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From podium to police in Azerbaijan

8 August 2024

In Azerbaijan, the path from sporting success to police is a well-established one. 

In 2009, then-Interior Minister Ramil Usubov awarded judoka Elnur Mammadli the rank of senior police lieutenant and officer’s epaulettes. A year earlier, Mammadli had won gold at

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By Aytan Farhadova

Staff writer

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