The country on the Caspian Sea has just nine million people and is therefore a low-population country, but it possesses more than seven billion barrels of oil and 1.3 trillion cubic meters of gas which are excellent energy resources. For this reason, the country of Azerbaijan is an important trading partner relating to the energy reserves so that the American diplomats and are forced to adulate the Aliyev family, because they are the ruling family in the country. The American agents immediately notice that the country is involved in corrupt machinations, because free press is just as forbidden as antitrust laws so that everything seems to be controlled by the ruling family. The family Aliyev owns, among others, one of the largest mobile companies in Azerbaijan, called Nar Mobile/Azerfon. However, other remaining mobile phone companies are forced to go away empty-handed, consequentially, no one has a chance to compete. Moreover it is not possible to complain against the president’s family, because the Supreme Court will always defend the rulers so that single individuals are not capable of winning a court case against them without having some influential friends or important relationships.
Only a handful of individual families control regions and sectors of the economy. There is a regulated agreement between the few families that they share profits and don’t disturb the individual economic interests.
Nevertheless, the U.S. cooperates with Azerbaijan, even though they are aware of the corrupt structures within the country. This indicates to me that America is only focused on economic advantages and ignores completely the corrupt relations. In my opinion, it is sad to see that America enters an alliance with that country and negotiate about energy resources, although only a few people take benefit of these negotiations in Azerbaijan, while the rest (more than 40%) of the population lives in absolute poverty.
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