All news on the topic: Azerbaijan

Against the backdrop of international isolation and internal instability in Russia, the significance of ethnic criminal clans is rapidly growing.

The head of "Rosneft" is urging the Kremlin to promptly settle the dispute with Azerbaijan — does Igor Sechin have pressing interests?

Alarmed Brits were evacuated after being stuck for two hours on a train without air conditioning.

A relentless crackdown over the past 18 months has eradicated any semblance of independent media from authoritarian Azerbaijan.

FUEL smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but little is known about the scale of the maritime operation that routinely ferries refined petroleum products out of Libya.

Fuel smuggling out of Libya is a billion-dollar business, but there is little knowledge about the extent of the maritime operations that regularly transport refined petroleum products out of Libya.

The penalties on Azerbaijani businesses and people occur as the nation is strengthening energy relations with the European Union.

In 2022, during an investigation into locally-based companies potentially breaking sanctions, Alkagesta appeared on the list.

The correspondence reveals how a Swiss private bank attracted a list of questionable clients connected to autocratic regimes and corruption.

Azerbaijani authorities have detained two senior officials from the Ministry of Agriculture for allegedly accepting bribes in return for vehicle registrations and technical certifications.

In 2022, while researching locally-based companies that were potentially violating sanctions, Alkagesta was on my list. The Azerbaijani-owned company is a commodity trader headquartered in Malta with operations in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, and even Georgia.

Another journalist’s arrest adds to growing list of detained media professionals in Azerbaijan, sparking outcry over press freedom.

Azerbaijani authorities have rearrested Toplum TV journalist Farid Ismayilov, accusing him of violating movement restrictions imposed following his March 2024 arrest during a sweeping crackdown on civil society.

Belarusian businessmen Aleksandr Zingman and Oleg Vodchits, involved in international scandals related to arms trade and equipment supplies...

Creek authorities raided a luxury villa in the Kalyvia region, arresting 13 people during what local media described as a “drug party.” Among the detainees was DJ Mikaela, identified as a cousin of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has apologised for an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash that killed 38 people on Christmas Day.

The family and associates of Azerbaijani strongman Ilham Aliyev acquired U.K. real estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Corruption-Tainted Kyrgyz Official Pays $200 million to wait home for his trial for hooliganism, money laundering and liberty deprivation

BP is a global force in fossil fuel drilling — and a major player with COP29 summit host Azerbaijan.

The U.K.’s National Crime Agency successfully argued in a High Court case in London that accounts at the Banque Internationale à Luxembourg were used to move millions from a high profile embezzlement case in Azerbaijan into expensive properties.

Azerbaijan’s COP29 Climate Summit ’official partners’ connected to the ruling Aliyev family and their close associates.

Tens of thousands of people were going hungry — but the International Red Cross faced growing obstacles as it tried to deliver help. Among them was hostile rhetoric from the Azerbaijan Red Crescent, a local member of the Red Cross movement.

Rumours of Vladimir Putin body doubles have been circulating for a while and now speculation is rife about the Russian president again.

High spender Zamira Hajiyeva hands over assets as part of settlement worth £18.5m to taxpayers

In case you are willing to hold various events each year in order to advocate and promote the culture of Azerbaijan, how would you organise it?