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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

Azerbaijan

‘This is no life’: The disillusionment of Azerbaijani migrants in Poland

by OC Media

•5 min read

Long hours, unsavoury jobs, low wages, and almost no institutional protections — life in Poland for Azerbaijani workers is far from the European dream. ‘After 12 hours at work, I return back home, quickly eat whatever I have at home, and go to sleep. This is no life. My routine is the same every day.’ Such is life according to Kamran, an Azerbaijani migrant worker in Poland. Kamran (not his real name) migrated to Poland from Azerbaijan in 2018. He is a storekeeper at a factory tha

Chechnya

Chechnya to acquire rights to its own oil from Russian state oil company

by OC Media

•2 min read

Rosneft — the majority state-owned Russian oil company — will sell its Chechen subsidiary, Grozneftegaz, to Chechnya. According to Russian daily Kommersant, the value of the transaction is estimated at ₽12.5 billion ($370 million). Under the agreement, Chechnya will receive a majority 51% of shares in the company, which focuses on oil and gas extraction in Chechnya. The sale has yet to be signed off on by Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development; however, according to Kommersant, the tr