#DEMOCRACY in #Azerbaijan and #SouthCaucasus “There is no Free Press in Baku”, acknowledged Ilham Aliyev. This may be true. Mehriban, in unison, responded to the journalist’s question rather aggressively, when he asked and rather politely, the same question about democracy. “What is your name?” – she responded. Are you the same, who hid in the Swiss embassy, dressed in women’s clothes”? Wrong match, Mehriban: Democracy is not equated with the lack of masculinity. Democracy rhymes with Wisdom and stability. And this subject needs the open and public discussion. It is about time: No Democracy and Civil rights – No European Integration. Links

#DEMOCRACY in  #Azerbaijan and  #SouthCaucasus

“There is no Free Press in Baku”, acknowledged Ilham Aliyev. This may be true.
Mehriban, in unison, responded to the journalist’s question rather aggressively, when he asked and rather politely, the same question about democracy.
“What is your name?” – she responded. Are you the same, who hid in the Swiss embassy, dressed in women’s clothes”?
Wrong match, Mehriban:
Democracy is not equated with the lack of masculinity.
Democracy rhymes with Wisdom and stability.
And this subject needs the open and public discussion. It is about time: No Democracy and Civil rights – No European Integration.

Links
x.com/JalilzadeManaf/status/…
x.com/EminHuseynovAZ/status/…

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Feb 19, 2026