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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Azerbaijan lifts transit blockade to Armenia a step towards lasting peace

… to Kazakhstan, President Ilham Aliyev announced that Azerbaijan had lifted all restrictions on the transit of … rail route running through Armenia and linking mainland Azerbaijan with the Nakhchivan exclave – could be opened … role of President Donald Trump in the normalisation of Azerbaijani – Armenian relations, particularly in …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijan – the rage of the people

… The dramatically deteriorating economic situation in Azerbaijan has caused a wave of spontaneous protests … be extinguished. Thorough reforms are impossible in Azerbaijan due to the corrupt government system which is … conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh will be rekindled and that Azerbaijan will become more susceptible to pressure from …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijan expels the OSCE

… Project Co-ordinator in Baku received a note from Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry, in which the Azerbaijani side demanded – without giving reasons – … not yet clear when the organisation will withdraw from Azerbaijan. The OSCE’s status in Baku was already …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Pretended thaw in Azerbaijan

… On 25 May, the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan conditionally released Khadija Ismailova, the … release is part of an ongoing ‘sham thaw’ in Azerbaijan; in March 15 political prisoners were … prisoners does not mean the authoritarian system in Azerbaijan is undergoing any real reform, but it is the …
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Azerbaijan arms itself

… On 22 October, the parliament of Azerbaijan confirmed its budget plan for 2011, … The decision to increase the military budget of Azerbaijan in a period of heightened tension in the … as propaganda, but it also testifies to the fact that Azerbaijan has not ruled out an armed resolution to the …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

A series of protests in Azerbaijan

… A series of protests have taken place in Azerbaijan since the beginning of this year (12, 19, … prove that the potential for dissatisfaction in the Azerbaijan public exists which is not and may not be … be chosen by Muslim circles, which are quite strong in Azerbaijan. These circles have proven their ability to …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Elections in Azerbaijan embarrassment for the West

… The parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan have brought disaster to the opposition, … the one hand it wants to intensify its cooperation with Azerbaijan (in the energy field), but on the other, it … triumph of the system   The parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan on 7 November brought disaster to the …
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Armenias shelling by Azerbaijan

… clashes broke out along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenian positions using … unfolded, but all indications are that moves by the Azerbaijani side were the driving force. Azerbaijan was …
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Azerbaijans president is betting on his family

On 21 February, Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, nominated his wife, Mehriban Aliyeva, for the newly created position of first vice-president. 
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Elections in Azerbaijan petrification of the petro-republic

… A presidential election is to be held on 9 October in Azerbaijan. Ilham Aliyev, the incumbent president, is … Russian influence on the political situation in Azerbaijan, in both domestic and regional terms, has … to a greater extent in the country’s policy.     Azerbaijan: the country of Aliyevs   Azerbaijan’s …