Press Review 02/17/15

Official press wrote about Ilham Aliyev’s meetings with the Iranian Foreign Minister and OSCE Minsk Group.

The main theme of the rest of the newspapers was the weakening of the exchange rate of manat, but official newspapers wrote nothing about it.

Azadlig delivered a message on the front page of the weakening exchange rate of manat, calling it a harbinger of serious socio-economic problems for ordinary citizens.

The newspaper published material about the high cost of education in universities, which costs annually 1,500-4,500 manat, which portends student revolts.

Lawyer Aslan Ismayilov published a long article analyzing the situation around the case of Lamia Guliyeva.

Express also published commentary on the depreciation of the manat and the consequences of this step.

Echo made the first page message that each prisoner is every day spent 11.6 euros.

Bizim Yol said the weakening of the manat began the devaluation of the national currency.

Yeni Musavat wrote about the Tax Ministry instruction to collect taxes from all companies of the oligarchs.

The new charges against the arrested journalist Khadija Ismayilova are a manifestation of legal illiteracy, according to the newspaper.

A group of Nakhchivan police officers visited the neighboring region of Turkey, Igdir to catch a man named Genghis Talybov. He is charged that he distributed leaflets against the head of Nakhchivan Vasif Talibov.

Detaining the fugitive, Nakhchivan police tried forcibly to put him in a car and take him out, but it was noticed by local police. As a result, the Nakhchivan men were deported from Turkey. -0-