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President of Assembly of Council of Europe resigns

President of Assembly of Council of Europe resigns

8 October 2017
The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Spanish Senator Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora (on the right in the photo), has presented his apologies for meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. On 6 October 2017, he handed in his resignation.
On 28 April 2017, Russian media published photographs showing Pedro Agramunt in Damascus accompanied by about ten members of the Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Russian Duma. This provoked fury in the auditorium. (...)

Azerbaijan’s bribes to journalists and politicians total 2.9 billion dollars

Azerbaijan's bribes to journalists and politicians total 2.9 billion dollars

8 September 2017
After the Danish daily newspaper Berlingske received confidential documents stolen from its former owner, Danske Bank, it had them analysed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). From this analysis, it appears that Azerbaijan has set up an extensive system of illegal public relations.
These documents verify that between 2012 and 2014, Azerbaijan had used Danske Bank as a conduit to channel 2.9 billion dollars to bribe journalists and politicians.
Intermediaries (...)

Billions of dollars’ worth of arms against Syria

by Thierry Meyssan

Billions of dollars' worth of arms against Syria

Damascus (Syria) | 18 July 2017
Over the last seven years, several billion dollars’ worth of armament has been illegally introduced into Syria – a fact which in itself is enough to disprove the myth according to which this war is a democratic revolution. Numerous documents attest to the fact that the traffic was organised by General David Petraeus, first of all in public, via the CIA, of which he was the director, then privately, via the financial company KKR with the aid of certain senior civil servants. Thus the conflict, which was initially an imperialist operation by the United States and the United Kingdom, became a private capitalist operation, while in Washington, the authority of the White House was challenged by the deep state. New elements now show the secret rôle of Azerbaïdjan in the evolution of the (...)

South Stream to Change Direction

Russia Cannot be Squeezed Out of Energy Market

by Dmitry Minin

Russia Cannot be Squeezed Out of Energy Market

Moscow (Russia) | 24 December 2014
The surprise energy agreement between Russia and Turkey was preceded by two other proposals: first, Israel was prepared to supply the European Union with gas that it would steal from its neighbors; on the other hand, Azerbaijan also stood ready to supply gas. Ultimately, only the Russian proposal turned out to be both serious and profitable.

Azerbaijan withdraws from Nabucco

Azerbaijan withdraws from Nabucco

28 June 2013
Azerbaijan announced on 26 June 2013 its withdrawal from the Nabucco West Pipeline (Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary). The country will export its oil to Europe through the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (Greece, Albania, Italy).
The Trans-Adriatic is a joint venture company involving Axpo (Switzerland 42.5%), Statoil (Norway, 42.5%) and E.ON Ruhrgas (Germany, 15%).
The construction of Nabucco East started losing momentum already in December 2011. Azerbaijan’s pullout from the western segment (...)

Controversy over the Israeli military presence in Azerbaijan

Controversy over the Israeli military presence in Azerbaijan

18 June 2013
While Azerbaijan has signed a military contract with Israel amounting to $ 1.5 billion, Russian press reports indicate that the Jewish state has acquired eight military airports (4 in disuse and 4 operational) for an attack the Iran.
The Azerbaijani government has officially denied such reports without clarifying, however, Israel’s presence at the airports. Azerbaijan will not allow its territory to be used in an attack against its neighbors.
Sharing a common border with Iran, Azerbaijan (...)

The Eurovision scandal

The Eurovision scandal

21 May 2013
The annual Eurovision Song Contest was held in Malmö (Sweden), 18 May 2013. It ended with the victory of Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest.
The final tally for each country is a 50/50 combination of the telephone votes and the votes of a national jury.
However, the 10 points that Azerbaijan gave to Russia disappeared, causing total mayhem in Baku and anger in Moscow (which gave 12 points to Azerbaijan).
Sergey Lavrov, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, asked Baku to shed light on the matter. (...)

Joint statement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict issued at G8 summit

by Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev

Joint statement on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict issued at G8 summit

26 May 2011
Deauville, France
26 May 2011
We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chair countries - France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America - are convinced the time has arrived for all the sides to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to take a decisive step towards a peaceful settlement.
We reiterate that only a negotiated settlement can lead to peace, stability, and reconciliation, opening opportunities for regional development and cooperation. The use of force created the (...)

Joint Statement by France, Russia, USA on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

by Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy, Dmitry Medvedev

Muskoka (Canada) | 26 June 2010
G8 Summit: Joint Statement On The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict by Dmitry Medvedev, President Of The Russian Federation, Barack Obama, President Of The United States Of America, and Nicolas Sarkozy, President Of The French Republic
We, the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group’s Co-Chair countries, France, the Russian Federation, and the United States of America, reaffirm our commitment to support the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan as they finalize the Basic Principles for the peaceful (...)

“As Long as the Leading Elite Remains United, the People Will Have Practically No Chance to Seize Power”

by Etibar Mamedov

5 July 2005
Right now, due to the proximity of legislative elections, Azerbaijan’s internal situation is tense. It seems as if the various political forces in the country were studying each other to see who’s the strongest. The pressures of international organizations on the government remain the same, the difference being that they won’t close their eyes as they did in the past. These organizations are sick of the government’s whims. The world has changed and Azerbaijan cannot be oblivious of the (...)

“Strength Balance and Organization South of the Caucasus”

by Smbat Karakhanian

5 July 2005
Through various programs, the North Atlantic Alliance is preparing “external platforms” for itinerant military groups south of the Caucasus. NATO strategists say that such bases and garrisons should allow to enforce the Budapest 1997 Summit’s decision. According to this decision, the deployment of international forces should be performed by mutual consent of all the sides involved in the Nagorni-Karabaj conflict. That’s why a policy of pressure on Armenian leaders is being carried out so that (...)

Oil company BP-Amoco’s territory

Azerbaijan, an advanced colonial post

by Arthur Lepic

Azerbaijan, an advanced colonial post

10 September 2004
In order to keep Russia away from the interests of the Caspian Sea (energy reserves), oligarchs and oil moguls have favored the Chechnya conflict and have imposed a puppet regimen in Azerbaijan, where the largest oil pipeline is located. The same thing was done in Georgia. The Aliyev clan, the first dynasty after the collapse of the Soviet empire, operates there along with the oil company BP-Amoco. By driving the focus of tension into Russia, oil moguls manipulate the Caucasian conflicts, although their main interest is to take the oil of the Caspian Sea to western markets.

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“As Long as the Leading Elite Remains United, the People Will Have Practically No Chance to Seize Power”

Azerbaijan’s bribes to journalists and politicians total 2.9 billion dollars

Joint Statement by France, Russia, USA on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

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