EU Steps Up Pressure: 20th Sanctions Package Targets Russia’s Energy, Finance and Evasion Schemes

At the opening of Baku Energy Week 2026, Azerbaijan seeks to present itself to the world in a new role — not only as an exporter of oil and gas, but also as an architect of energy corridors linking Asia and Europe. Thirty years ago, international...

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.