President Ilham Aliyev received on Friday, the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, a controversial Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky. According to the site of the President Aliyev, the parties discussed issues of bilateral Azerbaijani-Russian relations, the involvement of parliamentarians of the two countries in strengthening them.
Zhirinovsky regularly and publicly made insulting statements against Azerbaijan and Azerbaijanis. Recently he said that there is not such a nation as Azeris, and therefore the Azeris living in Russia appealed against him. However, Zhirinovsky did not apologized.-02D-
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The United States said Monday it would be a dangerous development for North Korea to send troops to fight for Russia in Ukraine, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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The United States on Monday commended the Moldovan people for their participation in the October 20th election and referendum, urging for investigations into reported meddling, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.
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At an opposition rally in Freedom Square in Tbilisi yesterday, Azerbaijani activist Samira Bayramova urged ethnic Azerbaijanis in Georgia to vote for the opposition in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which advocates for Euro-integration. The majority of her speech was in Georgian, but she concluded in Azerbaijani, saying: "Dear Azerbaijanis! On October 26, let us all choose Europe for the future of our country, especially for its diversity and equality," she stated in Azerbaijani.
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Tehran Abdullayev, an activist from the Surakhani District branch of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PNFA), has been placed in a detention facility for administrative offenders, his lawyer, Nemat Kerimli, reported after meeting with him on October 21. According to the lawyer, Abdullayev stated that he was detained for his political activities.
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