Russia also said that Armenia’s ‘frozen’ membership in the CSTO ‘does not contribute to strengthening Armenia’s security’.
Sahiba Gafarova received the state decoration for ‘her services in strengthening Russian–Azerbaijani relations’.
Azerbaijan has previously accused Russia of shooting down the flight by accident.
The list was compiled by the state-run National Research Institute for the Development of Communication and ranks all post-Soviet countries.
The deal had been initially signed by the respective heads of transportation departments from each country in December.
Nikolai Valuev was banned from entering Azerbaijan after making ‘offensive statements' about the country.
The Russian Foreign Ministry officially stated that they ‘invited’ the Azerbaijani ambassador to Russia, Rahman Mustafayev, to the ministry.
