Azerbaijan: Down for the count? · Global Voices
Onnik Krikorian

Tamada Tales comments on remarks made by a senior member of the ruling government party in Azerbaijan in response to allegations made by the BBC that a senior official tried to bribe the oil-rich country's way to two gold medals for boxing in next year's Olympic Games to be held in London, England. According to the blog post and news reports, Ali Ahmedov accused the British broadcaster of being “jealous because we are pretty, athletic and rich.”