Azerbaijani authorities have detained the former chairman of the central bank. Interior Ministry officials said Jahangir Hajiyev was detained on December 5 and will be kept in custody for a period of four months. Hajiyev had repeatedly given testimony in an investigation of loans made by the International Bank of Azerbaijan that had not been repaid. Several former senior bank officials and some Azerbaijani entrepreneurs have been arrested in the probe for taking out the large loans but not repaying them. With reporting by trend.az and apa.az...
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