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Shameful tradition of "growing" monument to Heydar Aliyev in Europe was set up by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Romania Eldar Hasanov. It was him who persuaded to install Aliyev’s monuments in the central squares of Bucharest, Belgrade, etc., Azerbaijani news site "Haqqin.az" says.

As stated in the publication, Hasanov is the former Attorney General of Azerbaijan, one of the leading oligarchs of the republic, who was once exiled by the elder Aliyev to distant political exile. The source reminds that Hasanov recently turned to the president of Azerbaijan suddenly through the media.

"It is dangerous to make friends with them, and is dangerous to fight too", says "Hakkin.az", adding that the authorities use the smart testament of the Godfather in relationship with him – "Keep your friends close, while your enemies keep closer."

As the Azeri news agency "Trend" reports in its turn, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree to revoke Eldar Hasanov from the position of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Romania. The decree says that Eldar Humbat oglu Hasanov retains his post as Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina with residence in Belgrade.

According to the "Haqqin.az" the well known Soviet tradition of banishing unwanted and dangerous officials abroad in Azerbaijan was first tested on E. Hasanove by the authorities. He was not allowed to put into prison; he was playing with marked cards, and the situation in the country and in the world was different, and it was also dangerous to keep such a whale in the Caspian political basin. Thus Heydar Aliyev recalled the famous tradition of the Soviet Politburo. E. Hasanova, who was a gifted political player, the only one who was able to get in the way of Aliyev's nomenclature, was exiled from the country," the article says.

"The question is, why did E. Hasanov turn to the president through the media? Why would he need this kind of public demarche, showing as if he leaves! We may only make a guess,” the site says, and reminds that in 1993 Hasanov publicly and through the press resigned from the position of Deputy Minister of the Interior Minsitry.

The author wonders, what Hasanov was hinting at now? According to the article there is one thing that is out of doubt; he wanted to bring something to someone’s notice.