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Azerbaijan: Down for the count?

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Western Europe, Azerbaijan, United Kingdom, Sport

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 [1]. According to the blog post and news reports, Ali Ahmedov accused the British broadcaster of being “jealous because we are pretty, athletic and rich.”