Azerbaijan
UK sanctions Azerbaijani tanker and five nationals involved in Russian oil trading
The sanctions were announced on 9 May, the day Russia and other former Soviet states commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany.
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Azerbaijani and UK ministers highlight economic ties during UK meeting
Official readouts of the meeting noted that the UK Export Credit Agency (UKEF) will provide Azerbaijan with a £5 billion ($6.6 billion) loan guarantee.
Georgia
Zourabichvili testifies in UK Parliament about the impact of ‘Russian disinformation’ on Georgia
Georgia’s fifth President Salome Zourabichvili warned that Georgia was at risk of becoming a grey zone where Russians could bypass Western sanctions.
Georgia
Owner of Georgian pro-government TV channel Imedi loses $130 million appeal in UK court
The dispute revolved around efforts to recover the assets of billionaire opposition figure Badri Patarkatsishvili following his death in 2008.
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UK suspends ‘strategic dialogue’ and defence talks with Georgia
The UK has announced it has suspended a number dialogue formats with Georgia, citing the government’s anti-democratic actions. In an interview with the Georgian news agency IPN published on Tuesday, the British Ambassador to Georgia, Gareth Ward, said the move came in response to democratic backsliding and anti-Western rhetoric by the Georgian government. He said the UK had frozen the Wardrop Dialogue, an annual British-Georgian strategic dialogue format, cancelled high-level talks betwee
Azerbaijan
UK National Crime Agency seeks £15 million from Azerbaijani MP
The United Kingdom’s National Crime Agency (NCA) is seeking the forfeiture of £15 million ($20.5 million) in assets held by the relatives of prominent Azerbaijani MP Javanshir Feyziyev. The NCA reportedly believes that the money had been transferred to the UK through the so-called Azerbaijani Laundromat, a multi-billion ‘complex money-laundering scheme’ uncovered by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and partner outlets, including Le Monde and The Guardian, in 2017.
