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Azerbaijani ruling elite linked to secret Malta investments

by OC Media

•2 min read

A journalistic investigation has revealed that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s children used a network of offshore companies as cover for multimillion-dollar investments. A network of investigative journalists at the Daphne Project broke the story on Monday. The project was named after Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who was assassinated in October 2017. Caruana Galizia had been reporting on both corruption in her home country of Malta, as well as investigat

GeoProMining company's Sotk gold mine, Armenia

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Analysis | How transparent is mining in Armenia?

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

Mining is one of the most important sectors of the Armenian economy; it has the largest share of exports constituting more than half the total value. On 9 March 2017, Armenia became a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Candidacy means the country must undertake a series of reforms within a set timeframe to comply with standards of transparency and accountability. The situation Armenia is rich in a number of metal ores: iron, copper, mo

The Georgian Co-Investment Fund’s rendition of planned Sololaki Hotel overlooking Tbilisi.

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Investigation | Who are Panorama Tbilisi’s mystery backers?

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•7 min read

Since its announcement by billionaire then–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Georgian Co-Investment Fund has began to reshape Georgia’s capital. OC Media set out to unmask the backers of the project, but with the money channelled via murky offshores, this proved to be somewhat impossible. In September 2016, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili attended the cornerstone laying ceremony for Heidelberg Cement’s new plant in Kaspi. The event was intended to emphasise the multina