Police admitted to spying journalists, and lists of "agents of the West" appeared in social networks

Baku/27.11.23/Turan: The scandal around the "exposure of the American agent network" in Azerbaijan is ongoing and takes on an increasingly comical character.

Thus, pro-government media published video footage of surveillance of Ulvi Hasanli, director of online publication "Abzas Media".  The police, who are investigating the case, admit that they are conducting street surveillance of journalists.

As is well known, the "Abzas Media" investigation has declared all those trained in the US and the West as "spies" and "the West's agent network".

However, it turned out that a significant part of the ruling elite of Azerbaijan was educated, studied at a master's programme or took courses in the West and particularly in the United States:

1) Mikayil Jabbarov, Economy Minister -- a graduate of the American School of Law of the Pacific University (McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, USA.

2) Rashad Nabiyev, Minister of Digital Development and Transport-a graduate of the University of East Carolina, USA.

3) Inam Kerimov, Chairman of the Supreme Court - a graduate of the high school in Richmond (USA), higher education at the Sorbonne and the University of Strasbourg.

4) Fuad Nagiyev, head of the Tourism Agency - a graduate of the Human Rights Program of the Council of Europe of Birmingham University , UK.

5) Teymur Musayev, Minister of Health -- a graduate of the French Louis Pasteur University (France).

6) Emin Amrullayev,  Minister of Education --a graduate of the University of Central Europe and Columbia University.

7) Fuad Muradov, head of the Committee for Work with Diaspora - - Universities of Nice (France) and Genoa (Italy) under the Tempus Program of the European Union.

8) Rovshan Najaf, President of SOCAR State Oil Company – Columbia University, USA

9) Vusal Huseynov, head of the Migration Service – Harvard University.

Members of Parliament:

10) Kamal Jafarov – King's College in London

11) Vugar Bayramov – Washington University

12) Vahid Ahmedov - Bonn University, Germany

13) Nurlan Hasanov – Bremen University, Germany.

14) Malahat Ibrahimgyzy – Harvard University, USA

15) Tahir Mirkishili - Oxford University.

Presidential Administration:

16) Samir Nuriyev, head of Administration – Duke University, USA.

17) Vahid Hajiyev, Presidential Representative in the Jabrail-Zangilan-Gubadly region, - British Warwick, UK.

18) Emin Huseynov, Special Representative of the President in Karabakh – Harvard University

19) Elchin Amirbekov, Representative of the President for Special Assignments - Paris Institute for Public Administration

20) Gunduz Kerimov, head of the Department of Legal Policy of the Administration -  Indiana University.

21) Shakhmar Movsumov, Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs  -- Harvard University.

22) Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President for Foreign Policy -- NATO Defense College, George Marshall Center.

23) Khalid Akhadov, head of the socio-economic department of the Administration -  London School of Economics.

24) Taleh Kazymov, head of the Central Bank - a master's degree of the University of Georgia and the Harvard Business School as well as the London School of Economics.

25) Majnun Mammadov, Minister of Agriculture, the course of study in the American Agribusiness Program.

Added to this list can be dozens of mid-level government officials who studied in Western countries. -0-