Ilham Aliyev is leaving for Kurdamir region

Border guards detained a man who tried to illegally enter Russia by hiding among the cargo in the car of a goods train travelling from Azerbaijan to Russia.

Due to heavy rainfall in Baku, a tunnel under the ‘Baghirov Bridge’ flooded, resulting in ‘traffic jams’ in the carriageway of Heydar Aliyev Avenue, motorists report.

Heavy downpour started in the capital at 11 pm and will last until the second half of the day, forecasters report.

Muslim Unity Movement (MU) activist Akhsan Nuruzade has been detained in Azerbaijan 20 days after being released from prison. Nuruzade was detained in the late afternoon of October 26 when he was meeting his daughter who was returning from classes at Khazar University in Baku, the MU reported.