Former head of Shamkir sentenced to 11.5 years of imprisonment
Former head of Shamkir region executive power Alimpasha Mammadov was sentenced to 11.5 years of imprisonment. Such verdict was passed by Ganja Court of Grave Crimes on 24 June.
The state prosecutor asked the court to sentence him to 13 years.
Recall that Mammadov was detained last April by officers of the State Security Service. He was charged under Articles 179.4 (large-scale embezzlement); 193-1.3.2 (legalization of money obtained by criminal means); 308.2 (abuse of official powers resulting in grave consequences); 311.3.2 and 311.3.3 (repeated large-scale bribery) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan.
Politics
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Fazil Gasimov, an economist who has been on a hunger strike for 107 days while in detention, is facing pressure to end his protest, Gasimov’s relatives said.
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A year after the organized departure of the entire Armenian population from Nagorno-Karabakh, only 2.6% of the former Armenian residents of the region have obtained Armenian citizenship. According to the Armenian Migration Service, out of approximately 120,000 displaced individuals, only 3,226 people have received Armenian passports.
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Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the governments of Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia regarding the mutual exemption from visa requirements for holders of diplomatic and service passports traveling for short-term visits. The document was signed by the foreign ministers of both countries, Jeyhun Bayramov and Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, on September 27 during a meeting at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly. According to the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, the meeting expressed satisfaction with the development of bilateral relations based on mutual respect for each other's legitimate interests.
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Azerbaijan and Indonesia have agreed on visa-free travel for holders of diplomatic passports. The relevant intergovernmental agreement was signed by the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Indonesia, Jeyhun Bayramov and Retno Marsudi, on September 27 during a meeting at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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