The quietly brilliant UK-Azerbaijan energy deal which might bring Putin to his knees

ANALYSIS – NIGEL SZEMBEL: A UK deal struck in 1994 for a BP-backed gas pipeline from Azerbaijan has shown the way to bypassing RussiaThe signing yesterday at the European Political Community meeting in Dublin of a new UK–Azerbaijan strategic partnership shows Britain’s much maligned and under-resourced diplomats are still capable of pulling off a Great Game-like strategic move.