Reading an article recently published by Politico, a prominent European news agency on Azerbaijan's alleged 're-exporting' of Russian gas to Europe, one might conclude that either the author has lost his mind or the editor is ignorant of the facts. Frankly speaking, the article resembles the work of a defiant teenager trying to assert himself by challenging societal norms. Even, calling this collection of words an article is improper.

The author claims that after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the EU turned to Azerbaijan to replace the Russian energy it had relied on for years. This claim alone proves that the author lacks information about the current economic and political situation in Europe, let alone Azerbaijan. It is worth noting that the EU made a significant mistake by relying on a single energy source and, following the outbreak of the Ukrainian war, tried to diversify its energy sources, which should have been done long ago.

On the one hand, Azerbaijan has neither the ambition nor the resources to replace Russian gas in the European market, nor does the EU demand it. In........

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