Azerbaijani Citizens Detained in Chechnya Have Returned Home
Three Azerbaijani citizens detained in Chechnya, who were intended to be sent to fight in Ukraine, have returned to Azerbaijan. According to a statement from Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry representative Ayhan Hajiyev, after learning of the detention of Elhan Akber oglu Shirinov (born 1975), Vugar Nazim oglu Magerramov (born 1982), and Nihad Tapdyg oglu Rzaev (born 2004), a note was sent to the Russian Foreign Ministry to facilitate their return. Negotiations were also held with the Russian Foreign Ministry and other responsible authorities. As a result, their return was secured on September 21 via land through a border crossing point with Russia.
Politics
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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