String of scandalous lawsuits in Azerbaijan over prohibited wedding Share News about three scandalous lawsuits spread almost simultaneously in Azerbaijan yesterday, united all by the same starting point – the wedding of the granddaughter of the former head of the presidential administration, Ramiz Mehdiyev, which took place in Baku last year despite the Covid-19 regulations prohibiting it. One of the lawsuits concerns a member of the ruling New Azerbaijan Party, MP Siyavush Novruzov vs the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The second involves a former head of the presidential administration of Azerbaijan and an acting president of the Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Ramiz Mehdiyev vs 15 MPs, and, finally, the third is one between a former director of ANAS and the same Ramiz Mehdiyev.