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IS RUSSIA PREPARING REPLACEMENT FOR ILHAM ALIYEV?
AZERI REPORT
BAKU. October 18, 2012: In a surprise turn of events, a powerful group
of Azeri oligarchs and prominent members of the Azerbaijani Diaspora
in Russia established a new organization - the Union of Azerbaijani
Organizations in Russia (UAOR). Billionares Vagit Alekperov, Araz
Agalarov and Telman Ismayilov are among the founders of this new
organization, along with the multimillionare businessman Iskender
Khalilov, prominent Azeri writer Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, Abbas Abbasov,
the former deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan, Soyun Sadigov,
chairman of the Cultural Autonomy of Russia Azerbaijanis "Azerross,"
Natig Agamirov, president of Guild of Notaries of Russia, Ramazan
Abdulatipov, Russian State Duma Deputy from Daghestan. While the
founders of the organization declared that they have no political
ambitions, the very fact that so many powerful players with close ties
to the Russian government came together to form an organization speaks
for itself. The media speculates that the Azerbaijani ambassador to
Russia Polad Bulbuloglu supports UAOR as well. Surprisingly, one of
the UAOR founders is closely related to the Azerbaijani president
Ilham Aliyev himself. Billionare Araz Agalarov's son Emin is married
to Ilham Aliyev's daughter Leyla.
Turan News Agency reports that the Azerbaijan State Committee for
Diaspora Affairs issued a statement condemning the creation of
the Union of Azerbaijani Organizations in Russia (UAOR). The State
Committee considers it unnecessary to create a new organization, as
the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress (RAC) was created in Russia in
2001. The current structure has 73 regional offices in 67 regions of
Russia, and is one of the most powerful and influential Azerbaijani
Diaspora organizations in the world, according to the statement of the
State Committee. The State Committee considers the creation of UAOR
a step that "does not serve the unity and solidarity of Azerbaijanis
living in the Russian Federation."
The statement of the State Committee can be considered as an
expression of concern by official Baku about the loss of influence
on the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia.
Ali Hasanov, Chief of the Public Political Department of the
Presidential Administration, made a more cautious statement in
his interview to www.mediaforum.az: "Whatever is written about the
newly established Union of Azerbaijani Organizations in Russia is
the speculation of the media. Let's wait and see what these people
themselves have to say. We shall make our position public after that"
(Azeri Report).
AZERI REPORT
BAKU. October 18, 2012: In a surprise turn of events, a powerful group
of Azeri oligarchs and prominent members of the Azerbaijani Diaspora
in Russia established a new organization - the Union of Azerbaijani
Organizations in Russia (UAOR). Billionares Vagit Alekperov, Araz
Agalarov and Telman Ismayilov are among the founders of this new
organization, along with the multimillionare businessman Iskender
Khalilov, prominent Azeri writer Rustam Ibrahimbeyov, Abbas Abbasov,
the former deputy prime minister of Azerbaijan, Soyun Sadigov,
chairman of the Cultural Autonomy of Russia Azerbaijanis "Azerross,"
Natig Agamirov, president of Guild of Notaries of Russia, Ramazan
Abdulatipov, Russian State Duma Deputy from Daghestan. While the
founders of the organization declared that they have no political
ambitions, the very fact that so many powerful players with close ties
to the Russian government came together to form an organization speaks
for itself. The media speculates that the Azerbaijani ambassador to
Russia Polad Bulbuloglu supports UAOR as well. Surprisingly, one of
the UAOR founders is closely related to the Azerbaijani president
Ilham Aliyev himself. Billionare Araz Agalarov's son Emin is married
to Ilham Aliyev's daughter Leyla.
Turan News Agency reports that the Azerbaijan State Committee for
Diaspora Affairs issued a statement condemning the creation of
the Union of Azerbaijani Organizations in Russia (UAOR). The State
Committee considers it unnecessary to create a new organization, as
the All-Russian Azerbaijani Congress (RAC) was created in Russia in
2001. The current structure has 73 regional offices in 67 regions of
Russia, and is one of the most powerful and influential Azerbaijani
Diaspora organizations in the world, according to the statement of the
State Committee. The State Committee considers the creation of UAOR
a step that "does not serve the unity and solidarity of Azerbaijanis
living in the Russian Federation."
The statement of the State Committee can be considered as an
expression of concern by official Baku about the loss of influence
on the Azerbaijani Diaspora in Russia.
Ali Hasanov, Chief of the Public Political Department of the
Presidential Administration, made a more cautious statement in
his interview to www.mediaforum.az: "Whatever is written about the
newly established Union of Azerbaijani Organizations in Russia is
the speculation of the media. Let's wait and see what these people
themselves have to say. We shall make our position public after that"
(Azeri Report).