 In October 2002, authorities returned 20,000 of the 35,000 books seized in 1996 from the Baku Society of Krishna Consciousness  "Azerbaijan Daily Digest" states that very few Azeri people have become Hare Krishna and they are mostly represented by members of ISKCON.ISKCON has only one community in Azerbaijan, which is in Baku.Religious books of Hare Krishna or of other faiths are 
frequently seized by the State Customs Committee from travellers entering Azerbaijan through 
land or sea borders.