place_of_birth ruslan majidov
___MASK61___ is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan , as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region . ___MASK61___ is located below sea level , which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level . It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula , alongside the Bay of ___MASK61___ . At the beginning of 2009 , ___MASK61___ ' s urban population was estimated at just over two million people . Officially , about 25 percent of all inhabitants of the country live in ___MASK61___ ' s metropolitan area . A sovereign state is , in international law , a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised government that has sovereignty over a geographic area . International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population , defined territory , one government , and the capacity to ___MASK73___ into relations with other sovereign states . It is also normally understood that a sovereign state is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state . Law is a system ___MASK70___ rules that are created and enforced through social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior . State - enforced laws can be made by a collective legislature or by a single legislator , resulting in statutes , by the executive through decrees and regulations , or established by judges through precedent , normally in common law jurisdictions . Private individuals can create legally binding contracts , including arbitration agreements that may elect to accept alternative arbitration to the normal court process . The formation ___MASK70___ laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution , written or tacit , and the rights encoded therein . The law shapes politics , economics , history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator ___MASK70___ relations between people . The ___MASK41___ national football team is the national football team ___MASK70___ ___MASK41___ and is controlled by Association ___MASK70___ Football Federations ___MASK70___ ___MASK41___ . It represents ___MASK41___ in international football competitions . The majority ___MASK70___ ___MASK41___ ' s home matches are held at the national stadium , ___MASK61___ National Stadium , with friendly matches sometimes hosted at club stadiums . ___MASK41___ , officially the Republic ___MASK70___ ___MASK41___ , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads ___MASK70___ Southwest Asia and Southeastern Europe . It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and Iran to the south . The exclave ___MASK70___ Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east , Iran to the south and west , while having an 8 km border with Turkey in the north west . ___MASK53___ ( from the  Rus '), also officially known as the Russian Federation , is a country in Eurasia . At , ___MASK53___ is the largest country in the world by surface area , covering more than one - eighth ___MASK70___ the Earth ' s inhabited land area , and the ninth most populous , with over 140 million people at the end ___MASK70___ March 2016 . The European western part ___MASK70___ the country is much more populated and urbanised than the eastern , about 77 % ___MASK70___ the population live in European ___MASK53___ . ___MASK53___ ' s capital Moscow is one ___MASK70___ the largest cities in the world , other major urban centers include Saint Petersburg , Novosibirsk , Yekaterinburg , Nizhny Novgorod and ___MASK68___ . The ___MASK52___ or ___MASK43___ is a region at the border ___MASK70___ Europe and Asia , situated between the Black and the Caspian seas . The ___MASK41___ Premier League , currently named Topaz Premyer Liqas after its main sponsor , is the top tier in Azerbaijani club football . The league is contested by 12 teams , in which the season runs from August to May . The winner gets a second round play off spot in the UEFA Champions League . The ___MASK76___ is the largest enclosed inland body ___MASK70___ water on Earth by area , variously classed as the world ' s largest lake or a full - fledged sea . It is in an endorheic basin ( it has no outflows ) located between Europe and Asia . It is bound by ___MASK27___ to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . AZAL PFK is an Azerbaijani football club based in üvlan , ___MASK61___ . The club competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League . ___MASK78___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK70___ ___MASK78___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and Azerbaijan ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf ___MASK70___ Oman ; and to the west by Turkey and Iraq . Comprising a land area ___MASK70___ , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK78___ is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western Asia , and its proximity to the Strait ___MASK70___ Hormuz , make it ___MASK70___ great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic ___MASK19___ . ___MASK58___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the ___MASK89___ ___MASK70___ ___MASK58___ ( tr . " Hayastani Hanrapetut  yun "), is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region ___MASK70___ Eurasia . Located in Western Asia on the " Armenian Highlands ", it is bordered by Turkey to the west , Russia and Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east , and Iran and Azerbaijan ' s exclave ___MASK70___ Nakhchivan to the south . The Association ___MASK70___ Football Federations ___MASK70___ Azerbaijan , also known simply as the AFFA , is the governing body ___MASK70___ football in Azerbaijan . Formed in 1992 , it is responsible for overseeing all aspects ___MASK70___ the amateur and professional game in its territory . Citizenship is the status ___MASK70___ a person recognized under the custom or law as being a legal member ___MASK70___ a sovereign state . A person may have multiple citizenships and a person who does not have citizenship ___MASK70___ any state is said to be stateless . ___MASK94___ , officially the Republic ___MASK70___ ___MASK94___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK94___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK94___ is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave ___MASK70___ Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and Syria to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea ___MASK70___ Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . ___MASK94___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . Ruslan Majidov , also spelled Medzhidov ( Azeri : Ruslan Mcidov ) ( born 22 August 1985 ) is an Azerbaijani footballer ( goalkeeper ) who last played for AZAL PFK . He is a former member ___MASK70___ Azerbaijan national football team . Ruslan has also a Russian citizenship .