Since Azerbaijan is an oil-rich fiefdom, the West has treaded carefully in responding to this very undemocratic behavior by the Azeri government. 
Kwa kuwa Azerbaijan ni utawala wenye utajiri mkubwa wa mafuta, nchi za Magharibi zimekuwa makini mno katika majibu yake kwa kitendo hiki kisichokuwa cha kidemokrasia kilichofanywa na serikali ya Azeri.