Azerbaijan's National Broadcasting Council said it would ban Russian state-run Channel One and Rossiya (RTR) networks, and some Turkish channels, because neither country transmits Azerbaijani TV programs.
"Unless a broadcasting agreement for Azerbaijan's state-run channel AzTV in Russia is reached, Rossiya (RTR) channel will also be cut off," Nushirevan Mageramli said.
However the Council said the decision could be reversed if Russia allowed Azerbaijan's AzTV to be broadcast in areas with large Azeri communities.
And the council decided to announce a tender for the frequency currently used by the Turkish STV channel to create a new national broadcast channel.
The announcement came shortly after Baku said it would stop importing natural gas from Russia, following Russian state gas monopoly Gazprom's increased its gas prices by more than double to the post-Soviet neighbor.
