“Azerbaijani authorities have already become a hostage in the hands of their population. For the love of God, who do we deal with?—With the society playing with the head of beheaded soldier and authorities awarding them.”
“No country recognizes Nagorno-Karabakh,” he said. “We continue to urge the sides to come to the negotiating table in good faith in order to reach a lasting settlement.”
OCCRP has identified over US$140 million in luxury apartments the family maintains around the globe and these are just the known properties.
Former owner of Hrazdan-Cement Mika Baghdasarov mortgaged it for a loan from VTB Armenia Bank and due to withdrawal of liabilities, shares have been passed on to the Bank.
“President IlhamAliyev—a tough authoritarian leader known for his falsifications of elections, pressure over civil freedom, persecution of journalists, oppositionists, civil activists, actual repression of the opposition and the civil society in the country—actively spreads the cult of his father.”
Bayandur, who has been deprived of one leg, is included in the book. He reached the top of Ararat Mountain. Another soldier—Stepanyan, who has been deprived of one leg and one hand, set a record as well.
There are a few groundings for that—offshore scandal [Panama offshore scandal], domestic policy, reduction of external reserves linked to fall in price for oil, social issues.
The ICIJ search system reveals names of more than 3 dozens of Armenians, included in offshore structures. Name of Mihran Poghosyan, former head of Armenia’s Compulsory Enforcement Service, is included in the list.
