FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 30.08.2021 “….The global crisis of leadership and vision will only aggravte… Neither Putin nor Comrade Si are proper candidates, and even Biden is not the same Joe..” Post-war situation. The local media ( Zerkalo.az)  writes about warning by Russia that if Azerbaijan is too critical of Russia they may get a response like they did in Georgia in 2008. The road Gorus-Kafan is being re-opened – the talks are mediated by the Russian Federal Security forces. The road was earlier closed after stabbing of the Azerbaijani soldier Ruslan Shiraliyev by an armed Armenian. ...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 10.06.2021 “…Alas, the West prefers to discuss the Karabagh issue with Russians...” The FB community expresses growing frustration with Western actors discussing matters of national interest and Azerbaijan’s sovereignty with Russia without its participation, demands clarity and transparency in the developments on state borders and in Karabagh, and follows the election environment in Armenia, together with the agenda of high-level meetings of NATO, the G7 and Biden-Putin Summits. It continues to closely follow human rights issues and alerts the society in connection...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 15.04.2021 “…The war is an illness of humanity… It is time to recover…” The FB community debates the controversy of the newly-opened Park of Military Trophies, follows the official reaction to the issue of the Iskander-M ballistic rocket, praises the publications in the European press – France, Germany and most recently in the UK - covering the army of trolls, violation of human rights and corruption in the country, decries the Ter-ter case, reacts with protest to another attack in the President’s speech against the founders of Azerbaijan modern nation-state...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 11.03.2021 “Listen … We are Coming !”… the surge of united females The FB community discusses the role of women in the post-war processes in the country, the police’s suppression of the feminist rally on the 8th March, continues to attract attention to the needs and problems of the war heroes, criticises the Russian peacekeepers’ activities,  decries the blackmailing by the authorities of the young blogger-in-exile, Mahammad Mirzeli, reacts with strong disapproval at the tortures of Niyameddin Ahmadov, comments on new arrests in Nakhichevan Republic and growing...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 15.02.2021 The long-serving MP: “Do not get me involved in politics…” FB posts continue to reflect the anxieties of the community and to highlight inconsistencies and irregularities on the part of the authorities. Postwar and pandemic vulnerability is severely challenged by actions and inactions deemed unjust, inappropriate or at odds with the defining nature of parliamentary work.  Compassion is seen to override corruption, with citizens themselves finding ways to take care of those at the mercy of negligent politicians. Internal issues take precedence over...


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