Authorities block the work of a large group of independent NGOs

Mehman Aliyev, the director of Azerbaijan's Turan News Agency, has called the downing of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane over Grozny by a Russian missile an act of deliberate murder. His remarks were made during an interview on the "Modern Conversation" program hosted by Rasim Balaev.

State Department's Liam Wasley, Director of the Office of European Security and Political Affairs at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, speaks to TURAN's Washington correspondent Alex Raufoglu on NATO's comprehensive defense and deterrence plan for Ukraine, forthcoming announcements of a package of support, as well as the country's progress towards membership and other challenges.

Sadettin Tantan, one of Turkey's most experienced statesmen and politicians, answers the questions from the Turan News Agency.

Yılmaz Akıncı, an employee of the Türkiye office of the Al-Jazeera channel, answered the questions of Turan News Agency after the publication of his memoirs entitled "An Angel on My Tail"