(AL JAZEERA) Azerbaijan has potentially lucrative oil reserves, but opposition politicians say widespread corruption has left revenues from the country’s natural resources in the hands of a small number of government allies.
Al Jazeera’s Laurence Lee reports from Azerbaijan, where the majority of Azeris live in poverty.
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