BAKU - The Supreme Court in Azerbaijan sentenced a former agriculture minister, Muzamil Abdullayev, to death yesterday for his role in an attempted coup in October 1994. President Haydar Aliyev, who has ruled the oil rich Caspian state since Soviet times, has survived a number of attempts to overthrow him.
Death sentence for ex-minister
BAKU - The Supreme Court in Azerbaijan sentenced a former agriculture minister, Muzamil Abdullayev, to death yesterday for his…
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