An interesting take on Russian-Azerbaijani relations by Sergey Markedonov. This bit is very true - "And, although the West understands the importance of Azerbaijan in terms of both strategy and energy and is not zealous with its democratic demands, Ilham Aliyev’s third term is viewed rather ambiguously by the West." The issue of the "third term" is the most ignored but is in fact the single most important long-term factor in the October presidential elections. Regardless of the outcome of the election, the "third term" issue will have major political repercussions in the period between this 2013 election and the 2018 one... Its interesting that Russian experts and commentators pay more attention to this than their Western counterparts...
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 02:46:24 +0000
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