14 August 2008

Baku (Azerbaijan) vs. Tbilisi (Georgia) vs. Yerevan (Armenia)


Scale is based on the average worldwide traffic of baku in all years.
baku 1.00
tbilisi 0.49
yerevan 0.27

A. Yerevan-Sochi Plane Crashed
PanARMENIAN.Net - May 3 2006
B. Tbilisi Accuses Moscow of Air Strike
Civil Georgia - Aug 7 2007
C. TBILISI, GEORGIA: Exit poll indicates president should be able to avoid runoff
TheNewsTribune.com (subscription) - Jan 6 2008
D. Former chief of security service of Heydar Aliyev's Baku airport may be sentenced to 15 years
Today.Az - Jun 4 2008
E. *** Fire on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Extinguished
TREND Information - Aug 11 2008
F. *** Fire on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Extinguished
TREND Information - Aug 11 2008

I did a face-off of the three Caucasian countries that have a lot in common: former Russian vassals with ethnic-minority issues. I used the capitals instead of the country names because "Georgia" is also a state in the US. News reports about events in Azerbaijan, Georgia or Armenia typically mention the capital. Azerbaijan comes out as the winner, Armenia is the least reported upon. I think oil—that scourge of international politics ;-) —has a lot to do with that. After all, Azerbaijan has oil fields, the other two don't. Georgia is probably second due to its outspoken Western ties.

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