Petro-dictatorship Azerbaijan locks up journalists, as EU praises Baku for opening the energy taps

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The Azerbaijani regime has arrested investigative journalists and dismantled independent media, leaving virtually no one on the ground to report on corruption and trade violations.

And yet the EU Commission and German government are placing their trust in the authoritarian petro-state.

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