Last June, a Latvian socialist MEP went to Azerbaijan and sang its praises — but the EU Parliament committee he claimed to represent had no idea he was there.
The story of Andris Ameriks' freewheeling trip is the second in a series together with Swedish-German investigative platform Blankspot on how Azerbaijan cultivates friends in the EU institutions.
Blankspot's first investigation uncovered ho...
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Already a member? Login hereRasmus Canbäck and Sascha Düerkop are journalists with the Stockholm-based Swedish-German investigative platform Blankspot.
Rasmus Canbäck and Sascha Düerkop are journalists with the Stockholm-based Swedish-German investigative platform Blankspot.