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What is to be Done With Pseudo-Democracies. Hikmat Hajizade's Presentation on January 25, 2012
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EMDS Final Report on Azerbaijan's Parliamentary Elections on November 7, 2010
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"Resource Nationalism Trends In Azerbaijan, 2004-2009," Research by Vugar Gojayev, March 2010
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February 16, 2010 - NHC Report: "Nakhchivan: Azerbaijan's Dark Island"
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"End of Term Limits. Monarchical Presidencies on the Rise," by Farid Guliyev, Harvard International Review, Feb. 28, 2009 |
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"Imitation Democracies," by Dmitri Furman, New Left Review, Nov/Dec. Issue, 2008 |
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Politics of Energy: Comparing Azerbaijan, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia - by Jos Boonstra, Edward
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Burke and Richard Young, FRIDE, September 2008
Azeri Minister of Interior Helped Georgian Government To Suppress Opposition In November 2007
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Azerbaijan's 2005 Parliamentary Elections: A Failed Attempt At Transition - by Valerie J. Bunce and Sharon L. Wolchik
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Christopher Walker Attacked Azeri Dictatorship At Helsinki Commission |
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Praise to Dictator |
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US Lobbying Firm Accused of Accepting Bribes from Azeri Government to Discredit Opposition |
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90 Years Anniversary of First Muslim Democracy - Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
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Last Words of Ganimat Zahid |
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Research
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BAKU. May 28, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I and Part II and Part III and Part IV and Part V and Part VI and Part VII Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 9 (May 1, 2012). Below is the full text of the third part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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BAKU. May 28, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I and Part II and Part III and Part IV and Part V and Part VI Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 8 (April 15, 2012). Below is the full text of the third part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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BAKU. May 28, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I and Part II and Part III and Part IV and Part V Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 7 (April 1, 2012). Below is the full text of the third part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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BAKU. May 28, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I and Part II and Part III and Part IV Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 6 (March 15, 2012). Below is the full text of the third part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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BAKU. May 28, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I and Part II and Part III Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 5 (March 1, 2012). Below is the full text of the third part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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BAKU. May 28, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I and Part II Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 4 (February 15, 2012). Below is the full text of the third part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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BAKU. February 29, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Click here to read Part I Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The article originally appeared, in Russian, in Russia’s Regnum News Agency. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 3 (February 1, 2012). Below is the full text of the first part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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January 25, 2012 (Updated April 5, 2012): On January 25, National Endowment for Democracy (NED) hosted an activity titled "What is to be Done With Pseudo-Democracies: Case of Azerbaijan" Hikmat Hajizade, Reagan-Fascell fellow and president of FAR Center, an Azerbaijani think-tank, made a presentation on the topic. Sharon Wolchik, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs,The Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, provided comments on the topic.
