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\n On 5 September, the Azerbaijani presidential press office issued a
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\n statement
\n <\/a>
\n in response to an
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\n investigation
\n <\/a>
\n released on 4 September alleging that the Azerbaijani government had used fictitious UK-based companies to launder $2.9 billion. The investigation was carried out by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), together with S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Barron’s (USA), Le Monde (France), The Guardian (UK), and Bivol (Bulgaria).\n<\/p>\n

\n The statement says that neither the Azerbaijani president nor members of his family have anything to do with the report’s claims.\n<\/p>\n

\n “Attempts to link the president and his family to those things are groundless, biased and provocative,” the statement said.\n<\/p>\n

\n “We know that George Soros, who has gained a global image of swindler, fraud and liar, and his henchmen are behind it. George Soros’s dirty affairs must be investigated thoroughly. The Armenian lobby, which collaborates with him, conducts a filthy campaign against the Azerbaijani president and members of his family. However, those attempts are fruitless. The fact that an Armenian woman – Dina Nagapetyan [
\n
\n sic.
\n <\/i>
\n ] \u2013 is one of the authors of the article published in the newspaper Guardian shows that the Armenian lobby stands behind those filthy accusations,” the statement says. (
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\n Note: The Guardian journalist\u2019s name is actually
\n
\n Dina Nagapetyants
\n <\/a>
\n .
\n <\/i>
\n )\n<\/p>\n

\n According to the report, from 2012 to 2014, against a backdrop of mass arrests of activists and journalists in Azerbaijan, members of the ruling elite of the country used a secret slush fund to bribe European politicians, purchase luxury items, and launder money for other self-serving purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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