Press Review for 11/22/12

Official newspapers continue to cover President Ilham Aliyev's visit to Singapore.

Azadlig writes about the start of a campaign of criticism against Kamaladdin Heydarov, head of the Emergency Situations Ministry and sees this as the 'beginning of his end'.

The opposition calls for the authorities to stop the campaign of harassment against intellectuals who criticize the government.

SOCAR has decided to sponsor the Dutch soccer team Vitess.

The ruling party has accused Richard Morningstar, the U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, of being disinterested in the problems of refugees, and of meeting with leaders of opposition parties.

Zerkalo 

Putin puts pressure on the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan. Moreover, he does this almost on the same scenario.

Political parties are ordered to report the contents of their pockets - new restrictions on free political activity.

Express

An inmate committed suicide in Gobustan prison. His relatives say that the reason for the suicide was his torture in prison.

Echo

According to preliminary data, biometric passports in Azerbaijan will be available next year, but it is unclear what will happen with the existing ones, which remain valid.

Bizim Yol suggests that closed meeting between the U.S. Ambassador and opposition leaders discussed Russia's pressure on Azerbaijan.

Yeni Musavat also focuses on the meeting of U.S. Ambassador Richard Morningstar with opposition leaders, calling it "bizarre." 

The opposition did not report anything about the meeting.

A member of the "Union of billionaires", Soyun Sadigov, sent a letter to the Patriarch of All Russia Kirill, requesting that he facilitate the release of human rights activist Hilal Mammadov.

Baki Khabar warns of possible increase in the value of the euro and USD, recalling the IMF recommendations for the Central Bank of Azerbaijan to move to an operational exchange rate policy.