Azerbaijan hits back over 'scandalous' money laundering claims

Baku says Guardian allegations that it made covert payments to politicians and regime’s supporters amount to smear campaignThe government of Azerbaijan has responded angrily to revelations that it ran a secret $2.9bn fund, which was used to pay prominent Europeans, run lobbying operations and launder money via a group of opaque British companies.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. Continue reading…
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