Azerbaijan Writer to Run for President Against Dictator

By DC Editors - August 12, 2013 Leave a Comment

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Despite rigid political system, Azerbaijan writer, a famous screenwriter, is planning to be President | Democracy, elections, ballots and voting at DC

Azeri screenwriter bids to beat president

Oscar-winning screenwriter Rustam Ibragimbekov should be back in his homeland of Azerbaijan preparing his unlikely bid to topple strongman President Ilham Aliyev at elections this October. Instead, Ibragimbekov, who was chosen last month as president.

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