Azerbaijan Accused of Giving Millions in Bribes to Council of Europe

BY HARUT SASSOUNIAN

For years, the government of Azerbaijan has been showering politicians and dignitaries from around the world with expensive gifts, such as silk carpets, gold, silver, caviar, cash, and all-expense paid trips in exchange for their votes in favor of Azerbaijan and against Armenia and the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic. This illicit practice is so prevalent that Europeans describe it as “caviar diplomacy.”