Press Review 27/02/15

Official newspapers write about the ceremony of commemoration of the victims of the Khojaly tragedy, as well as publish the presidential order to allocate 2 million manat for the operation of Mingechevir Industrial Park.

Azadlig writes with reference to the British press that Azerbaijan will pay the costs of the teams arriving at the European Games in Baku, including the Armenian team.

The head of the Popular Front Party Ali Kerimli called this step of official Baku "irresponsible to the people."

The American press has criticized the Aliyev regime, calling Azerbaijan a little Russia and blaming Aliyev for imitation of Putin.

With regard to the human rights activist Taleh Khasmamedov accused of disorderly conduct, a preventive measure of arrest for three months was applied in Goychay.

With the devaluation of the manat confidence in local banks has greatly weakened and experts believe that the number of problem loans will increase.

Express writes that the Vice-speaker of the Azerbaijani Parliament Ziyafat Asgarov criticized Iran for its warm relations with Armenia.

Bizim Yol writes that the population urgently withdraws its funds from banks because the people fear their depreciation.

At the trial over the human rights activist Taleh Khasmamedov accused of hooliganism his brother cut his wrists.

Yeni Musavat describes a "detective" story about the existence of a "secret" correspondence between Leyla Yunus, Khadija Ismayilova and the head of IRFS Emin Huseynov.

The newspaper claims the failure of the plans of the West to take them out of the country.

However, in this "detective" the newspaper gives no explanation as to why e-mail correspondence should be considered confidential and on what such statements are based.

The report of Amnesty International sharply criticized Azerbaijan for political arrests, but the official Baku called it anti-Azerbaijani policy.

After the devaluation of the manat, pharmacies face a shortage of medicines.