Below is the full video coverage of the event and presentation documents in English and Russian.
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Presentation Document in English (click here)
Presentation Document in Russian (click here)
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BAKU. February 10, 2012: Jamil Hasanli, professor of history at Baku State University, started the publication of series of articles on the turbulent period of history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. Professor Hasanli’s work represents the results of the latest research in the archives regarding the history of the South Caucasus in 1920-1921. The article originally appeared, in Russian, in Russia’s Regnum News Agency. The English version of the article was first published by the “Azerbaijan in the World” - electronic publication of Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy, Vol. V, No. 2 (January 15, 2012). Below is the full text of the first part of Dr. Hasanli’s article: |
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By Dr. Jamil Hasanli
After the Kazan meeting of the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, stories about the history of Nagorno-Karabakh began to increase in number on the pages of various media outlets. As a rule, in most of them, the history of Nagorno-Karabakh both in the Soviet period and in the period of its being jointed to the Russian empire in the first half of the 19th century was seriously distorted. Distortion, and at times crude falsification of the history of actual events by professional historians, causes deep regret. Who profits from this reworking of real events and the creation of invented history in order to support present-day political circumstances, when a factually correct history has been scrupulously prepared by Russian officials and when the actual correspondence of the military and diplomatic services of Russia, has been preserved in Russian archives? |
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BAKU. November 7, 2011: Russia’s Regnum News Agency recently started discussions over the Armenian claims to the Azerbaijani territories of Nagorno-Karabakh (Russian translation of ‘Mountainous Garabagh’) and Nakhchivan. Since the Armenian claims to the territories are based solely on the argument centering around the historic developments in the beginning of XX century, the whole debate has acquired a character of discussions about the early Soviet history of Azerbaijan and Armenia. Below, is the fourth article submitted by Dr. Jamil Hasanli to that discussion. Click here to read Part I and Part II and Part III Jamil Hasanli has done extensive research on the Soviet period history of the Caucasus, Iran, and Turkey and the following piece was published by the Azerbaijan in the World on October 15, 2011: |
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Azerbaijan in International Media
"Iran Threatens Azerbaijan," by Alexandros Petersen, The National Interest, April 29, 2013
"A Trip Into Baku's 12th-Century Old City," Photogallery from RFE/RL, April 26, 2013
"Airmiles Andy is Back at the Despot's Table," by Nick Craven and Will Stewart, The Daily Mail, April 13, 2013
"News by and for the Authorities," by Christopher Walker and Robert Orttung, The New York Times, April 5, 2013
"Leaks Reveal Secrets of the Rich Who Hide Cash Offshore," by David Leigh, The Guardian, April 3, 2013
"EU's Problem Neighbors," by Rikard Jozwiak, RFE/RL, March 20, 2013
"Editor of Azerbaijan's Independent Newspaper Sentenced to 9 Years In Jail," The Washington Post, March 12, 2013
"Azerbaijan Police Use Rubber Bullets to Break Up Protest in Baku," The Washington Post, March 10, 2013
"As International Scrutiny Fades, Azerbaijan Scrambles to Silence Critics," by Rebecca Vincent, AlJazeera, March 6, 2013
"The Land of No Anti-Semitism," by Anshel Pleffer, Haaretz, March 1, 2013
"Inside The Department Of AliyevScience" - by Shahla Sultanova and Charles Recknagel, RFERL, Feb 24, 2013
"Azerbaijan is Rich. Now It Wants to be Famous," by Peter Savodnik, The New York Times, Feb. 8, 2013
"Novella's Sympathetic Portreyal of Armenians Causes Uproar in Azerbaijan," by Shahla Sultanova, The NY Times, Feb. 1, 2013
"On a Second Thought..." by Henry Grabar, The Atlantic Cities, Jan. 30, 2013
"Mexico: Statue of Ex-Leader of Azerbaijan Removed," The NY Times, Jan. 26, 2013
"Officials in Azerbaijan Claim to Restore Order to Rioting City," by Andrew Roth and Shahla Sultanova, The NY Times, Jan. 25, 2013
"Minor vehicle collision in Azerbaijan sparks mass riot, attack on local official’s son", The Washington Post, Jan. 24, 2013
"Mexico to Remove Controversial Statue to Former Azerbaijani President," The Washington Post, Jan. 23, 2013
"Tough Year Looms for Azerbaijan," by Ilan Greenberg, The National Interest, Jan 18, 2013
"Hundreds Gather in Baku in Social-Media Organized Protest," The Washington Post, Jan. 12, 2013
"This Should Have Been the Year..." by Helen Goodman, The Huffington Post, Dec. 20, 2012
