European Azerbaijan Society

The European Azerbaijan Society (Teas) calls itself an 'independent' advocacy group and body. It regularly regularly takes British and European MPs, MEPs and government officials on trips to the former Soviet state.

It has been accused of being 'a mouthpiece for the country's elite families who own much of its oil and mining interests'. It is chaired by Tale Heydarov.

People

• Tale Heydarov, the London-based son of Kamaladdin Heydarov, the minister for emergency situations, who is one of President Ilham Aliyev's inner circle and is often described as the most powerful man in Azerbaijan.

All-party parliamentary groups

Teas provides secretarial support to parliament's all-party group on Azerbaijan and cultivates relationships with politicians from all sides, 'throwing glitzy receptions for MPs at their parties' annual conferences' according to

Lobbying firms

• Lionel Zetter