2024-04-04 13:26:25
The OCCRP project of investigative journalists on organized crime and corruption has published a study on Rashad Abdullayev, the son of SOCAR president Rovnag Abdullayev. Research reveals that Rashad Abdullayev is a fan of expensive items.
Investigative journalists evaluated the watch on his arm during the meeting of the Sabael Football Club, where he was the head in 2017. According to the assessment, Roger Dubuis Excalibur Quatuor The price of this branded watch is more than 1 million dollars.
The article says that SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev has also been seen wearing expensive watches, but these watches are not even close to what his son wears due to their price.
“This raises serious questions, SOCAR officials and their relatives wear watches many times more expensive than their official salaries,” – said Barnaby Pace from the Global Witness organization. So far, he has conducted research on SOCAR.
“We have from time to time expressed concern about the lack of open information about the real beneficiaries of SOCAR’s contracts. However, journalists and civil society activists who raise questions about corruption in Azerbaijan face violence and repression, so the questions about who benefits from Azerbaijan’s oil wealth will only increase.” – he added to his words.
Let’s remind that Rashad Abdullayev is 1.2 million euros in Spain Richard Mille came up with the theft of his watch. OCCRP also investigated whether this watch, of which only 75 units have been produced, belongs to the son of the SOCAR president.
A retired Spanish police officer confirmed the authenticity of the information to OCCRP. He said that the investigators were surprised by such a theft. “They have never seen anything like this before. Investigators in Ibiza are still unsure whether the motivation behind the complaint is genuine“, said the person who did not want to be named.
OCCRP writes that Rashad Abdullayev confirmed at least part of this story. Thus, the initial complaint to the police was amended, and it was claimed that the watch belonged to a person named Seymur Mehtiyev, not Rasha. OCCRP reporters write that they saw this addendum to the complaint. That is, the presence of the 25-year-old Azerbaijani in Ibiza, the existence and value of the watch are not disputed.
The address of Seymur Mehtiyev is shown in Moscow, on Tverskaya street. Reporters found people with this name in Russia, Azerbaijan and Great Britain, but due to the lack of information, they could not determine to whom the claim belongs. Also, there is no evidence that these people are big businessmen who would buy such an expensive watch.
It was revealed that a person named Oleg Kalaev lives in the address in Moscow. He was the former finance minister and deputy prime minister of the Russian Republic of North Ossetia-Alania. He said that he lived in that apartment when he was in Moscow, and that he did not know Seymur Mehtiyev.