"Despite Migration, Azerbaijani Village Life Goes On," RFE/RL, Dec. 6, 2012
"My Experience with Lax Embassy Security," by Matthew Bryza, The Wall Street Journal, Dec. 3, 2012
"Is Russia Running a Secret Supply Route to Arm Syria's Assad?" by Simon Shuster, Time, Nov. 29, 2012
"Filthy Rich: Britain's Favourite Dictatorship..." by Will Stewart, The Daily Mail, Nov. 24, 2012
An internet conference in a surveillance state, by Sarah Kendzior, Al-Jazeera, Nov 13, 2012
"Statue of a Foreign Autocrat Sits Uneasily With Some", by Elizabeth Malkin, The New York Times, Nov 12, 2012
Azerbaijan: “A Country that Portrays Social-Networkers as Mentally Ill”, by Hisham Almiraat, Global Voices, Nov 7, 2012
"The Internet is Not Free in Azerbaijan," by Emin Milli, The Independent, Nov. 6, 2012
"The Prince, the Brutal Dictator and a Friendship He Just Won't Give Up," by Tom Peck, The Independent, Nov. 1, 2012
"Prine Andrew Continues to Take a Close Interest in Azerbaijan," by Tim Walker, The Telegraph, Oct. 31, 2012
"Azerbaijan: The wrong kind of model," by Howard Eissenstat, The Washington Post, Oct. 19, 2012
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Azerbaijan in International Reports
May 14, 2013 - Report of Civil Rights Defenders, Sweden based international human rights organization, on Human Rights Defenders in Azerbaijan
April 2013 - US State Department's Country Report on Human Rights in Azerbaijan
April 3, 2013 - ICIJ Report - Inside the Global Offshore Money Maze
January 2013 - Annual Report on Human Rights Watch - Chapter on Azerbaijan
December 2012 - Freedom House - Nations in Transit - Azerbaijan Country Report
October 29, 2012 - Amnesty International Report "Azerbaijan: Human Rights Abuses Placed Under the E-Spotlight"
October 25, 2012 - "The Struggle for Internet Freedom in Azerbaijan," by Vugar Gojayev
September 27, 2012 - Report on "Local and Regional Democracy in Azerbaijan," The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe
May 24, 2012 - "Caviar Diplomacy: How Azerbaijan Silenced the Council of Europe. Part 1" - European Stability Initiative
May 9, 2012 - "Spotlight on Azerbaijan" - Foreign Policy Centre's Report on Human Rights Record of Azerbaijan
April 18, 2012 - EU Parliament's Resolution on EU-Azerbaijan Association Agreement
April 18, 2012 - EU Parliament's Resolution on EU-Armenia Association Agreement
April 2, 2012 - Sandie Shaw Calls on Azerbaijani Government to Stop Harassing Journalists - Amnesty International Report
February 29, 2012 - "They took everything from me" Human Rights Watch Report on Forcible Evictions In Azerbaijan
February 20, 2012 - The Amnesty International Briefing on Human Rights In Azerbaijan
October 4, 2011 - Norwegian Helsinki Committee's Report on Political Prisoners In Azerbaijan
September 23, 2011 - Human Rights Watch Letter to Azerbaijani Minister of Justice On Disbarred Lawyers
April 12, 2013 - IPGA Statement on Political 2012-2013 Political Persecutions in Azerbaijan
April 8, 2011 - US State Department's Human Rights Report on Azerbaijan for 2010
March 7, 2011 - Amensty International: Azerbaijan Must Halt Crackdown On Protest Organizers
February 15, 2011 - CPJ Report "Attacks on the Press 2010: Azerbaijan"
January 27, 2011 - ODIHR/OSCE Final Report on Azerbaijani Parliamentary Elections of Nov. 2010
November 8, 2010: ODIHR/OSCE Preliminary Statement on Azerbaijan's Parliamentary Elections
October 30, 2010: ODIHR/OSCE Second Interim Report on Azerbaijani Elections
October 26, 2010: HRW Report - Azerbaijan: Beaten, Blacklisted and Behind Bars
October 21, 2010: Azerbaijan: Free Expression Under Attack
September 2010 - Article 19 Report - Living As Dissidents: Freedom of Expression In Azerbaijan
September 3, 2010 - International Crisis Group Report: "Azerbaijan: Vulnerable Stability"
March 2010 - Resource Nationalism Trends In Azerbaijan - PETROSAM Program of Reasearch Council of Norway
March 11, 2010 - U.S. State Department's 2009 Report on Azerbaijan
February 24, 2010 - Global Integrity Report on Corruption in Azerbaijan
February 16, 2010 - NHC Report: "Nakhchivan: Azerbaijan's Dark Island"
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Linked Info
Aliyev's Cultural Spending Spree - by Emma, Platformlondon.org - May 16, 2013
OCCRP Names Aliyev "Person of the Year" - Dec. 31, 2012
"Sudden, Violent Demonstration Erupts In Northern Azerbaijan," by Karl Rahder, FPB, March 2, 2012
"Azerbaijan: Early 20th Century Satirical Magazine Offers Edgy Exploration of Eurasia," Eurasianet.org, Nov. 24, 2011
US Amb. Ross Wilson's Speech at the Atlantic Council Conference On Europian Energy - June 1, 2011
"Azerbaijan: Prominent Lawyer Disbarred, Youth Activist Arrested," by Karl Rahder, FPB, Feb. 6, 2011
"Azerbaijan Backtracks in Ukranian Organ Transplant Investigation," Eurasianet.org, Dec. 3, 2010
"More Troubles In Baku, Local Press Reports On "Magic Tree"," by Karl Rahder, FPB, June 20, 2010
"Azerbaijan Grapples With New Media Freedom," by Karl Rahder, ISN, June 7, 2010
