Press Review 21.11.13

The official press writes about Ilham Aliyev receiving the national chess team, on awarding the employees of the Ministry of Justice, and about the meeting with President Alexander Lukashenko.

Azadlig

The newspaper pays attention to the planned increase in petrol prices and the consequent general increase in prices in the country.

The newspaper also wrote about the upcoming persecution in the social welfare system regarding cases of corruption and misappropriation of pensions of citizens.

The metro management explained the reason for the ban on selling printed materials in the subway was a terrorist threat. This argument is the most absurd of all sounded so far.

In Azerbaijan, there were 5,000 convictions for cases involving drugs.

Congressman Dana Rohrabacher introduced a new resolution on the issue of South Azerbaijan to the U.S. Congress.

Zerkalo 

The columnist analyzes the situation in the region in relation to the statement of the Kremlin to create a joint air defense system with Armenia, and does not exclude that this zone will also include Nagorno-Karabakh.

Echo

500 million manat is annually needed for 5 years, for a complete cleaning of the salt marshes in the country.

Bizim Yol 

The State Oil Fund has 7 offices in offshore areas where untaxed funds flow. In Azerbaijan, the money of the State Oil Fund is accumulated at the local branch of the Russian bank VTB.

Yeni Musavat

Operating in Azerbaijan, the Turkish businessman Turkman Chayir accused the head of the State Committee on Property of an attempt to squeeze him out of the sphere of construction and tourism. If this happens, the Turkish businessman threatens to publicize the system of extortion at the State Committee on Property.

Starting next year, SOCAR will process its oil extracted in Azerbaijan for the needs of the state.