The presidents of Russia and Turkey agreed during a telephone conversation on a private meeting on Wednesday, said the Turkish leader's press service. Putin expressed condolences on the terrorist attack at the airport of Istanbul. They talked also about normalization of relations between the two countries, and stressed the importance of bilateral cooperation, the report said.
Earlier, NTV television, citing its own sources said that talks between the two presidents lasted for forty minutes, and were "productive and positive". Last time the two leaders spoke in November at the summit of "Big Twenty" in Antalya, Turkey. Just a few days after a Turkish fighter jet shot down over Syria Russia's Su-24 bomber. Erdogan stated that immediately after the incident he tried to call to Putin, but he did not answer. -02D-
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On the evening of February 5, it was reported that journalist Shahnaz Beylargizi had been arrested. She had been a presenter on the Toplum TV channel for several years. After a criminal case was initiated against the channel in March 2024 and nearly all of its staff were arrested, Beylargizi was questioned multiple times. According to relatives, the police conducted a search of her apartment.
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By a presidential decree dated February 5, Mukhtar Babaev has been appointed the presidential representative for climate issues.
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On February 5, President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine. According to the document, the Ministry of Energy has been allocated 1 million US dollars to purchase and send electrical equipment, manufactured in Azerbaijan, to Ukraine.
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The trial of Aziz Orudjev, the head of the online publication Kanal-13, continued on February 5 at the Sabail District Court.
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