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The State Service for Antimonopoly Policy and Consumer Market Supervision under the Ministry of Economy of Azerbaijan has opened a case against 14 companies and one individual operating in the food market, the internet news portal minval.az reports.

Thus, as part of anti-inflationary measures, the Service conducted a study of the food market for violations of antimonopoly legislation.

The study revealed the facts of non-compliance with antimonopoly legislation by a large number of economic entities in the market of long-grain rice and buckwheat included in the consumer basket. A case was opened against Babek, Vuqma-qida LLC, Absheron Treyd LLC, Xudaferin-1 LLC, Elsaan Group LLC, Veyseloglu LLC, Qida XXI LLC, Best-Tarım LLC, Tamashee Foods LLC, Araz Supermarket LLC, Al market LLC, Sun Food LLC, OBA Market LLC, Bazarstore LLC and individual Ilgar Kerimov.

In order to strengthen the education system, the education of internally displaced students studying on a paid basis was paid.

Finance Minister Samir Sharifov said this during the discussion of the draft law “On the execution of the state budget of the Republic of Azerbaijan for 2021” at today’s meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on Economic Policy, Industry and Entrepreneurship, APA reports.

According to the minister, last year the education of 1,129 students who lost their parents was paid, and funds were raised to pay for the education of young people with disabilities of groups I and II. 36 million manats were spent for these purposes.

As a result of operational measures carried out by police officers, 40-year-old Sabuhi Rajab was detained, accused of large-scale fraud, reports oxu.az.

As a result of illegal acts, three people were injured. So, S. Rajab took a car from his friend and sold it without her knowledge for 40,000 manats. He embezzled 51,000 manats from another woman under the pretext of leasing a car.

The third victim of the fraudster was Shahin Aliyev, head of the department of surgery at the State Institute for Postgraduate Medical Education of the Ministry of Health. S. Rajab promised to assist him in his appointment as rector of the institute for 150,000 manats. However, the deception was exposed.

The investigation into the case of S. Rajab was completed, he was charged under article 178.3.2 (fraud committed with causing damage on a large scale) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The collected materials were sent to the Baku Court for Grave Crimes for consideration and transferred to the proceedings of Judge Ali Mammadov.

S. Rajab was vice-president for combat sambo in the kickboxing and sambo federations of Azerbaijan. Also in 2020, he put forward his candidacy in the elections to the Milli Majlis in the 13th Khazar-Pirallahi constituency.