Baku Bets on the Energy of the Future Without Abandoning the Oil of the Past

On May 25, the next hearing in the case of Mehriban Rahimli, Azerbaijan adviser to the German Marshall Fund (GMF), was held at the Baku Court for Grave Crimes under the chairmanship of Judge Namiq Karimov.

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Justice approved new record-keeping rules for private enforcement officers on May 25 and simultaneously set limits on the number of cases they may handle, continuing reforms aimed at modernizing the judicial enforcement system and digitalizing the legal sector.

Azerbaijan recorded a decline in electricity production during the first four months of 2026 while simultaneously accelerating one of the largest energy transitions in the post-Soviet region, seeking to reduce domestic gas consumption and expand exports of both fuel and green energy to Europe.

On May 21, a preliminary hearing was held at the Baku Court on Grave Crimes in the criminal case against public activist and English teacher Dayanat Chalabiyev.