More than $150 billion in oil and gas revenues over the past 10 years created unprecedented opportunities for Azerbaijan to invest into lobbying to hush critical …
Azerbaijan’s 2020 budget remains vulnerable to external jolts
The 2020 draft budget of Azerbaijan shows that while it is possible to increase earnings through the non-oil sector, the government continues to pump oil …
Who benefits from social programs in Azerbaijan
A significant share of the state budget of Azerbaijan is spent supporting government employees who participate in repression and falsification of elections. Thus, the regime …
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From Ukraine to Wisconsin, Dangerous Work Report reveals alarming trends of reprisals against environmentalists
Crude Accountability, together with Ecoforum of NGOs of Kazakhstan and FracTracker Alliance (USA), is proud to present a report Dangerous Work: Reprisals against Environmental Activists …
Crude Accountability Condemns Ugly Efforts to Defame Russian Environmentalist Andrey Rudomakha
Crude Accountability joins other civil society organizations and members of the Civic Solidarity Platform condemning the recent ugly attempts to assassinate the character of Andrey …
Increasing threats to environmental defenders – Crude Accountability intervention at the HDIM 2019
On September 19, Crude Accountability delivered its remarks at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting 2019 (HDIM) in Warsaw – one of the biggest human rights …
Corrupt and Flashy Events Disguised as Modernization in Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan hosts a number of over-the-top sporting and entertainment events under the disguise of modernization. Instead, the events lead to spiraling corruption and whitewashing the …
In memory of Emil Shukurov
Emil Shukurov, one of the most prominent members of the environmental movement in Central Asia, 82 years of age, passed on August 23, 2019. Famous …
SOFAZ consistently loses in the real estate market
The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) invests in luxury real estate abroad, but does not profit from these highly lucrative investments. In this article, …
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Azerbaijan scores the worst in the corruption perception index during peak oil years
In the past year, Azerbaijan received very low ratings in Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index and in the 2018 Open Budget Index. Low ratings harm …