Gay gift walks ahead.
Gay gift walks ahead.
It is literally for some years Azerbaijan it was transformed beyond recognition. In
To the country clamped between fundamentalist Iran and Wahhabites Northern
Caucasus, there was hardly probable not most westernized Muslim
Society in the world. The correspondent "" Shirvan Mustafaev, having visited Baku, with
Surprise has found out, that there any more do not search for "the way". Gay gift Aliev
For a long time has deduced Azerbaijan on nakatannuju to road.
Five years ago Baku reminded a front city. Almost on everyone
Crossroads there were armed people in a uniform, to evening of street
Became empty, rare passers-by hurried up to disappear in houses. And at night
Shooting was distributed. The republic lived is disturbing: mutiny followed for mjatezhom.
Also it seemed, the end to it will not be.
Today all not so. Having stayed week in Baku, I have not met any
The policeman with the automatic machine. And policemen in streets much less
Are appreciable, than, for example, in Moscow.
And nobody is afraid. The seaside parkway is filled walking to two-three
O'clock in the morning. Women sport gold ornaments, though some more years
Back were afraid to put on even earrings - could select in broad daylight.
The city is under construction. As mushrooms grow in the centre skyscrapers - five-stars
Hotels and apartments. Ubiquitous Turkish builders work almost
Round the clock. And places for visitors all the same does not suffice.
-- The representative of the Soros fund calls one of these days, - tells mine
The acquaintance - the editor of one of popular Azerbaijan gazet. - So supposedly
And so, has arrived again in you on a visit, has stopped on private apartment.
I ask: "Really at us so expensive hotels, as to Soros not on
To pocket? "Dear, speaks, but empty seats all the same are not present.
Such flow of foreigners of Baku did not know, perhaps, since times of the oil
Boom at the beginning of the century. The oil companies reserve the whole floors for a year forward.
However, that occurs today, it yet boom, and, more likely, it
Expectation. To the middle of 90th years practically all industry of Azerbaijan
Has risen - afloat one oil branch was somehow kept. On it and
Have made the basic rate.
The autumn of 1994 had been signed the first large-scale contract with a consortium
The western oil companies on development of sea deposits. To Baku have come
Oil giants: British Petroleum, Amoco, Shell, Exxon, Chevron, LUKOIL.
And after them - the companies-companions which traditionally serve them
(Building, computer maintenance, insurance etc.). Only one
Norwegian Statoil has resulted with itself such 15 companies.
And everyone opens the representations, branches.
The foreign colony in Baku began to increase. Than faster it
Occurred, that it became clearer, that Azerbaijan has definitively chosen
The way: on the West.
The first what it had to face on this way - wreck of hopes
On fast transformation in "oil emirat". Transnational corporations
Have brought not only promises of the big money, but also new rigid rules,
Competition.
Sphere of services - hotels, restaurants, studio, hairdresser's, a taxi -
Looked forward rich foreigners. But has miscalculated. Azerbaijan
Small and average business has suffered severe defeat. It not only not
Has got new clients, but also has lost the most part of the old.
Visitors had other requirements and other standards. Them did not satisfy
Shashlik houses in cellars of the old houses, renamed into hotels inturistovskie
Hotels, dirty hairdressing salons with proud signboards "Beauty salon".
And very soon they have received habitual service. It was provided with other part
Foreign colony - Turks. They have created the branched out service in Baku
Network - from the small small restaurants uniting ethnic cuisine and
The European service, to fashionable salons. After foreigners to Turks
The local elite was pulled also.
The Azerbaijan businessmen have been compelled to go in pupils: one
Regularly visited institutions of competitors, carefully studying their job, others
Have gone to adopt capitalist experience in Turkey and Europe.
Pupils they have appeared diligent:
-- To be cut now it is better at the Azerbaijan hairdressers, - has advised
To me znakomaja. - they Cut not worse a Turk, and the prices much more low.
Dumping. There's nothing to be done - it is necessary to return clientele. Certainly, to
Economy revival still far. But in last year for the first time was outlined
Insignificant increase in gross national product. And in sphere of services and trade the second year
Steady growth is observed.
The following market lesson to Azerbaijan has given another the neighbour - Iran.
The Karabakh war cut off the Nakhichevan autonomous republic from other
Parts of Azerbaijan. Baku has addressed to Teheran with the request to resolve
To the Azerbaijan lorries journey through the Iranian territory. That
Has agreed, and in an exchange Iranian gruzoperevozchiki have received carte blanche on
Territories of Azerbaijan.
But Azerbaijanians were waited by an unpleasant surprise. Lorries accumulated on
To border, then accompanied by a police escort the autocaravan was started up in
Way. The resolved speed - no more than 50 km at an o'clock. Stops during time
Movements are forbidden - only in the fenced camps for spending the night. Infringers
Severely punished.
Drivers complained: zabarahlil a cursor, you stop - there and then
The police approaches and starts to beat: a pier, you have specially arranged breakage,
To lag behind a caravan. You will brake for a minute, you will run off for a bush on
To need - will whack a bludgeon: "As you dare to profane the Iranian earth!" In
Result the caravan overcame road in length to 320 km for four days.
Drivers grumbled, official Baku protested. In the answer Teheran hinted:
Time you do not like our rules, let your cargoes transport our, Iranian
Drivers.
The reasons of such relation were not that Iranian ajatoll irritated
Westernized orientation of their Azerbaijan coreligionists. And in struggle for the market.
