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==== Azerbaijan's oil and gas sector ====

[[File:Ilham Aliyev met with President of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Munich 01.jpg|thumb|Bank's President [[Odile Renaud-Basso]] with Azerbaijan's President [[Ilham Aliyev]] in February 2024]]

Building [[Southern Gas Corridor]], European countries and companies support gas export from [[Azerbaijan]] and contribute to finance Azerbaijan's government.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Welle (www.dw.com) |first=Deutsche |title=In Azerbaijan, EU focuses on energy instead of democracy {{!}} DW {{!}} 08.10.2013 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/in-azerbaijan-eu-focuses-on-energy-instead-of-democracy/a-17145518 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-10-18 |title=EBRD board approves $500 mln loan for TANAP gas pipeline project |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/europe-gas-ebrd-idUKL8N1MR4YS |access-date=2022-03-29}}</ref> The [[Ilham Aliyev|Aliyev]] regime is considered by many [[Non-governmental organization|NGOs]] and watchdogs organizations as [[Human rights in Azerbaijan|repressive]] and activists and journalists are regularly arrested on false charges and imprisoned.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-05-24 |title=Azerbaijan: Bank Chief Should Raise Rights Issues |url=https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/24/azerbaijan-bank-chief-should-raise-rights-issues |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Human Rights Watch |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |date=2016-10-20 |title=Harassed, Imprisoned, Exiled: Azerbaijan's Continuing Crackdown on Government Critics, Lawyers, and Civil Society |journal=Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/10/20/harassed-imprisoned-exiled/azerbaijans-continuing-crackdown-government-critics |language=en |last1=Gogia |first1=Giorgi }}</ref> The [[International Federation for Human Rights]] (FIDH) wrote in 2015, that "for more than a decade Azerbaijan has made shameless use of [[caviar diplomacy]] to charm European governments, its most important oil and gas clients".<ref>{{Cite web |title='Azerbaijan is turning into a dictatorship – we shouldn't fall for its caviar diplomacy' |url=https://www.fidh.org/en/region/europe-central-asia/azerbaijan/azerbaijan-is-turning-into-a-dictatorship-we-shouldn-t-fall-for-its |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=International Federation for Human Rights |language=en}}</ref> The EEC BankWatch warns that "Developing Shah Deniz stage 2 and the Southern Gas Corridor is likely to cement further the oppressive structures of the Aliyev government".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pipedreams: Public subsidies for Lukoil in Azerbaijan (report by Bankwatch Network, Jan. 2015) by Both ENDS – Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/both_ends/docs/bankwatch_pipedreams-lukoil-jan2015 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=issuu.com |date=23 January 2015 |language=en}}</ref>