"A Journalism (r)evolution in Azerbaijan," by Mark Briggs, Lost Remote, May 24, 2010
"IMF: The Party Is Over For Azerbaijan," by Shahin Abbasov, Eurasianet. org, May 24, 2010
"Alienating Azerbaijan?" by Karl Rahder, International Relations and Security Network, Apr. 27, 2010
"Colors and Flowers... and Soviet Spoils," by Ben Tanosborn, April 27, 2010
"The U.S. and the Persecution of Azerbaijan's Bloggers," by Joshua Kucera, trueslant.comm Nov. 11, 2009
"Story of a Father and Son," Frontline Club, Sep 28, 2009
"Hooligans?," RSF about arrested youth activists in Azerbaijan, July 11, 2009
"I Rule Here and Blind Democrats in Europe," by Ilgar Mammadov, REAL, June 27, 2009
Azerbaijan Marks Anniversary Of Its First Republic - Frontline Club, May 29, 2009
Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely - by Farid Guliyev, ResetDoc.org, April 16, 2009
So Much For Azerbaijani Democracy - by Michael J. Totten, Commentary Magazine, Oct. 21, 2008
Azerbaijan: Election Day Proves A Snooze - by Mina Muradova, Eurasia Insight, Oct. 15, 2008
Finding Elmar's Killers. Azerbaijan Special Report - by Nina Ognianova, CPJ, Sep. 16, 2008
Azerbaijani Opposition Mulls Presidential Election Boycott - by Liz Fuller
Naxcivan: More Tales From Azerbaijan's North Korea
It's National Press Day in Azerbaijan, But There's Little Cause For Celebration
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Videos
March 29, 2013 - Battle to Save Homes from Demolition in Baku
January 24, 2013 - Ismayilli Protests Continue
January 23, 2013 - Popular Uprising in Ismayilli
January 23, 2013 - Amazing Azerbaijan! Short Film
January 12, 2013 - Baku Protests Against Soldier Jeyhun Gubadov's Death
December 20, 2012 - British MP Helen Goodman Attacks Human Rights Record of Azerbaijan
December 19, 2012 - AZAD Forum "Azerbaijan's Untapped Potential for the West: Engaging Azerbaijani Society as a US Ally"
December 10, 2012 - Azeri Police Arrests... Government Supporter at Opposition Rally
December 10, 2012 - Public Chamber's Protest Action in Downtown Baku
October 20, 2012 - Opposition Protesters Demand Dissolution of Azerbaijani Parliament
October 1, 2012 - Million Dollar Bribe for a Parliamentary Seat: Secret Cam Recording with English Subtitles
September 21, 2012 - Interview With the US Congressman Dana Rohrabacher on Azeri Minority in Iran
July 4, 2012 - Al Jazeera Interview with Khadija Ismayilova
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Photos
Photo Essay on Heydar Aliyev's Cult of Personality in Azerbaijan - February 19, 2013
Popular Uprising in Ismayilli - January 23, 2013
Public Chamber's Rally - April 22, 2012
Youth Protest Rally in Bayil - March 12, 2012
Anti-French Protests In Baku - January 25, 2012
Youth Protests in Downtown Baku - December 3, 2011
Rally of the Public Chamber of the Azeri Opposition - June 19, 2011
Azeri Diaspora Rallies For Demoracy In Stockholm, Sweden - June 18, 2011
Public Champer Marks the Republic Day - May 28, 2011
April 17 Rally of Azeri Opposition - April 17, 2011
Azeri Diaspora Rallies For Democracy in Den Haag - April 6, 2011
Azeri Diaspora Rallies For Democracy in Strasbourg - April 2, 2011
Rally of Azerbaijani Democratic Forces - April 2, 2011
Free Azerbaijan Rally of AZAD - March 19, 2011
Musavat Rally Against Aliyev Regime - March 12, 2011
Youth Protests Against Aliyev Regime - March 11, 2011
Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan Commemorated M.A. Rasulzade - January 31, 2011
Hijab Protest In Nardaran - December 18, 2010
Parliamentary Elections In Azerbaijan - November 7, 2010
Azeri Diaspora In Netherlands Protested Against Ilham Aliyev's Regime - November 5, 2010
PFPA and Musavat's Joint Rally In Baku - July 31, 2010
Azeri Opposition's Protest Action In Baku - July 3, 2010
Azadlig Bloc Held "Unauthorized" Rally In Baku - June 19, 2010
Musavat and Union for Democracy Held "Unauthorized" Rally In Baku - June 12, 2010
Azadlig Bloc's "Unauthorized" Rally In Baku - June 5, 2010
International Act of Protest for Eynulla Fatullayev In Front of Azeri Embassy - June 3, 2010
Azadlig Bloc's Rally In Novkhani - May 28, 2010
Protest of Azadlig Bloc in Baku - May 15, 2010
Protest of Azadlig bloc in Baku - April 26, 2010
Surprise Youth Protest Action in Baku - Nov. 22, 2009
U.S. Azeris Commemorate Oil Academy Shooting Victims - May 10, 2009
Student Protests In Baku - May 10, 2009
Mirza Sakit Released From Jail - April 9, 2009
Azeris Marked Khojali Massacre In Front of Armenian Embassy - February 25, 2009
AZAD Holds Protest Rally In New York Against Unlimited Presidency in Azebaijan - January 9, 2009
AZAD Holds Protest Rally in Washington DC Against Unlimited Presidency in Azerbaijan - Dec. 30, 2008
Protests Against Constitutional Changes in Azerbaijan - Dec. 24, 2008
Ganja Celebrates Ilham Aliyev's Birthday - Dec. 24, 2008
Jailed Azeri Journalists, Brothers Ganimat and Sakit Zahidov at Their Fathers Funeral
Sacrifice Holiday in Azerbaijan - December 8, 2008
Military Parade in Baku - June 26, 2008
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