The Chess Federation of Armenia has not filed an application to the International Chess Federation to participate in the Chess Olympiad to be held in Baku in September of this year. The deadline for submission ends on July 31, in which case the federation has to pay 100 euros for each participant.
However, as reported by the sports journalists of A1 +, referring to the Vice-chairman of the Armenian Chess Federation Smbat Lputyan, they did not apply and are not going to do that. Thus, the male and female teams of Armenia will miss the Chess Olympiad 2016, which will be held in Baku on September 1-14. -02D-
Politics
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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On 4 February, the Baku Court of Appeal released former Russian judge Yelena Khakhaleva, who was arrested in Azerbaijan at the request of the Russian Prosecutor's Office.
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Afgan Sadygov, the head of the Azerbaijani website Azel.TV, who has been on a dry hunger strike since February 2 in the Tbilisi detention center, lost consciousness on Tuesday evening, his wife Sevinc Sadygova told Turan.
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