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| 1997, Nov. 12 |
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| A pipeline running through Azerbaijan was opened to transport oil from the Caspian Sea to the Russian port of Novorossiysk. | 1 |
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| 1998, Oct. 11 |
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| In an election deemed fraudulent by international observers, Pres. Heydar Aliyev was reelected as the Azerbaijan head of state. | 2 |
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| 1999, April 17 |
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| A 515-mile pipeline running through Azerbaijan and Georgia was opened. Pipeline construction over a two-year period cost $1.5 billion. The Azerbaijan government and three major oil corporations signed a deal worth an estimated $10 billion. | 3 |
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| 2000, Nov. 6 |
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| Amid charges by opposition leaders of fraud and vote-rigging, the Central Election Commission gave a victory in parliamentary elections to the ruling New Azerbaijan Party. Though widespread protests followed, Pres. Heydar Aliyev's son, Ilham, was named prime minister. | 4 |
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