Polad Bulbul oglu
79-year-old Polad Bulbul oglu stated that he had completed his career as the Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia.
It may be reminded that he has held this post since 2006. Before that, he was the Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan (1988-2006), and earlier the director of the Baku Philharmonic.
Polad Bulbul oglu was also known as a pop singer and it is not entirely clear how he became a diplomat.
He recently stated that he would like to become a member of the Parliament from the city of Shusha.
At present, he is registered as a candidate from the 124th Shusha-Agdam-Khojavend constituency in the Parliamentary elections on September 1.
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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