<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-b-material__header" style="margin:0px 0px 25px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:16px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial"><h1 class="gmail-b-material__title" style="margin:0px 45px 15px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:30px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;overflow:visible;line-height:1.2;color:rgb(26,26,27)">Azerbaijan’s president lauds ‘absolutely right' policy of supporting Russian language</h1><div class="gmail-b-material__info" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(169,169,169)"><div class="gmail-b-material__category" style="margin:0px 15px 7px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;display:inline-block"><a href="http://tass.com/society" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:inherit;text-decoration-line:none">Society & Culture</a></div><span class="gmail-b-material__date" style="margin:0px 9px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;display:inline-block">December 25, 2018, 1:01</span><span class="gmail-b-material__time" style="margin:0px 9px 0px 0px;padding:0px 5px 0px 16px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:url("/i/b-time.png") 0px 0px no-repeat transparent;display:inline-block">UTC+3</span><br><h2 class="gmail-b-material__preview" style="margin:0px;padding:15px 0px 0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:13px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:20px">Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said the Russian language is in high demand in the country</h2><div class="gmail-b-social-buttons" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;clear:both;zoom:1"><div class="gmail-sharewrapper" style="margin:30px 0px 0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div class="gmail-sharewrapper__title gmail-ng-scope" style="margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:7px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Share</div><div class="gmail-share gmail-ng-scope" style="padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div class="gmail-sharebutton gmail-sharebutton_fb gmail-ng-scope" type="fb" style="margin:0px 0px 10px 10px;padding:0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:url("/images/socials/fb.svg") 50% 50%/6px 13px no-repeat rgb(58,85,159);display:inline-block;height:30px;line-height:30px;width:30px;color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:2px;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:right"><span class="gmail-sharebutton__count gmail-ng-binding" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 28px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:30px">0</span></div><div class="gmail-sharebutton gmail-sharebutton_vk gmail-ng-scope" type="vk" style="margin:0px 0px 10px 10px;padding:0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:url("/images/socials/vk.svg") 50% 50%/13px 8px no-repeat rgb(68,103,141);display:inline-block;height:30px;line-height:30px;width:30px;color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:2px;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:right"><span class="gmail-sharebutton__count gmail-ng-binding" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 28px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:30px"></span></div><div class="gmail-sharebutton gmail-sharebutton_tw gmail-ng-scope" type="tw" style="margin:0px 0px 10px 10px;padding:0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:url("/images/socials/tw.svg") 10px 50%/12px 10px no-repeat rgb(80,171,241);display:inline-block;height:30px;line-height:30px;width:30px;color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:2px;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:right"><span class="gmail-sharebutton__count gmail-ng-binding" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 28px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-size:12px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;line-height:30px"></span></div><div class="gmail-sharewrapper-ext" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:transparent;display:inline-block"><div class="gmail-sharewrapper-ext__inner" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent"><div class="gmail-sharebutton gmail-sharebutton_ok gmail-ng-scope" type="ok" style="margin:0px 0px 10px 10px;padding:0px 10px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:top;background:url("/images/socials/ok.svg") 10px 50%/10px 16px no-repeat rgb(242,114,12);display:inline-block;height:30px;line-height:30px;width:30px;color:rgb(255,255,255);border-radius:2px;box-sizing:border-box;tex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