Regional geopolitics

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The usual responses

"Azerbaijani Government Rejects Slush Fund, Corruption Charges

"Neither the president, nor members of his family have any relation to the charges contained in the report by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project," said a presidential press statement issued in Baku on September 5.

https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijani-laundromat-slush-fund-used-sway-european-politicians-guardian-bbc-reports/28717122.html

Now comes the slow guy Ali's logic

"Ali Hasanov: Primary goal of anti-Azerbaijan campaign is to damage country’s healthy image"


^^^ There is nothing like using $3 billion fund/s to destroy one country's image.

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azeri news and response

"George Soros and his henchmen behind campaign against Azerbaijan and its leadership: presidential press service

“We know that it is George Soros and his henchmen – who have an international reputation of cheaters, tricksters, frauds and liars in relation to Azerbaijan and its leadership – that are behind this campaign. George Soros’s dirty actions should be seriously investigated. The Armenian lobby, which acts in concert with him, carries out a dirty campaign against the President of Azerbaijan and his family. But despite their efforts, this campaign has not yielded any results. The fact that one of the co-authors of the article, which was published by The Guardian newspaper, is Armenian Dina Nagapetyan once again shows that these dirty accusations are at the same time another disgusting action of the world Armenianism,” the statement said.

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Checked for a "Dina Nagapetyan" ... she doesn't even exist

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"Azerbaijan hits back over 'scandalous' money laundering claims

Azerbaijan’s deputy president, Ali Hasanov, said the stories by the Guardian and other media partners were a smear. In the first official reaction from Baku, Hasanov said the regime was the victim of a “scandalous” campaign organised by British intelligence, the Armenian diaspora and the US.


“When did the Guardian write about the truth about Azerbaijan? This newspaper has been known for decades for being against Azerbaijan,” Hasanov told the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet. The reports were “biased, groundless and provocative,” he said.

On Tuesday, the authorities blocked access from inside Azerbaijan to the website of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The OCCRP published details of the scheme, nicknamed the Azerbaijani Laundromat, following a leak of data to the Danish newspaper Berlingske.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/theresa-may-challenged-over-azerbaijani-money-laundering-scheme

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South China Morning Post <<< you are now banned from entering the glorious country of azerbaijan

"Azerbaijan elite ran US$2.9 billion slush fund to bribe European politicians, investigation reveals"

http://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/2109870/azerbaijan-elite-ran-us29-billion-slush-fund-bribe

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"The so-called “Azerbaijani Laundromat” was uncovered in a joint investigation by 17 European media organizations including the Guardian and Le Monde and was published by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, known as OCCRP. Azeri authorities blocked access to the OCCRP’s website after the report was published."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-05/azeri-rulers-accused-of-3-billion-money-laundering-scheme

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Two years ago when they started their money laundering, the World Bank was going to help them combat money laundering. Nice!

Jul 9, 2015

"World Bank to assist Azerbaijan in combating money laundering

The Financial Monitoring Service of Azerbaijan’s Central Bank will send the National Action Plan on the elimination of risks in the fight against money laundering and terrorism financing to the World Bank in September 2015."

http://amlabc.com/aml-category/aml-news/world-bank-to-assist-azerbaijan-in-combating-money-laundering/

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"Azerbaijan hits back over 'scandalous' money laundering claims

Azerbaijan’s deputy president, Ali Hasanov, said the stories by the Guardian and other media partners were a smear. In the first official reaction from Baku, Hasanov said the regime was the victim of a “scandalous” campaign organised by British intelligence, the Armenian diaspora and the US.


“When did the Guardian write about the truth about Azerbaijan? This newspaper has been known for decades for being against Azerbaijan,” Hasanov told the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet. The reports were “biased, groundless and provocative,” he said.

On Tuesday, the authorities blocked access from inside Azerbaijan to the website of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). The OCCRP published details of the scheme, nicknamed the Azerbaijani Laundromat, following a leak of data to the Danish newspaper Berlingske.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/theresa-may-challenged-over-azerbaijani-money-laundering-scheme

Check it out, they also don't like George Soros. OH NO Big Bad George Soros financing open government / transparency programs.

https://www.azernews.az/nation/118522.html

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Check it out, they also don't like George Soros. OH NO Big Bad George Soros financing open government / transparency programs.

https://www.azernews.az/nation/118522.html

They are the same garbage. The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. They both are playing their games and burning each other. I am enjoying the sight.
The question is why now and what are their objectives with the timing. A desperation to reach Iran from the north? Not much of a British objective. More like oil monopoly that might be threatened with Russia? Who knows what goes in their background dealings.

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I can imagine aliyev turning red and fuming. "I want all my state oil fund withdrawn from Britain and their institutions"