Ilyas Huseynov

Versions of names: Ильяс Гусейнов
Azerbaijan

Ilyas Huseynov is from Azerbaijan and is a political analyst. He serves as the Head of Sector in the Department of Domestic Policy Analysis at the Center for Social Research of Azerbaijan.

Corresponding elections

In the presidential election held in Belarus on January 26, 2025, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko secured his seventh term with over 87% of the vote. The election was widely criticized by international observers and opposition figures, who labeled it a sham due to the lack of genuine competition and suppression of dissent. The EPDE has exposed how over 90 politically biased “observers” who were deployed to whitewash this fraudulent election. The Lukashenka regime, notorious for systematic human rights abuses and repression of civil society, manufactured international legitimacy by inviting hand-picked “observers”—many with direct ties to authoritarian regimes, Kremlin-linked disinformation networks, or criminal investigations in their home countries.

Missions

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Institutional affiliation to the Center for Social Research of Azerbaijan


The quote was taken from the Belarusian state media outlet, SB Belarus Today, published on January 28, 2025. It frames the 2024 global elections as a site of Western interference, portraying Belarus and Azerbaijan as targets of destabilization. It reinforces a narrative of electoral sovereignty and depicting Belarusian elections as democratic despite international scrutiny.

[...] because in 2024, half of the world voted in various elections in all countries of the world. [...] Almost nowhere did it happen without outside interference and attempts at influence. Efforts to organize a "color revolution" by Western centers and calls not to recognize the elections are as familiar to Azerbaijan as they are to Belarus. This speaks of mechanisms and narratives that have been implemented for a very long time." [Translated from Russian]