Paylan’s fate seems to be sealed! He will either serve a long jail term or suffer the same tragic fate as Armenian journalist Hrant Dink who was assassinated in cold blood by Turkish extremists in Istanbul.
“Azerbaijani authorities have already become a hostage in the hands of their population. For the love of God, who do we deal with?—With the society playing with the head of beheaded soldier and authorities awarding them.”
“No country recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh,” he said. “We continue to urge the sides to come to the negotiating table in good faith in order to reach a lasting settlement.”
OCCRP has identified over US$140 million in luxury apartments the family maintains around the globe and these are just the known properties.
“President IlhamAliyev—a tough authoritarian leader known for his falsifications of elections, pressure over civil freedom, persecution of journalists, oppositionists, civil activists, actual repression of the opposition and the civil society in the country—actively spreads the cult of his father.”
There are a few groundings for that—offshore scandal [Panama offshore scandal], domestic policy, reduction of external reserves linked to fall in price for oil, social issues.
“Any victory can’t be conditioned by the factor of armaments only, human factor is existent as well. Which they completely lack. They lack specialists, they aren’t able to productively handle armaments.”
“If we observe the situation in the South Caucasus, we’ll understand, that Azerbaijan owes Russia 5 times much money, than Armenia, by that very accord.”
“In this case my opinion is, that this conflict should be solved only peacefully. This conflict should not be settled militarily, it should be settled around a negotiating table. There is no other way.”
Given the massive arsenals of weaponry both sides now possess, new fighting could easily escalate into an all-out conflict far more destructive than the 1991-94 war. Baku and Yerevan could invoke their military assistance treaties with Turkey and Russia respectively. Neither wants to get involved, but would be under big pressure to honor their commitments in the region.
