FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 26.07.2021 “… Spend billions on the others, but keep your people hungry, so as to make it possible to govern them…” The Azerbaijani FB community continues to simmer in a cocktail of ‘cognitive dissonance’, unable to trust the state administration or the motives of other associated regional players. At a season when there should be signs of jubilation, such as on the occasion of the Gurban meat distribution, citizens are still plagued by the insistent evidence of redirection of national funds.  Statistics collated underline continuing evidence of corruption,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 25.03.2021 “… They have enough stolen money for the benefits of all children in the world…”                                        The FB journalists, activists and bloggers are concerned with absence of access to Shusha for ordinary citizens and with the impact of Russian-Turkish relations on the Karabagh conflict; they appraise the strict policy of Joe Biden towards Putin and predict an end to autocratic regimes; support the messages of the US Embassy and the US president to Ilham Aliyev, and decry the conditions for the opposition political...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 01.02.2021 “…If this nation, among hundreds of hopeless politicians, managed to produce M.E. Rasulzade, we should believe in its future…” The FB community is still concerned with the situation in Upper Karabagh, discusses the economy, governance and corruption, the protests of families of war martyrs, reacts to the 100% inflation of water bills, discusses relations with Russia, rallies in support of Navalny and the influence of these events on Azerbaijan, and celebrates the birthday of the founder of Azerbaijan People’s Republic (1918-1920), M.E. Rasulzade. Situation...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 14.12.2020 “… Iran’s main concern is not history, but the cooperation of Azerbaijan with Turkey and Israel …” The FB community is seriously concerned and decries the provocation around Shusha of Armenian forces and the spread of the Russian map of Karabagh with its altered borders;  discusses the visit of the co-chairmen of the Minsk Group to Baku and the statement of president Aliyev that he did not invite them; commemorates and shares stories of the young people who died in the war; continues to discuss Turkish prime minister Erdogan’s speech at the parade...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 10.12.2020 The FB community circulates individual stories of soldiers who died in the military operations dedicated to the liberation of occupied lands, discuss the awards given to them by the president, and the social welfare and compensation provided to their families. They decry the videos with scenes of mistreatment of the POWs by military and demand the prosecutor’s office to investigate and try those responsible.  The FB community is also anxious regarding the rate of COVID-19 infection and the shortage of beds in the hospitals and medicines which can be found...


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