Press Review for 3/2/13

Official newspapers write about the meetings of the President and the texts of his orders. Along with this, the newspapers publish critical articles about the parties Musavat and Popular Front, the Public Chamber and the Forum of Intellectuals.

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The father of the journalist Elmar Huseynov murdered 8 years ago, Sabir Huseynov, expressing no investigation of this crime, said: "They will not investigate it, because they (the authorities) would not arrest themselves."

The statement by the President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili about the Kremlin preparing a coup in Azerbaijan is commented as "an expression of the concerns of official Baku through Saakashvili."

Journalists called the refusal to distribute opposition newspapers on flights of the national airline AZAL an indicator of the authorities' freedom of speech.

Novoye Vremya, pointing to the absence of the authorities’ will to conduct fair elections, believes that "elections without choice will not save the power."

Echo, referring to the opinions of experts, says the population of Azerbaijan spends AZN 3 billion on Internet per year.

Bizim Yol reports that the President of Lukoil Vaghit Alekperov called slander Saakashvili’s statement that Russia is preparing a coup in Azerbaijan through him.

Yeni Musavat: The head of the Baku ambulance station Mursal Hamidov said that in January 2013 the number of calls increased to 2000-2400. Last time such a high level was recorded in 1990.   -0-