NTV Podcast with Hannes Meissner on Politics, Economics, and Business in Azerbaijan

As Azerbaijan hosted the COP 29, Hannes Meissner hand an interview Andrea Sellmann (NTV) about politics, economics and the business environment of Azerbaijan. In the NTV Podcast "Wirtschaft, Welt & Weit", Hannes Meissner explians that due to rampant corruption and clientelism, foreign companies only have a chance in Azerbaijan if they can offer Western technology and expertise. The country maintains close relations with Russia. A post-Soviet, Russian-speaking elite dominates the country and shares business interests. In the current geopolitcal conflict with the West, Russia can rely entirely on Azerbaijan's support. The war in Ukraine has made Azerbaijan more important to the European Union as an alternative gas supplier to Russia. It is striking that following the conclusion of the gas agreement with the EU, Azerbaijan also concluded an agreement with Russia on the supply of Russian gas to the Azerbaijani pipeline system. This is the link to the podcast.