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Turan: Azerbaijan commanded to ``bring Russia down'' at Eurovision
Song Contest 2013
17:11 22/05/2013 » SOCIETY
If we consider that all the mobile operators in Baku "respect" the
authorities, and the voting process is under the control, and if we
believe in the Lithuanian disclosure about vote buying up by
Azerbaijan, then, according to this situation, the logic of events
suggests that someone in Baku has impulsively commanded to " bring
Russia down,'' Azerbaijani news agency "Turan" writes.
"It is typical for the Azerbaijani policy to take impulsive and hasty
decisions without rendering the consequences. This has become
noticeable during the last year, after the politically failing in
Eurovision-2012," reads the agency.
According to an article, the attempts to build bridges with the
anti-US axis in the area of Moscow and Tehran, and, at the same time,
the attempts to enlist the support of Washington -Tel-Aviv axis
against the Russian-Iranian tandem also became scandalous failures of
Aliyev administration.
As the authors note, that the withdrawal of the Russian radar Station
from Gabala, reduction of purchases of gas from Azerbaijan, the
termination of oil transportation, purchase of Israeli arms instead of
Russian by Azerbaijan are in the logical chain. "This is just the
obvious bunch of the set of problems existing between Baku and Moscow,
not to mention the formation of the new Diaspora force in Russia,
formed under the Kremlin's patronage, which has its vision on the
destiny of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan," Turan reads.
The authors consider it improbable that Azerbaijan would bring a solid
proof of "pro-Russian" vote.
"If there were any violations during the vote on the final of"
Eurovision" then we would receive the signal so far. The Voting is
conducted by our partner Digamo and is assessed by
PriceWatersHouseCoopers Company. If there were any questions, we would
have received a signal.
As far as we know, everything was smooth," the coordinator of the
European Broadcasting Union's Eurovision Jarmo Siim said in an
interview with `BBC-Azerbaijan.'
In fact, the agency notes, there was no prompt reaction on the result
of votes on Azerbaijani side, except for the pro-government comments
of Facebook activists, who tried to maliciously justify the "null
vote." The reaction appeared only as a response to a perturbation of
the Russian society.
"Probably, in the higher echelons of the power they realized that have
gone too far with the hated Eurovision and the Kremlin.
Everything is mixed up in the Azerbaijani state both politics and the
culture - a struggle of antipodes," the article says.
Jan Feddersen, the leading German expert on "Eurovision" song contest,
said in an interview given to Deutsche Welle that is against of
holding the competition in countries such as Azerbaijan, Ukraine and
Russia. He said he was glad that Denmark won this year, because this
is the Europe, where in theoretically and practically the highest
standards of civil society operate, which cannot be said about
Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
"I am very glad that these two countries did not win the contest. Of
course, it should be admitted that performances of participants from
Azerbaijan, Ukraine, as well as from Russia, who took the fifth place,
meet the highest standards," he said. To his opinion, these countries
should not be given another chance to hold the Eurovision again.
According to him, the European Broadcasting Union should give all
countries the opportunity to participate in the competition, but this
organization, as well as the Council of Europe, "should monitor the
countries conducting the competition in order to detect whether the
basic principles of human rights and democracy adopted on the
continent have been preserved."
"The European Broadcasting Union should include in its charter an
article providing penalties for the violation of democratic
principles, even if some regard this amendment as discriminatory.
However, the violation of such principles should not remain
unpunished," he stressed.
To the question that, the European media were giving a detailed
coverage of the political situation in Azerbaijan, when the
"Eurovision" was held in Baku, the expert answered that "the debate on
human rights in Azerbaijan was not fruitful."
Source: Panorama.am
Song Contest 2013
17:11 22/05/2013 » SOCIETY
If we consider that all the mobile operators in Baku "respect" the
authorities, and the voting process is under the control, and if we
believe in the Lithuanian disclosure about vote buying up by
Azerbaijan, then, according to this situation, the logic of events
suggests that someone in Baku has impulsively commanded to " bring
Russia down,'' Azerbaijani news agency "Turan" writes.
"It is typical for the Azerbaijani policy to take impulsive and hasty
decisions without rendering the consequences. This has become
noticeable during the last year, after the politically failing in
Eurovision-2012," reads the agency.
According to an article, the attempts to build bridges with the
anti-US axis in the area of Moscow and Tehran, and, at the same time,
the attempts to enlist the support of Washington -Tel-Aviv axis
against the Russian-Iranian tandem also became scandalous failures of
Aliyev administration.
As the authors note, that the withdrawal of the Russian radar Station
from Gabala, reduction of purchases of gas from Azerbaijan, the
termination of oil transportation, purchase of Israeli arms instead of
Russian by Azerbaijan are in the logical chain. "This is just the
obvious bunch of the set of problems existing between Baku and Moscow,
not to mention the formation of the new Diaspora force in Russia,
formed under the Kremlin's patronage, which has its vision on the
destiny of the presidential elections in Azerbaijan," Turan reads.
The authors consider it improbable that Azerbaijan would bring a solid
proof of "pro-Russian" vote.
"If there were any violations during the vote on the final of"
Eurovision" then we would receive the signal so far. The Voting is
conducted by our partner Digamo and is assessed by
PriceWatersHouseCoopers Company. If there were any questions, we would
have received a signal.
As far as we know, everything was smooth," the coordinator of the
European Broadcasting Union's Eurovision Jarmo Siim said in an
interview with `BBC-Azerbaijan.'
In fact, the agency notes, there was no prompt reaction on the result
of votes on Azerbaijani side, except for the pro-government comments
of Facebook activists, who tried to maliciously justify the "null
vote." The reaction appeared only as a response to a perturbation of
the Russian society.
"Probably, in the higher echelons of the power they realized that have
gone too far with the hated Eurovision and the Kremlin.
Everything is mixed up in the Azerbaijani state both politics and the
culture - a struggle of antipodes," the article says.
Jan Feddersen, the leading German expert on "Eurovision" song contest,
said in an interview given to Deutsche Welle that is against of
holding the competition in countries such as Azerbaijan, Ukraine and
Russia. He said he was glad that Denmark won this year, because this
is the Europe, where in theoretically and practically the highest
standards of civil society operate, which cannot be said about
Azerbaijan and Ukraine.
"I am very glad that these two countries did not win the contest. Of
course, it should be admitted that performances of participants from
Azerbaijan, Ukraine, as well as from Russia, who took the fifth place,
meet the highest standards," he said. To his opinion, these countries
should not be given another chance to hold the Eurovision again.
According to him, the European Broadcasting Union should give all
countries the opportunity to participate in the competition, but this
organization, as well as the Council of Europe, "should monitor the
countries conducting the competition in order to detect whether the
basic principles of human rights and democracy adopted on the
continent have been preserved."
"The European Broadcasting Union should include in its charter an
article providing penalties for the violation of democratic
principles, even if some regard this amendment as discriminatory.
However, the violation of such principles should not remain
unpunished," he stressed.
To the question that, the European media were giving a detailed
coverage of the political situation in Azerbaijan, when the
"Eurovision" was held in Baku, the expert answered that "the debate on
human rights in Azerbaijan was not fruitful."
Source: Panorama.am