A list of people allegedly slated for government posts if former Presidential Administration chief Ramiz Mehdiyev’s coup plan succeeded has circulated on social media.
“Operative Information Center-OMM” presents the list circulating on social media, citing axar.az:
Prime Minister: Ali Hasanov (former assistant to the President of Azerbaijan for public and political affairs);
Vice President: Sevil Ismayilova (head of the “East-West” publishing house);
Interior Minister: Levon Gurskaya (the Armenian-born son of R. Mehdiyev’s wife, Galina Mehdiyeva, from a civil partnership; a former employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs);
Head of the State Security Service (SSS): Fikrat Aliyev (the brother of R. Mehdiyev’s son-in-law, Ilham Aliyev);
Justice Minister: Ilham Aliyev (R. Mehdiyev’s son-in-law and a former member of parliament);
Economy Minister: Abbas Abbasov (a former deputy prime minister who currently lives in Russia);
Prosecutor General: Timur Mehdiyev (Ramiz Mehdiyev’s son);
Head of the Presidential Administration:
-Fatma Abdullazade (former head of a department at the Presidential Administration)
Head of the Presidential Administration’s Territorial Administration Department:
– Ziya Mammadov (former Transport Minister)
Speaker of the Milli Majlis (National Assembly):
-Isa Habibbayli (president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences)
Head of the Baku City Executive Authority:
-Elton Mammadov (former member of parliament)
Chairman of the State Customs Committee:
-Asabil Gasimov (head of the “Karat” Group of Companies and a former member of parliament)
Minister of Science and Education:
-Agiya Nakhchivanli (former member of parliament)
Chairman of the Media and Broadcasting Council:
-Bakhtiyar Sadigov (former member of parliament)
Materials from the investigation indicate that Sevil Ismayilova was assigned a key role in implementing these plans and establishing contacts with Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service. Mehdiyev gave Ismayilova a handwritten document titled “Proposals for transforming the system of public administration in Azerbaijan,” which he had begun preparing in August, for printing and delivery to Moscow.
The document was intended for Rashad Gurbanov, deputy to the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergey Naryshkin, and other senior officials. In testimony to investigators, Mehdiyev admitted that he personally instructed Ismayilova to print and deliver the handwritten document. The materials suggest that the head of the “East-West” publishing house did more than manage a business: she played the role of the network’s main intelligence agent and “courier.”
Another notable point is that the Finance Department of the publishing house headed by Sevil Ismayilova is still located in the building of the Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia, which operates under the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Inquiries sent to the academy on the matter have gone unanswered.”
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