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Azerbaijan's Yunus trial will confirm judicial doubts
Appeal looks unlikely against verdict in closed-door trial dispensing questionable justice on human rights defenders
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan may free activists as sop to critics
With the European Games over, some observers expect pardons for selected political prisoners
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's non-oil growth may stall absent state aid
Dependence of non-oil sector on government investment of oil revenues makes the sector's further growth unfeasible
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan's stability will trump diversification
Structural reforms to boost non-hydrocarbon sector will be limited
AzerbaijanEuropean Games will showcase harsh Azerbaijani regime
The regime is so well entrenched and its support networks so secure, that no change is on the horizon
AzerbaijanEconomic stress drains CIS sovereign wealth funds
With regional economies slowing, SWFs will become increasingly vital fiscal stop gaps
CISEU's Eastern Partnership to stay stuck half-way
Russia will be the absent force at today's EU Eastern Partnership summit
EUPoll win will boost premier of Azerbaijan secession
Karabakh prime minister may now overtake parliamentary speaker in race for presidency in 2017
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