Want to say - 2013
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In Azerbaijan, the fundamental freedoms of expression, assembly, and association have been under attack for years, as set out in a number of previous articles. But in the months leading up to the coun...
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What does it take for the child of a vicious dictator to be taken seriously in the West? The answer is often a lot less than one would think. Sprinkle a Chanel or Valentino suit, a nice place to live,...
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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, on Wednesday at the General Assembly of the UN, devoted a large part of his speech to his vision of Russia's role in the region and its impact on the former rep...
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Amid the coverage of civil-rights debates during this presidential election cycle in Azerbaijan, one key journalist’s voice is missing. Thirty-eight-year-old Elmar Huseynov, editor-in-chief of Monitor...
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Vilnius summit of the EU and six countries of the former Soviet Union will be held at end of November and is crucial in the fate of the "Eastern Partnership".The fate of future relations among the six...
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When Pravda.ru editor, Dmitry Sudakov, offered to publish my commentary, he referred to me as "an active anti-Russian politician for many years." I'm sure that isn't the first time Russians have heard...
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In Azerbaijan, opposition journalists have long been beaten, blackmailed and some even killed. But now, it appears a few are being bought. When it comes to media freedom, President Ilham Aliyev’s admi...
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THE Azerbaijani opposition’s inability to wrest power from the all-powerful regime of Ilham Aliev (pictured) seems to have driven it into drug dependency. In the year between May 2012 and May 2013, th...







