Press Review - 27 April 2018

The Formula-1 race, a look at the Azerbaijani-Russian relations, the level of salaries, and the problem of overdue loans are the leading topics of today's press.

The newspaper Azerbaijan writes about the beginning of the competition Formula-1. This is the third race with the participation of the 20 strongest pilots. The article summarizes the schedule of competitions and trainings of the participants.

The website Azadliq.info discusses the issue of building authoritarianism in Azerbaijan. Neither Georgia nor Armenia complied with authoritarianism. Armenia, despite being an aggressor country, has increased its image in the world by its struggle against authoritarianism.

The democratization of Armenia will delay the already ineffective negotiations on Karabakh even more.

The Azerbaijani authorities remain an ally of Russia for anti-democracy in the Caucasus.

The newspaper Novoye Vremya writes about the level of inflation, which this year is artificially restrained by the authorities.

In December, inflation was 0.5%, and in January it was at zero. However, food prices in the first month of the year still increased by 0.5%, and for non-food products - by 0.2%. Tariffs for services to the population fell by 0.8%.

According to the State Statistics Committee, the average annual price growth in January 2018 slowed to 5.5%, while the average annual price growth in December 2017 was 12.9%.

The Yeni Musavat newspaper continues to write about problem loans, the volume of which in Azerbaijan is 1.7 billion manat. Their share in the total loan portfolio is almost 14%.