🕳️ Released Phantom Node 32: The Aliyev Family. Oil Monarchy
- Foundation date
31 July 2025
🕳️ Released Phantom Node 32: The Aliyev Family. Oil Monarchy
“Republic” is just a label. Power is a family enterprise
Under the Aliyevs, Azerbaijan transformed into a hereditary monarchy disguised as a republic.
Oil became not only the source of wealth — but the foundation of total control.
Heydar and Ilham Aliyev built a dynasty that fused itself with the state.
Node Type: Authoritarian Kleptocracy with Dynastic Rule
State: Phantom monarchy within a “republic” shell
Mechanism of hold: Propaganda, security apparatus, resource control
Image: A family that “grants stability” in exchange for total submission
Replaced phantom with: Public institutions, separation of powers, financial transparency
Core of the Node
Power transferred within the family
A personality cult of the regime’s founder
All key decisions run through the family
Oil-based economy tied to regime survival
Citizens — secondary to regime preservation
What held it in place?
Massive propaganda machine
Control over judiciary and law enforcement
Oil revenues legitimized the regime internationally
Suppression of dissent: arrests, censorship, banned media
Offshore channels and wealth management for ruling elites
How did it become a phantom?
Heydar Aliyev canonized as eternal “founding father”
Ilham serves as his visual and ideological continuation
The family itself became a political specter
Why does the phantom still exist?
Resource wealth removes pressure for reform
All branches of government are subordinated
Economic dependency disempowers the public
Foreign silence traded for oil and gas deals
Phantom’s Current State
Fully functional authoritarian system
All control structures intact
External critique is rare and selective
After the Regime
It hasn’t happened yet
But people keep records
And oil cannot conceal crimes forever
Collective Response
This is not a state. It’s a family corporation with an army and an anthem.
Guiding Principle
Resources are no excuse for repression. Oil is no justification for silence.
Alt-text:
Graphite-style portrait of Heydar and Ilham Aliyev in profile, set against an oil-industrial backdrop. Golden pipes, a drop-of-oil symbol, Soviet-style interior architecture, and metallic chains convey the feeling of a monarchic regime built on oil wealth. The tone is sepia and graphite, with horizontal elements representing the flow of power and resources.
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Anna Pivtorak Kostyuk
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31.07.2025
