Vasif Talibov

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Tofig Hasanov, Nakhchivan's Chief of the Penitentiary Service. Image via apa.az.

Nakhchivan Penitentiary Service chief detained on embezzlement charges

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The Chief of Nakhchivan’s Penitentiary Service is the latest senior figure in the autonomous republic to be detained on charges of embezzlement and bribery. A Baku court remanded Tofig Hasanov to four months of pre-trial detention on 27 January. Hasanov could face up to 12 years in prison if proven guilty. No details were released on the amount of funds he had allegedly embezzled or accepted in bribes. Hasanov’s arrest is the latest in an apparent crackdown by Azerbaijani authorities in Na

Azerbaijan

Head of Nakhchivan resigns after 27 years in power

by Ismi Aghayev

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Vasif Talibov, chair of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, has resigned after 27 years as head of the republic. Talibov was known for his authoritarian rule, with torture, censorship, and other human rights abuses common in the republic, and some dissidents alleged to have been forced into psychiatric hospitals. On Wednesday, Talibov submitted a request to Nakhchivan’s parliament through its deputy chair, Azer Zeynalov, asking that he be permitted to resign from hi

Armen Sarkissian

Azerbaijani and Armenian politicians implicated in Credit Suisse leak

by OC Media

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Leaked records from Credit Suisse, the second-largest bank in Switzerland, have revealed the secret holdings of political figures from around the world, including the sons of Nakhchivan head Vasif Talibov, and former Armenian President Armen Sarkissian. The investigation led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, together with 48 news outlets around the world, has investigated 18,000 accounts at the Swiss bank after an anonymo