Today's leading issues of newspapers are the scandal surrounding MP Guler Ahmedova and failure in the electric power supply system of the country.
Official newspapers publish the presidential order to allocate AZN 2 million for the socio-economic development of Jalilabad.
Azadlig
MP Guler Ahmedova voluntarily gave up her parliamentary mandate in connection with the scandal around the extortion of money from the Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev.
Several members of the European Parliament sent a request to the leadership of the Azerbaijani Parliament in connection with the scandal around Guler Ahmedova.
The political analyst Zardusht Alizadeh, in turn, believes that the scandal was instigated in order to strike at the head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev.
Zerkalo
"What is the state of the power supply system, if one lightning strike left half of the country without electricity?" asks the newspaper.
The ruling party refused Guler Ahmedova. What other surprises are being prepared for the upcoming presidential race?
Kurdish and Armenian separatists decided to unite. Like a hundred years ago, they claim to the lands of Azerbaijan, writes the columnist, analyzing the cooperation of the Kurds and the Armenians.
Express also applies to the failure of the units of the Mingechevir Power Station, which left half the country without electricity.
Echo
The pace of housing construction decreased by 4 times since 2007. However, the construction of non-residential areas increased.
Bizim Yol writes that the information about Guler Ahmedova having a stroke is wrong.
The paper relates the Mingechevir power supply accident to the widespread corruption, which will lead the country to chaos.
Yeni Musavat writes that the former Rector of the International University Elshad Abdullayev is going to publish a new video exposing corruption.
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The Ministry of Digital Development and Transport of Azerbaijan has effectively acknowledged that President Ilham Aliyev’s official aircraft, “Baku-1,” encountered external technical interference while flying to St. Petersburg for the informal summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on December 25. The revelation comes amid growing scrutiny of the incident, including reports of a GPS signal loss over Russian airspace.
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In Yardimly region of Azerbaijan, 20 kg of drugs and psychotropic preparations were found and seized from drug couriers, the regional group of the Interior Ministry's press service reported.
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On 6 February, precipitation in the form of light rain is expected in Baku and Absheron in the first half of the day. Wind is north-west, gusty. At night + 3+5, +6+8 in the afternoon.
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Azerbaijan is set to experience a sharp drop in temperatures, with stormy and snowy conditions expected across the country in the coming days, the National Hydrometeorology Service said on Monday. The forecast warns of intense precipitation in some areas, snowfall in mountainous and foothill regions, icy roads, and strong winds.
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