#Football : scandale pour la construction d’un stade de 5000 places en #Gagaouzie, #Moldavie pour le compte de l’#Azerbaïdjan…
Sports complex stalls in Moldova’s Gagauzia amid shady deals
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A vanity project started by Azerbaijan to honor former President Heydar Aliyev, whose son is the current president of the former Soviet republic, has turned into a huge scandal. Critics see an international corruption scheme behind the planned construction of Heydar Aliyev Sports Complex in Moldova’s Gagauziya region.
Three years ago, the Azerbaijani government vowed to construct a sports complex in the small city of Ceadir-Lunga, with 22,000 residents. At first, Moldovans liked the idea. But since then the project has been stained with charges of unfair land allocation. A local governor turned out to have a special interest in the project, which may not be as charitable as it looks at first glance.
The promised complex was said to have a soccer stadium of 5,000 seats, tennis courts, training football fields, weightlifting hall with 400 seats, a hotel with 200 rooms and more. For Ceadir-Lunga, the promise seemed very generous.
Joyeuse confusion des intérêts privés (dont Ilham Aliyev) et public (la municipalité de Ceadir-Lunga.
Au passage, l’article rappelle que l’Axerbaïdjan a semé dans le monde entier des statues de Heydar Aliyev. Et s’en sert, en interne, comme témoignage du rayonnement international du pays.
In recent years, the Azeri government has installed statues of Heydar Aliyev – a former Soviet KGB top official known as a terrible abuser of human rights — in many countries, including Moldova.
Article de RFE-RL sur le sujet (octobre 2012)
Azerbaijan’s Biggest Export : Heydar Aliyev
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But over the past decade tributes to Aliyev have been cropping up in cities all over the world, from Belgrade to Cairo and now all the way to Mexico City.
Take a look at this interactive map by RFE/RL’s Azerbaijani Service keeping track of the world’s Heydar Aliyev statues. The first statue of Aliyev abroad is believed to have been unveiled in Kars, Turkey in 2001 by Heydar Aliyev himself, who passed away two years later.
Au moment de l’inauguration de la statue de H. Aliyev à Mexico dans le Jardin de la Reforma…
… suivi du retrait pour un endroit moins prestigieux.
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