Azar Mursaliyev was born on 6 Luly, 1957 in Baku. In 1980 he graduated from the Leningrad State University named after Zhdanov (LSU). He worked as special correspondent for the newspapers “Vishka”, “Komsomolskaya pravda”, chief edited the investigation department, and he was special correspondent of the daily edition “Moskovskie novosti”.
In “Kommersant” newspaper since 1996 until 2005 he ruled the department of foreign politics of the newspaper, he then was appointed as deputy chief editor.
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