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Azeri-American Adil Baguirov Receives a Quarter Million Dollars to Lobby for Azerbaijan

In my last week’s article on secret funding for Azerbaijan’s lobbying in the United States, I referred to the payment made to “an influential oil and gas consultant with close ties to President Aliyev who presents himself as an immigration success story and lives in Dayton Ohio—even as he also lobbies the U.S. government on his homeland’s behalf.” Jonny Wrate, in his article,

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Harut Sassounian

Harut Sassounian is the publisher of The California Courier, a weekly newspaper based in Glendale, Calif. He is the president of the Armenia Artsakh Fund, a non-profit organization that has donated to Armenia and Artsakh one billion dollars of humanitarian aid, mostly medicines, since 1989 (including its predecessor, the United Armenian Fund). He has been decorated by the presidents of Armenia and Artsakh and the heads of the Armenian Apostolic and Catholic churches. He is also the recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.

9 Comments

  1. Why isint Baguirov’s presence and activities not investigated . If their is sufficient evidance to this story it should be a forced issue.

    1. Are you serious? A lot of armenians in the US have stolen money and they were not arrested? Do you know why? I personally don’t know!

  2. If, as you say, the US Justice Dept should be asked to investigate Mr. Baguirov, why don’t you orvone off the several Armenian organizations in California begin that process?
    If you’re accurate, something should be done.

  3. Ahmet, keep in your mind, top US-born ANCA members are survivors of the 3-rd generation of Armenian Genocide, where Western Armenia was part of United Armenia, and the name of Turkey or Azerbaijan was not in world’s map yet!

  4. I am a resident of Montgomery County, where Baguirov is running to be County Auditor. I have been shocked by the amount of signs and internet advertising his campaign is buying. There may have been a few signs in past elections, but nothing on the scale of Baguirov’s campaign. He seems to have as many signs as all the other candidates for all other positions put together, along with the internet advertising. It’s a very bizarre situation.

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