The Azerbaijani Laundromat
Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) The Azerbaijani Laundromat is a complex money-laundering operation and slush fund that handled $2.9 billion over a two-year [more >>>]
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Azerbaijan and Europe
By ARZU GEYBULLAYEVA Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso The Azerbaijani regime should harbor no illusions. It will never achieve a strategic partnership agreement with the EU [more >>>]
A culinary conflict in the South Caucasus
By RUZANNA TSATURYAN* Translated by Liz Barnes Open Democracy How national cuisines became yet another battlefield in the enmity between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Русский Is [more >>>]
This Anti-Abortion Leader Is Charged With Laundering Money From Azerbaijan
By J. LESTER FEDER – BuzzFeed News Reporter, ALBERTO NARDELLI – BuzzFeed News Europe Editor Buzzfeed A former Italian MP who funded social conservative groups [more >>>]
Why Azerbaijan’s Dynasty-Building Is a Bad Sign for Europe
By REBEKA FOLLEY, Research Analyst Freedom House The regime in Baku is corrupt, authoritarian, and in the middle of an economic crisis. It is also [more >>>]
Three days that shook Strasbourg – human rights and corruption
By GERALD KNAUS ESI newsletter 2/2017 This newsletter as PDF A gathering storm Winter session – denouncing corruption in PACE Swiss, Nordics, Baltics, Benelux The [more >>>]
A European swamp – corruption and human rights
By GERALD KNAUS Newsletter 8/2016, European Stability Initiative (ESI) This newsletter as PDF A European Swamp “Your gifts are very precious” Investigation What next in [more >>>]
Caviar democracy
Italian TV channel on Azerbaijan’s “Caviar diplomacy”: president Aliyev gets rich on account of state funds Paolo Mondani – journalist of the Italian TV channel [more >>>]
Azerbaijan at 25: A New Era of Change and Turbulence
By THOMAS DE WAAL (Senior Associate Carnegie Europe) Carnegie Europe Azerbaijan is entering a new historical phase. The oil boom—which boosted the economy, consolidated [more >>>]
Corruption on the Caspian: Fueling Aliyev’s Regime
By REBEKA FOLEY, Researcher, Freedom in the World Freedom House An EU-backed energy project that foresees the construction of a pipeline from Azerbaijan to Europe [more >>>]