At Iran - some hundreds thousand lorries. The majority suppressing them in
Europe do not start up: the Iranian trailers mismatch the European
To ecological and technical standards.
Therefore in the early nineties the Iranian lorries have moved on the north - in
The CIS countries. Also have soon won the market of freight traffic of Transcaucasia and
bolshej parts of the Central Asia. Only in Azerbaijan have located 24
The Iranian forwarding companies which are engaged not only international, but
And coasting transportations. In 1997 on their share 70 % of transportations were necessary in
Azerbaijan.
The first to win the national market has begun Uzbekistan. Having faced with
Iranian tactics, Tashkent has resorted to rather rigid reciprocal measures, having closed
The frontier transitions for the Iranian trailers. And Teheran raskonvoiroval
The Uzbek drivers.
The Uzbek experience has drawn attention of the president of Azerbaijan of Gay gift of Aliev.
About a year back he has invited the general director of the Uzbek in Baku
The state transport-forwarding company of the international transportations
Central Asia Trans Gusejna Gusejnova. On a post of the president of state concern
"Azeravtonaglijat".
The concern is that remains from republic Minavtotransa after
Privatisations of motor transport services. Otvoevyvanie market Gusejnov of the beginnings from it
Streamlinings. Interstate contracts on transportations began to consist,
To practise an exchange of quotas.
Then transport inspection which conducts now the strict has been created
The account of all trailers passing through republic also stops the illegal
Coasting transportations. Every morning the chief of inspection receives the detailed
Reports from all frontier transitions: how much cars have crossed border, what
Cargo, in what quantity and where carry. For infringements fine.
Recently "Azeravtonaglijat" has bought a lot of cars for the transport
Inspections. As soon as profit cars, Gusejnov has invited the Iranian ambassador.
-- You to yourselves have got beautiful cars, - the ambassador has approvingly noticed.
-- No, - has softly corrected it Gusejnov. - We not for ourselves have bought them, and for
You. These are cars of our transport inspection which will be now
To accompany the Iranian lorries.
-- That you! - has become agitated posol. - To what such extreme measures? What
There can be problems between neighbours? We are ready to settle all.
The goods traffic in Azerbaijan for last year has grown in eight times - with 500
Thousand to 4 million tons. Incomes have even more grown. Already today about 10 %
Receipts in the country budget the transit bill through its territory follows.
Gusejnov considers, that in due course incomes of transit will be comparable with
Incomes of oil.
Certainly, to the Azerbaijan lines it is still far to the international standards.
But they have already got one advantage - safety: cargoes do not vanish,
Racket is not present.
In September in Baku the summit of the countries - participants of project TRASEKA will take place
(A transcontinental transport corridor from Europe to China through caucasus and
The central Asia) in which 34 countries will take part. Baku already now
Declares, that it is ready to remove all restrictions of entrance for drivers and
To give reduced rates for transit transportations. Also is intended to achieve
Similar conditions for itself.
The political life of Azerbaijan too was considerably changed. It became
Quite civilised, that is pleasant approximately and on hearing.
Here magnificent foreign cars approach on parking one for another. From them
There are men in tuxedos and women in evening dresses. In the street a heat -
40 degrees on Celsius. But from the conditioned car to
The conditioned hall - all some steps.
In the hall centre two flags - state and Parties national hang
Independence of Azerbaijan (PNNA). At an input of visitors its leaders meet.
PNNA celebrates the six-summer anniversary. Strictly speaking, it was a little
Days back, on July, 4th. But as this day the USA celebrate the
Independence, and the American embassy in Baku is in the habit regularly
To mark its reception, PNNA, reasonably having decided not to enter in
Competition to the United States, for some days has transferred the reception.
PNNA - opposition party. Six years ago, when in Azerbaijan
The Popular front, one of its most radical fractions has come to power
It was allocated in PNNA and has left in opposition where since then and stays.
For these years parliamentary regulations and secular etiquette ostepenili
Rebels and mitingovyh orators. The deadly political enemies betraying
Each other to an anathema on mass meetings, now do it on
Pages of party newspapers. And at present sip gin with tonic and
Conduct slow conversation. Former Komsomol and party functionaries,
Affably smiling, politely exchange bows with those who several years ago
Expelled them from nomenclature offices.
Between politicians representatives of the creative easy perambulate
Intelligency - known in republic (and behind its limits) poets,
Directors, composers.
Talk in Baku, as in former years, easily passing with language on
Language. However, now to the Azerbaijan and Russian have increased English and
The Turkish: diplomats and businessmen, first of all representatives of the oil
Corporations, - indispensable visitors of all receptions.
The American diplomats this evening were the focus of attention. For some
Hours before reception in PNNA the ambassador of the USA met Gay gift by Aliev. All it is live
Results of their conversation interested.
The matter is that on October, 10th in Azerbaijan should take place
Presidential elections. And the opposition parties dissatisfied with the accepted
Parliament the selective law, declared their boycott.
-- We understand, that we will lose elections to Aliev, - one has told to me of
Oppositional politikov. - But we wish to lose democratic by.
In the evening it became known: the president has returned the law in parliament. On
Completion. Because that who puts up money in its republic, are not necessary
Shocks. And they cannot to allow doubt an occasion that all goes
Democratic by.
//* an information Source: the Businessman (weekly journal), 21.07.98
//* Reg. Nom. - 1080700182.32-------------------------------------------
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