, arrogant treatment as second-class citizens, humiliation.

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