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Azerbaijan: First Lady responds to mafia claims… on Twitter

Written byOnnik Krikorian
Posted 2 December 2010 9:40 GMT

With the latest revelations from Wikileaks including an alleged confidential cable from the U.S. Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, comparing the president to a mafia boss, and his dynasty to the fictional Corleones of Godfather film fame, a Twitter account, apparently that of his wife, responds. The Twitter account materialized a day after revelations about Azerbaijan's First Lady herself, although has yet to be verified as genuine.

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