Press Review 08/26/14

Official newspapers write about Ilham Aliyev’s meeting with the Ambassador of Poland Michael Labendani to mark the completion of his diplomatic mission.

The Azerbaijan newspaper publishes another libel against Leyla and Arif Yunus, calling them "vile traitors."

Azadlig writes that the Turkish President Erdogan invited the President of Armenia to his inauguration. The newspaper also publishes the protests of members of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party in this regard.

During the search of the office of the prominent lawyer Intigam Aliyev, the police took no relevant documents.

The President of the French football club Lance is in talks with the Ministry of Youth and Sports to get 10 million euro unpaid by the Azerbaijani entrepreneur Hafiz Mammadov. Earlier Mammadov bought this football club.

Echo writes that mutton could rise in prices in Azerbaijan as the main exporter, Georgia, intends to enter the Russian market.

Bizim Yol, referring to the Russian experts, says that the Azerbaijani millionaire Telman Ismailov living in Russia may lose all of his property because of his criticism of President Putin.

Yeni Musavat

Opposition politicians believe that the recent repression in Baku is an integral part of the preparation for the parliamentary elections in 2015.

Experts believe that the inability of the Council of Europe to put pressure on official Baku in connection with the recent repression proves that this structure is a puppet.

The beating of the Nakhchivan human rights activist Ilgar Nasibov proves that undesirable people will be beaten in Azerbaijan.