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Presence on Facebook: 589 Facebook accounts, 7,665 Pages and 437 accounts on
Instagram.
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Followers: A
bout 33,000 accounts followed one or more of these Pages and around
241,000 accounts followed one or more of these Instagram accounts.
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Advertising: Around $6,600 spent on Facebook ads paid for primarily in US dollars.
Below is a sample of the content posted by some of these Pages.
Translation:
Page name: Radio Liberty Azerbaijan about
Post: "Regarding the ADB's forecast figures,
I believe that with this trend, GDP will decline
by 4.8-5 percent. If there is a 2.8 percent
decline in the first seven months of 2020, it
may continue until the end of the year. The
consequences of any crisis over time are
going to be felt even more."
Comment 1: Despite the negative impact of
the pandemic on the country and the world
economy and falling oil prices, as noted by
President Ilham Aliyev, no social project will
be postponed.
Comment 2: It should be noted that during
the pandemic, our country saw a decline in
the economy of only 2.8% in 7 months.
However, this result is very good for many
countries.
Comment 3: Azerbaijan has a strong
economy, and the virus has had little effect
on growing economic development. This
took us an average of 2 years ago, but in
countries like Germany, this figure is much
higher.
Comment 4: Important reforms are underway
in Azerbaijan to double the economy. The
state uses all opportunities to resolve this
issue. We have passed many such tests and
OCTOBER 2020 COORDINATED INAUTHENTIC BEHAVIOR REPORT