Press Review 26/12/2016

The generalship ability of President Ilham Aliyev, the security of the country, the Master Plan of Baku, and the reasons for distrust to banks in the country are the leading topics of today's press.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the military leadership abilities of Ilham Aliyev in the light of the April clashes in the Karabakh front. The author reminds us of the military operations that brought success to the Azerbaijani side. The article also refers to the military equipment of the army, its superiority against the Armenian Armed Forces. The author also tells about the head of state traveling to the front line.

The website Azadliq.info has published an article entitled What Security is Aliyev Proud of? The author criticizes the statement made by President Aliyev that Azerbaijan is known in the world as a country with guaranteed security.

What kind of security can you talk about if there is an average of 5-6 suicides in Azerbaijan daily, about 40 oilmen died in 2 months, 15 people died in a fire in a high-rise building on the territory of the Binagadi district of the capital, not to mention the numerous non-combat losses in the army?

We must not forget about the helplessness of the entrepreneurs before the MNS and the citizens before the police. There is no evidence of terrorism, but what happens to the citizens in the country is even worse than terrorist attacks, the author writes.

Novoye Vremya writes about the new General Plan of Baku, which has proved to be a fiction. In recent years, in Baku, in violation of town planning rules, mass construction was conducted against the General Plan.

The Director of Project Institute Ilgar Isbatov says a new general plan of Baku is prepared, but the Mayor's office says it is a lie.

Bizim Yol writes about the mistrust of citizens towards banks. Experts note that the devaluation of the manat is continuing and the situation with problem loans will become increasingly acute. As for household deposits, their volume has fallen sharply. If at the beginning of the year deposits accounted for 6 billion dollars, in November that sum was reduced to 4.5 billion manat.