On August 25, intermittent rains are expected at night and in the morning in Baku and Absheron. North-west wind will blow. The air temperature during the day will be + 30 + 34.
Thunderstorms and hail will pass through the mountainous regions of the country, and a gusty western wind.
The air temperature in low-lying areas will be + 32 + 37 in the daytime, in the mountains it will be + 20 + 25 degrees. -02D-
Source: Turan News Agency
The fire that occurred in the mountainous area near the Soru village, Lerik region has been extinguished as a result of necessary and urgent measures carried out by the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the press service of MES told APA.
According to the initial calculation, totally, about hay, shrub, and dry drees in the 15 hectares of area burned. Despite the complexity of the terrain and the constant wind, the forest strip is protected from fire.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency
On August 23, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) provided assistance to member states to meet long-term global needs and sustainable development. The Fund has allocated a total of US $ 650 billion to member countries in the form of SDRs (Special Drawing Rights), an artificial reserve and payment instrument issued by the IMF. loan to the IMF – Approx. Ed.). Azerbaijan will also receive assistance in the amount of 391.7 million SDR (about $ 555.7 million or 944.54 million manat).
These funds can be used to support the national economy and fight the crisis. But, what are the funds provided to Azerbaijan spent on in order to provide assistance?
The economist and leader of the Azerbaijan Movement for Democracy and Welfare Gubad Ibadoglu answers this and other questions in the “Difficult Question” program.
According to him, today the IMF is concerned about the state of the global economy due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the coronavirus, established trends have formed, one of which is inflationary processes in a number of countries.
“As you know, in connection with the pandemic, the raw materials market, and in particular the oil market, experienced a serious recession, which, of course, could not but affect other markets. Therefore, the IMF is concerned about inflationary processes going on in many countries, which can lead to stagnation in the world economy and, in particular, the economies of individual countries, ”the economist said.
In his opinion, it is this circumstance that prompted the IMF to provide assistance to member countries of this organization in order to meet the long-term global need for reserves, increase confidence, strengthen the resilience and stability of the global economy and help countries experiencing liquidity shortages to overcome the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Assistance is provided in proportion to the shares of the participating countries’ quotas in the Fund.
“Azerbaijan will receive assistance in the amount of about 1 billion manats. This is not so much money, considering that the revenues of the state budget of Azerbaijan for 2021 are projected at 25 billion 427 million manats, and expenditures – 28 billion 543 million manats. But at the same time, these are not such small means. Since the amount of funds spent from the state budget on COVID, we are talking about direct costs, did not reach a billion. If this aid is distributed fairly and transparently, it will contribute to the solution of a number of economic problems and become a source of overcoming unwanted complications, ”the expert said.
According to Gubadoglu, the use of funds allocated to Azerbaijan is not transparent. “Unfortunately, this is confirmed by numerous reports of international organizations. In the ratings of susceptibility to corruption, Azerbaijan also consistently receives a high index. The same can be said for budget transparency. The results of the annual international budget project “Open Budget Index” indicate the lack of transparency in the budget of Azerbaijan, ”he said.
The economist believes that the results of these reports form a strong opinion that corruption is rampant in Azerbaijan. “Unfortunately, over the years, these problems are not only not being solved, but are even more aggravated,” the expert complains.
Source: Turan News Agency
After a 3.4% decline in 2020, IHS Markit predicts global real gross domestic product (GDP) to rise 5.7% in 2021 and 4.5% in 2022, led by strong recoveries in consumer spending and business investment, APA-Economics reports.
“This month’s forecast of global growth has been revised downward by 0.1 percentage point for this year and 0.2 percentage point for 2022, mostly owing to a less robust performance in the US,” said Sara Johnson, the executive director of global economics at IHS Markit, in a statement today.
The international financial market data provider sees global growth settling at 3.2% in 2023 as pent-up demands are satisfied, and fiscal and monetary stimuli are withdrawn.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency
The Center for Monitoring Political Prisoners has published another report on the human rights situation in Azerbaijan for the period from March to August 2021.
The authors state the continuing facts of violation of political freedoms, the crackdown by the police of peaceful protests of citizens, the persecution of activists and believers.
In particular, it is pointed to the harsh crackdown on the actions of feminists on March 8 and August 4, as well as animal rights activists on July 8.
It also talks about the facts of violation of freedom of expression. Thus, the Sheki Court of Appeal on March 3 sentenced activist and journalist Elchin Hasanzade and blogger Ibrahim Turkoy to 8 months in prison on charges of libel and insult. The reason was the complaint of Shakhriyar Mustafayev, head of the Mingachevir City Department for Housing Maintenance.
The Monitoring Center is convinced that the real reason for the arrest is the facts of corruption of local officials and violations of the law revealed by the activists.
In addition, journalist Jamil Mammadli was brought to trial for criticizing the head of the Guba region’s executive power.
The report mentions the facts of torture in the security forces. Thus, a veteran of the Karabakh war, Ilkin Hasanpur, complained about the beating in the Dashkesan police.
A video of another veteran of the Karabakh War, Elvin Badalov, was beaten by police officers on social media.
Another veteran Kenan Ashurova was beaten in the Agstafa police.
The report also points to the criminal prosecution of believers and oppositionists. Thus, during the reporting period, activists of the Movement of Muslim Unity Vugar Hajiyev and Razi Gumbatov, a member of Musavat Nizami Suleimanov, were arrested on drug-related charges.
On the day of religious mourning Ashura – August 19, the activities of believers at the mosques were prohibited. At least five people were arrested for taking part in these events for 15-20 days.
On August 16, the trial on the “Ganja case” ended, “the investigation and trial of which were held with open violations of the procedural code.” “All the detainees were tortured, the protests of the lawyers were rejected. The main defendant, Yunis Safarov, said that he had made an attempt on the life of the head of Ganja Elmar Veliyev because he insulted local residents. The guilt of the rest of those arrested was not proven. However, the court sentenced them to terms ranging from 18 to 20 years in prison. Safarov was sentenced to life imprisonment, ”said Elshan Hasanov, head of the Center for Monitoring Political Prisoners.
In conclusion of the report, human rights defenders state the continuation of the practice of violation of fundamental freedoms, suppression of peaceful assemblies, the issuance of ordered decisions by the courts to critics of the authorities, the use of torture in places of detention, violations of the presumption of innocence, ignorance by officials of the rights and interests of citizens.
* The Center for Monitoring Political Prisoners was created in October 2014 by a group of former “prisoners of conscience” led by Elshan Hasanov. –06D-
Source: Turan News Agency
More than 569 mln. tonnes of oil (with condensate) has been produced from Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli oil-gas fields block and Shah Deniz gas-condensate field from the commissioning day until August 1, 2021, Ministry of Energy told APA-Economics.
537 mln. tonnes of oil has been produced from ACG, while about more than 32 mln. condensate produced from Shah Deniz in the reporting period.
About 569 mln. tonnes of oil (with condensate) has been transported to export from the commissioning day of ACG and Shah Deniz fields until August 1, 2021.
Source: Azeri-Press News Agency
