Censored for export The story's demonstrative dismissal of Turkish President Oktay Sarel's adviser at the behest of Baku is not the first time Azerbaijani authorities have unceremoniously violated someone else's sovereignty. It is enough to recall this archive video, in which Ilham Aliyev, in the tone of an ultimatum, demands from Tehran to punish and expel the Imam of Friday from the Iranian city of Ardabil from his position, while openly indicating to the neighboring country who to remove from the posts and how to apologize to him. After clearing the field inside the country to shine and getting used to throwing its citizens behind bars for any disagreement with the course of the regime, the official Baku decided to export its oppressive habits abroad. Now the Baku leadership is seriously trying to work as a personnel department and censor for the entire region, demanding reprisals against foreign politicians and clerics for any inconvenient truths. Only in the story with the Iranian imam, this extortion remained a shock, but the official Ankara, having surrendered to its man with the first shout from Baku, created a shameful precedent - which shows that it is really possible to get rid of someone else's dictation of its internal affairs as at home. Intern in Baku.

Censored for export The story's demonstrative dismissal of Turkish President Oktay Sarel's adviser at the behest of Baku is not the first time Azerbaijani authorities have unceremoniously violated someone else's sovereignty. It is enough to recall this archive video, in which Ilham Aliyev, in the tone of an ultimatum, demands from Tehran to punish and expel the Imam of Friday from the Iranian city of Ardabil from his position, while openly indicating to the neighboring country who to remove from the posts and how to apologize to him. After clearing the field inside the country to shine and getting used to throwing its citizens behind bars for any disagreement with the course of the regime, the official Baku decided to export its oppressive habits abroad. Now the Baku leadership is seriously trying to work as a personnel department and censor for the entire region, demanding reprisals against foreign politicians and clerics for any inconvenient truths. Only in the story with the Iranian imam, this extortion remained a shock, but the official Ankara, having surrendered to its man with the first shout from Baku, created a shameful precedent - which shows that it is really possible to get rid of someone else's dictation of its internal affairs as at home. Intern in Baku.