Oil dollars Azerbaijan hopes for are accumulated in the pockets of the Aliyev clan and another dozen of oil tycoons. The money does not in fact influence the social conditions of Azerbaijan's citizens, political scientist, international law specialist Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan stated in a conversation with a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, some regions of Azerbaijan are deprived of regular energy supplies even today. "The cause is preposterous - there is lack of residual fuel oil…" he remarked.

Levon Melik-Shahnazaryan reminded the words of Armenian President Kocharian, «Having oil does not mean having effective economy and battle-worthy army. Liking these two issues directly is not productive. The contrary is even true, one can say that the oil factor often demoralizes the economy in the light of corruption and forming a clan system.»