In 2011-2015 the volume of world arms trade grew by 14%. The main exporters were the United States (33%) and Russia (25%), the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported on worldwide arms exports.
Also in the top five exporters were China, France and Germany.
In 2011-2015, the Russian Federation exported weapons to 50 countries. The largest buyers of Russian weapons were India (39%), China and Vietnam (11% each), and Azerbaijan (4.9%).
According to official sources in Baku, the purchases of arms from Russia amounted to 3-4 billion USD in this period. -02D-
Politics
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The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OPHRD), a joint program of the World Organization against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), has called for the urgent release of activist Rufat Safarov from prison in Azerbaijan. It has launched a campaign in support of the Azerbaijani human rights defender. https://www.omct.org/en/resources/urgent-interventions/arbitrary-detention-and-judicial-harassment-against-rufat-safarov
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This year, the laureate of the annual Nargiz Prize, awarded for efforts in the fight for democracy, was Akif Gurbanov, chairman of the board of the Resplatforma (Platform of the III Republic) movement, who is under arrest.
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The U.S. will prohibit the issuing of visas for nearly a dozen more individuals responsible for undermining democracy in Georgia, bringing the total number to over 100, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has expressed condolences to the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, following the tragic incident in the city of Magdeburg. "We are deeply shocked by the news of the deaths and injuries resulting from the tragic incident that took place at the Christmas market in Magdeburg," the message reads.
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