Preparatory hearing in the case of the former manager of Presidential Office, Akif Muradverdiyev, will be held in Khazar District Court on November 15 under the chairmanship of Tarlan Akperova, Turan was told by Muradverdiyev’s lawyer, Rashad Mirmehdizade.
Muradverdiyev was arrested on June 20 this year at the Baku airport while leaving for Moscow. According to investigators, he allegedly tried to take with him golden coins from the time of tsarist Russia, and was arrested on suspicion of smuggling.
Muradverdiyev denied the accusation , saying that the coins were planted.
Muradverdiyev previously had been subjected to criminal prosecution. In October 2005 he was arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the government. Later, he was sentenced to six years in prison for economic crimes. In January 2008 he was released on parole. --03B06--
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On 15 November, a group of activists held a protest at the COP29 climate conference against the environmental pollution in Africa and the destruction of the continent's ecology by large companies. The activists also expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that a part of the revenues from mining is not channelled into the restoration of nature's damage.
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An action against environmental pollution took place at the COP29 climate conference venue.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory message to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on the occasion of the ‘National Holiday of the State of Palestine’.
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The global climate policy process is no longer fit for purpose and requires comprehensive overhaul to ensure planetary stability and a liveable future for humanity. This is the urgent message of an open letter to the Member States of the UN and Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC Secretariat Simon Stiell signed by a group of prominent scientists, advocates and policy leaders as world leaders gather in Baku for COP29.
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