‘Only $100m?’: Secrets of rich and powerful exposed in the Pandora Papers met with a weary shrug
The Independent says a leak of documents over the weekend showed Azerbaijan’s strongman, Ilham Aliyev, had secretly bought $540m (£400m) worth of property worldwide, including a central London home registered in the name of his then 11-year-old son.
But on the streets of Baku and other cities of the Caucasus nation of 10m, infamous as a kleptocracy, there were shrugs. Azerbaijanis have long been used to the idea of their leader as corrupt, and they now broadly support him for leading a military victory over Armenia in a war last year.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/pandora-papers-allegations-leaders-reaction-b1932091.html
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