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The #2 well in the Nazarlebi oil field, Dedoplistskaro Municipality, Kakheti, Georgia. Photo: Shota Kincha/OC Media/openDemocracy.

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Frontera spent $1 million on US lobbying while its Georgian workers went unpaid

by Thomas Rowley

•13 min read

US oil and gas company Frontera spent $1 million on lobbying in an attempt to sway an international arbitration case in Georgia, while many of its workers went unpaid, openDemocracy, OC Media, and Sludge report today. For years, the company promised Georgia and other Black Sea states their ‘energy independence’, and was originally founded by Bill White, a former US deputy secretary of energy, and the sons of a former US treasury secretary and the chair of US oil giant Conoco. But since Fron

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Council of Europe MPs suspected of ‘corruptive’ activities for Azerbaijan

by OC Media

•4 min read

An internal inquiry by the Council of Europe has alleged that several former and current MPs from the body’s parliamentary assembly engaged in paid lobbying, while others were strongly suspected of conducting ‘activities of a corruptive nature’ in favour of Azerbaijan. According to the report, which was prepared by three former judges from the UK, France, and Sweden and published on 22 April, a number of former MPs at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) received mo

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Investigation reveals secret $3 billion UK-based Azerbaijani slush fund

by OC Media

•2 min read

Azerbaijani authorities laundered almost $3 billion in the UK between 2012–2014, which was used to bribe high level EU and UN figures, an investigation by the the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) shows. Following the investigation, the OCCRP’s website was blocked in Azerbaijan. The press service of the President of Azerbaijan has denied the accusations, blaming ‘George Soros and Armenian lobby’ for the investigation. The Azerbaijani Laundromat, as the investigat