The new investigation of the Azerbaijani laundromat contains interesting details about the relations of this country with Hungary. In 2012, at the time when Hungary extradited the Azerbaijani Ramil Safarov who had hacked to death the Armenian army officer Gurgen Margaryan to Azerbaijan, over 7 million dollars was transferred to the bank account in MKB opened in the name of an Azerbaijani politician, Armenpress informed. The report published on Átlátszó states that the new details show that when Hungary extradited Safarov, it pursued goals other than strengthening political and economic ties with Azerbaijan. The account opened in MKB was related to an offshore company which was in close relations with the Azerbaijani government. The amount was transferred to the bank account by Metastar Invest LLP which was connected with the offshore company, Velasco International. Already in 2014 the Hungarian prime minister Victor Orban met with the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev in Budapest and they signed an agreement on strategic cooperation. Later the meetings of the two politicians continued in warmth. Metastar Invest LLP is the company which paid illegal amounts to the member of the PACE PA Luca Volonte who is being persecuted in Italy at the moment. Interestingly, the same Luca Volonte was not only Azerbaijan’s friend but also Victor Orban’s and had described criticism against his regime as “witch hunt”. Ve...
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