Ukrainian oppositionists kept out of Azerbaijan
The day before elections to Azerbaijan parliament the head of Kiev International Institute of Democracy Sergey Taran was detained and declared persona non grata at Baku airport. By Taran`s words, officials of National Security Ministry declared him about prohibition on entering country because he is an "objectionable person".
Sergey Taran was invited to Azerbaijan by opposition party "Musavat" and planned to participate in discussion of democratic problems at round table. The same event was held several weeks ago in Kiev.
Besides Taran frontier guards detained several Ukrainians who arrived the same flight from Kiev, particularly the leader of Ukrainian party "Pora" Evgeny Zolotarev.
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