St. Petersburg, June 5, AZERTAC "The relations between Russia and Azerbaijan are evolving successfully, reliably, and very pragmatically," said President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin while answering the question of Vugar Aliyev, Chairman of the Board of AZERTAC, at a meeting with the heads of international news agencies on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. "We feel that the leadership of Azerbaijan supports building relations between the two states based on mutual interest and, I would say, in a certain degree on mutual sympathy," Russian President Vladimir Putin added.