Press Review 12/18/15

Official newspapers publish Ilham Aliyev's decree on the allocation of 9 million manats for construction of the service ASAN in Masalli.

Azadlig publishes the full text of the draft law "Act of democracy in Azerbaijan," providing for sanctions against the government of Azerbaijan. Political analysts say that this document is not directed against the Azerbaijani people, but against specific officials.

Experts evaluate adding a new article to the Code of Administrative Offences on fines from 1,000 to 10,000 manats for the illegal sponsorship of media as a result of struggle inside the government.

The European Court fined the official Baku at 135 thousand Euros on 14 complaints of fraud during the 2010 parliamentary elections.

The National Council of Azerbaijani opposition called the Kremlin's efforts to criminalize the denial of Armenian Genocide collapse of the pro-Russian policy of official Baku.

Express publishes a statement by the head of Azerbaijan Railways Javid Gurbanov that recovery of trams and suburban electric trains would require 550 million manats.

Echo cites the opinion of experts, who consider that the policy of fines for school absenteeism will fail.

Bizim Yol actively discusses the US sanctions against Azerbaijani officials and the appreciation of the US dollar. This will lead to a strong rise in prices in Azerbaijan, according to the newspaper.

Yeni Musavat: The paper calls the bill providing for sanctions against officials of Azerbaijan and the process of checking the implementation of decisions of the Council of Europe "double pressure on Baku."

The paper also relates to the growth of the US dollar and the tightening of penalties in the Code of Administrative Offences.

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