Nate Schenkkan, project director of the Nations in Transit report at Freedom House, a US-based nonprofit that monitors democracy and human rights around the world, questioned the wisdom of EXIM Bank's loan to Silk Way: "In Azerbaijan, where one family dominates economically and politically, and is then using state institutions to back its economic projects, there's an obvious conflict of interest."
Nate Schenkkan, agaasimaha mashruuca ee warbixinta Qaramada Midoobay ee Transit ee Freedom House, oo ah hay'ad samafal oo fadhigeedu yahay Maraykanka oo kormeerta dimuqraadiyadda iyo xuquuqda aadanaha adduunka oo dhan, ayaa su'aal gelisay caqliga amaahda EXIM Bank ee Silk Way: "Azerbaijan, halkaas oo hal qoys uu dhaqaale ahaan ugu badan yahay siyaasad ahaanna markaa u adeegsaneyso hay'adaha dowliga ah inay taageeraan mashaariicdeeda dhaqaale, waxaa jira iska horimaad danaha oo iska cad. "