Russia & CIS

Russia is building the world’s most powerful fast-neutron reactor for scientific research, estimated to cost some $34 million this year alone, the Scientific Research Institute of Atomic Reactors said Thursday.

Jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko revealed in an interview with Sputnik that US authorities have been covering up serious human rights violations from the international community.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on claims of a nanny suspected of beheading a child in Moscow in revenge for Russian President Vladimir Putin's "Syria bombings."

The overwhelming majority of Russian citizens intend to vote for Russian President Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential election, a recent poll revealed on Thursday.

Three Russian airports have been named Europe’s very best by Airport Service Quality (ASQ), with London’s Heathrow, Vienna and Zurich trailing behind.

Russia is developing fighter aircraft of the sixth and possibly seventh generation, the Commander of the Russian Aerospace Force, Viktor Bondarev said. The official did not disclose any details, but noted that there would be an unmanned version of the sixth-generation aircraft. The new aircraft will be designed in both manned and unmanned versions

The IMF could not but pay attention to recent actions of the Russian authorities. It turned out that the Bank of Russia became the world's largest buyer of gold among all central banks of the planet as of January 2016. International Monetary Fund experts said that the Bank of Russia acquired 688,000 ounces of gold

Russia's Northern Fleet has deployed two batteries of state-of-the-art K-300P Bastion coastal missile systems with supersonic cruise missiles P-800 Onyx on the Kola Peninsula. These weapons ensure the protection of 1,500 km of the Russian coast from possible landing attacks and creates a 300-kilometer "dead zone" for NATO ships in the Barents Sea

Sevastopol is a city of federal significance, a hero city, the main base of the Black Sea Fleet and a pearl of Russia's Crimea. Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova sat down with Sevastopol Governor Sergei Menyailo to talk about consequences of the information war against the Crimea and Russia

Turkish President Erdogan accused Russia of violating Turkish airspace again. According to him, Russia does not refrain from violating Turkish air borders "at times." Erdogan said he did not think of the Russian people as Turkey's enemy. According to Erdogan, he is sorry that "Russia has lost a friend like Turkey because of two pilots."

“The Azerbaijani delegation that President Ilham Aliyev will lead to Iran tomorrow includes a number of ministers and during the visit economic, political, and energy issues will be discussed,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Hossein Jaber Ansari said in a statement to APA during the weekly press conference.

Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Monday that a military ground operation in Syria by Turkey and Saudi Arabia is not on the agenda and any such move would need to involve all countries in the U.S.-led coalition against Daesh.

The 2015 report by Azerbaijan’s Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) has been submitted to the Milli Mejlis (parliament).

Azerbaijan’s law-enforcement authorities have issued an international arrest warrant for another businessman.

Traffic will be restricted in some streets and avenues of Baku due to the events to be held on occasion of anniversary of Khojaly genocide.

Armenian armed units violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 122 times on various parts of the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenia troops in one day, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Feb.22.

10 cooperation agreements between Azerbaijan and Iran are expected to be fully agreed tomorrow, Iran's Minister of Communications and Information Technology, co-chairman of the intergovernmental commission Mahmoud Vaezi told APA.

Azerbaijan has been elected a member of Erasmus Student Network at a meeting of the organization`s Council of National Representatives in Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Nigeria backed Saudi Arabia and Russia in freezing oil production while giving Iran and Iraq a way out to regain some of their lost market share due to sanctions and war, Bloomberg reports.

Ex-President of Georgia, now head of the Odessa Regional State Administration Mikheil Saakashvili accused Georgian billionaire and former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili of a lie.