BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev looks certain to extend his rule in the oil-producing former Soviet republic for a third straight term in an election on Wednesday that opponents say has already been skewed in his favour.
In the decade since Aliyev succeeded his father, Azerbaijan has enjoyed a boom that raised living standards and has courted Western countries drawn by its strategic location and oil and gas reserves which it exports to European consumers.
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