Press Review 13/06/15

Azadlig’s main article is about the Bundestag resolution on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan, calling it "a blow of the German Bundestag for the Aliyev regime."

The paper considers offensive the attacks of the authorities on the European politicians because of their criticizing the problem of political prisoners as "the transformation of the European Games into anti-European ones."

Azadlig also draws attention to the participation of the leaders of undemocratic states in the opening ceremony of the Games, calling it "European games with the dictator."

An activist of the civil society Khalisa Shahverdi left the club 125 as a protest against the fact that the founder of this body, leader of the party Umid (Hope) Igbal Aghazadeh called political prisoners "criminals".

In the first quarter of 2015 compared to the same period last year, the export of capital from the country increased by 2.5 times. The paper sees this as violation of economic stability and growth of risks.

Express enthusiastically commented the opening ceremony of the European Games, calling it "a majestic ceremony."

71 per cent of the deposits of the population are stored in foreign currency.

Bizim Yol writes about the rise in sales of shops and large estate, warning that it could be followed by a massive outflow of capital from the country.

Yeni Musavat calls the fact that the National Council has not called for a boycott of the European Games “a Kremlin project”. According to the logic of the newspaper, it shows the National Council’s links with Moscow.

The newspaper believes that the outflow of capital is caused by the detention of known businessmen and by undermining the entrepreneurs’ confidence in the government.   -0-