On the night of November 15, the Investigative Committee (IC) of Russia announced the arrest of Alexei Ulyukayev on suspicion of corruption. The minister is suspected of receiving a bribe of two million dollars.
According to the IC, for the money Ulyukayev has issued a positive opinion, which allowed Rosneft to buy state-owned shares of Bashneft.
According to the official representative of the investigation, Ulyukayev "was caught red-handed while taking a bribe." The Interfax source said the bribe was passed to the minister under the control of the security forces.
A spokesman for the Russian President Peskov confirmed that Putin was informed about this operation. He also said Ulyukaev had been followed for more than a year and his talks and e-mail had been under the control of the Federal Security Service. -02D-
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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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