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Flags at the entrance to COP29’s Green Zone showing sponsorships by the renewable arm of Azerbaijan’s state-run oil company and a conglomerate owned by the family of the country’s first lady and vice president. Photo: Victor Swezey.
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Fossil fuel deals raise alarms at Azerbaijan’s COP29 summit

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Since being chosen to host the UN’s annual climate summit last year, the oil-rich country has provoked concern among observers and activists over potential conflicts of interest. As details emerge of Azerbaijan’s attempts to use COP29 to promote its oil and gas industries, some worry the legitimacy of the conference could be at risk. On the walk into the sprawling tent complex that hosts COP29, the UN flag whips in the wind next to another featuring the logo of SOCAR — the state-run oil com

Azerbaijani soldiers’ fund marred by forced donation allegations
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Azerbaijani soldiers’ fund marred by forced donation allegations

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YASHAT, Azerbaijan’s state-backed fund for the support of the families of those wounded and killed during the second Nagorno-Karabakh war, has been marred by a number of allegations of forced donations. On December 8, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree on the establishment of the YASHAT Foundation to support the families of those wounded and killed in the Second Karabakh War. Officially the fund’s source of money is voluntary donations and other sources not prohibited by law.

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