Press Review 04/25/2017

The state concern with entrepreneurs, the sharp increase in fines, the future of AZN, and the problems with gas supply in Azerbaijan are the leading topics of today's press.

Azerbaijan writes that the biggest patron of entrepreneurs is the President of Azerbaijan. To restore a market economy, it is necessary to form a class of entrepreneurs, so a number of laws were adopted, the author notes.

 This was necessary, since it was impossible to manage the old party methods. However, bureaucratic interference in the work of entrepreneurs forced the head of state to express his attitude. In addition, in 2016, April 25 was announced in the country as a day of entrepreneurs.

Echo has published an article about a sharp increase in fines.

The reason for this is that officials are looking for new sources of replenishment of the state budget, and secondly, there is a desire to strengthen sanctions for certain types of violations.

Yeni Musavat discusses the probability of a sharp devaluation of AZN in 2017. Experts do not know how long the "stability" of AZN will last. There is an assumption that the dollar will jump to 2 AZN after the Islamic Games and Formula-1. At the same time, experts believe that AZN should fall in price for the development of a real economy.

Novoye Vremya writes about the problems of energy security inside the country - that is, providing gas to the population.