11.11.2021 “If before the war there was one occupier, now after the war there are two occupying forces.” Celebrations in Baku. Who is the real winner? The Assessments of the outcome of the war. The situation of war veterans.  This week marks the first anniversary of the Second Karabakh War, which resulted in bringing the vast majority of the region under the control of Azerbaijan with a death toll of over five thousand and thousands of injured people. While Baku residents celebrated Victory Day on the streets with fireworks on Monday,...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 11.11.2021 “If before the war there was one occupier, now after the war there are two occupying forces.” Celebrations in Baku. Who is the real winner? The Assessments of the outcome of the war. The situation of war veterans.  This week marks the first anniversary of the Second Karabakh War, which resulted in bringing the vast majority of the region under the control of Azerbaijan with a death toll of over five thousand and thousands of injured people. While Baku residents celebrated Victory Day on the streets with fireworks on Monday, Azerbaijani activists and public...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 04.11.2021 “Sooner or later, our people must come to terms with the fact that such an important task as breaking away from an unjust and violent regime should not be left only to the opposition, political activists, but also to the people themselves!” Governance, economy, corruption, transparency Blogger Mehman Huseynov continues his investigations to uncover illegal activities by senior officials. In his recent FB post, Huseynov wrote that the new chief executive of Ganja Niyazi Bayramov is corrupt like the previous one, and he pushed the mother of a martyr to the brink...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 29.10.2021 “It is necessary to condemn politicians, not for their grammatical mistakes, but for the millions they stole from the state budget.” Governance, economy, corruption. Political activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev asked the FB community to pay attention to systematic corruption. His FB post reads: 100 ways to become a hero by returning part of the people's money to themselves. 16th way: You restore a yard with sports equipment and a playground for the children for the people whose money you have stolen, and they thank you. For example, such a yard was built on the site...


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FB Digest@VoxPOPULI 13.09.2021 “…We have been independent, but not free...” Post-conflict situation. The FB community is highly concerned with the statement by the ex-commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces Rustam Muradov that the trilateral agreement on 5 year term of their deployment will be extended after its expiry. The opposition and civil society leaders, journalists and bloggers decry “the tradition” of the Russian peacekeepers’ commanders to meet with the Armenian officials, either upon leaving their position, or when starting it. The ex-commander positively assessed...


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