Ministry of Finance has started a large-scale audit of the use of public funds in Salyan region. The audit has begun this week and will last 40 days, according to informed sources. Turan failed to get comments in the executive power of the region and the Finance Ministry.
In particular, the financial activities of the regional authorities and budget organizations over the past three years is to be checked, that is, the period of the leadership of the current head of Salyan region, Tahir Kerimov.
The head of local NGO "Promoting Democracy" Emil Mammadov wrote in his open letter to the President of state on corruption in the region, non transparent tenders, embezzlement of budget funds in the past year. After that, the regional authorities started to exert pressure on him, and in April he was arrested on concocted charges of extortion. The same regional officials about whom Mammadov wrote in his letter testified against him. Trial in the case of Mammadov will begin on July 31 in Lankaran Serious Crimes Court.
* The NGO "Promoting Democracy" works actively in the southern region. Its head Mammadov repeatedly reported about corruption in the region, and defended the rights of local residents.
This NGO was involved in several projects of the civilian control network in mining industry. All this caused severe irritation by the local authorities, who launched a campaign against Mammadov accusing him of anti-state activity.—06B—
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Namizad Safarov, a candidate for deputy in Azerbaijan’s Milli Majlis, has criticized the Central Election Commission (CEC) for its unpreparedness in holding democratic elections. Safarov, running from the First Nariman electoral district and serving as the self-nominated coordinator of the Committee against Repression and Torture, voiced his concerns to Turan after successfully collecting signatures from his supporters.
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The military prosecutor's office is investigating the suicide of Gahraman Arshadç a soldier of one of the military units stationed in the Kalbajar region. According to the prosecutor's office, criminologists examined the scene and the corpse, seized physical evidence and took statements. In fact, the military prosecutor's office opened a criminal case under the relevant Article of the Criminal Code, questioned witnesses, appointed examinations, the message says. The report does not say what kind of weapon the soldier shot himself with or when it happened.
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On 30 July no precipitation is expected in the capital. Wind is south-western. Air temperature during the day will be +28+32. Humidity during the day will be within 65-75 %.
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Employees of the 13th Police Department of Sabunchu district of Baku have detained a telephone fraudster, resident of the capital Sergey Karnaukhov, born in 1978.
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