Press Review 01.21.2017

The anniversary of the January tragedy, the cause of the prosperity of the black currency market, inappropriate statements by officials  are  the leading topics of today's press.

Newspaper "Azerbaijan" writes about the commemoration of the victims of January 20 on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of the tragedy. The author tells about the events of that night of 19 to 20 January 1990. The article also refers to the constant care of the authorities in relation to the families of martyrs of January.

Website "Azadlıq.info" On the topic of the death of a soldier Tapdig Babashov in the army  his mother denies the possibility of  suicide, claiming that her son was strangled and then thrown out of the window. In connection with the fact three men  were arrested  and  sentenced to long  imprisonment.

However, the mother of a dead soldier believes that not all the perpetrators have been  punished. Tapdig Babashov , a graduate of the Faculty of History, BSU, graduated from high school with an honorary diploma, and  was drafted in April 2015; in May of the same year he died.

"Exo" published an article about a completely new form of "black market" currencies. On  January 12 this year, the Central Bank canceled the difference limit previously set at exchange rates in commercial banks from the official exchange rate (plus or minus 4%). This was supposed to put an end to the so-called "black market", but it  continues to thrive, however, now in a completely new format. Previously, the black market supplied the bankers themselves, because to sell dollars at 4% margin was unprofitable. Today, however, the new "black market" took the nature of retail, and it has involved only speculators, by the way, the purchase and sale is  more profitable than in the banks.

"New time" writes ironically about the mayor Hajibala Abutalibov’s statements  that instead of solving the problem of the city's infrastructure, called on journalists to take the picks and shovels to fight the aftermath of showers.