European monitors says Azerbaijan s election took place in a restrictive environment apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Aliyev was ‘not meaningfully challenged,’ and because of limitations on independent media, civil society and other political parties, the contest was ‘devoid of genuine pluralism,’ expert says
European monitors says Azerbaijan s election took place in a restrictive environment aol.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aol.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Preliminary results of Azerbaijan’s presidential elections Wednesday showed a landslide victory for incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, whose re-election was widely expected following his government’s swift reclaiming
Aliyev, 62, has been in power for more than 20 years, succeeding his father who was Azerbaijan's Communist boss and then president for a decade when it became independent after the 1991 Soviet collapse.