FB Digest@VoxPOPULI   “Those who want to replace the medieval despotic feudal monarchy in Azerbaijan with a democratic republic should take into account that, after the collapse of the Putin regime, we will need to face the corrupt partners of this regime in Washington, London, and Brussels.” (Lack of) Human Rights and Liberties Member of the Ganja branch of the Popular Front Party, Shahin Haji, an activist, and chess teacher who was arrested on trumped-up charges, was sentenced to six years in prison. Haji is known for being one of the major critics...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 06.09.2021 “….Russia has built its military base in Azerbaijan under the disguise of peacekeepers..” The Karabagh conflict. The FB community shares with high concern reports about intense firing at Shusha. It asks why did not the Russian peacekeepers act? The strong negative reaction was caused by the publicized document of Russian Ministry of Defence of Russian Federation calling the separatist regime “Nagorno-Karabagh Republic” while announcing the tender on the service works in the military camp there. Azerbaijan Foreign Ministry expressed its protest to the Russian...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 08.07.2021 “…For many years we as people were paying the bills of the corrupt bureaucrats…We got adjusted to compensating for the losses of the thieves…” The FB community is concerned with Armenia’s firing into the Agdam region, the ambiguous role of Russia and Azerbaijan’s alleged intention to acquire observer status at the CSTO; continues to discuss the money laundering scandal of the President’s niece and her £4m submission to the British Agency’s Fight with Corruption; analyses SOCAR’s significant losses and debts; decries the Supreme Court’s...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 03.05.2021 “…Amendment 907 is a “memorial of hypocrisy in international relations…” The FB community discusses Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov’s visit to Yerevan and Baku, and State Secretary Blinken’s call to Ilham Aliyev, continues to show mistrust towards the Minsk group of OSCE, decries new facts of corruption among bureaucrats and is shocked by new details of the investigation of the Ter-ter case; keeps human rights violations at the centre of attention and the situation with political prisoners, reacts with indignation to the schemes concerning registration...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 12.11.2020 “… I do not want  Russian soldiers on my soil ….” The central topic of FB concerns the statement of the three key leaders – Putin, Aliyev and Pashinian - about the ceasefire, met with mixed feelings - happiness at peace, but shock and disappointment at the entrance of  Russian peacekeeping troops, discussion of its possible consequences for the future of the conflict and the country, a strongly negative reaction to the Russian troops presence on the part of all the leading political and civil forces. The FB community shares reactions to the ceasefire...


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