Russia & CIS

Russian Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic submarine Alexander Nevsky is set to join the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet in late September, a senior Navy representative said on Tuesday.

The customs bodies of Azerbaijan are set important tasks in development of economic sphere.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano says a probe into Iran’s past nuclear activities will be ready on time, dismissing speculations that the body could extend the December 15 target date to complete its investigations, Press TV reports.

Armenian armed forces have violated the ceasefire regime a total of 70 times, using 60- and 82-mm mortar launchers and large-caliber machine guns in different directions along the contact line throughout the day, Oxu.az reports with reference to the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with permanent members of the Russian Security Council to discuss measures to minimize threats to Russia from the migration crisis in Europe, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

29,497 citizens of Azerbaijan visited Turkey's resort city Antalya in January-August 2015.

A meeting between representatives of the defense ministries of Azerbaijan and South Korea was held today on the occasion of a launch of South Korean military attache office in the country, AzerTag reports.

The third annual International Qvevri Wine Symposium is taking place in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi to raise awareness of Georgian wine and the ancient ways it was, and is continuing to be, produced.

Russia and Armenia have signed an agreement on Russian gas pricing offering a discount of $25 for one cubic meter.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has congratulated Macedonian President Georgi Ivanov on the Independence Day.

A corner of Azerbaijan has been launched at the Jewish Alsatian Museum in Bouxwiller, France, by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and local "Valiske" Association, AzerTag reports.

The OSCE Minsk Group is involved in the process of peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict more than ever.

SMS is implementing a new project.

The border has been very tense over the last two weeks, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said at the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Turkey will be "cleaned of terrorists no matter what happens", Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday.

The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament claims that Kiev understands the impossibility of regaining Crimea.

In just a month and half, the ‘Luch’ Russian design bureau printed and put together a functioning 3D-printed unmanned aerial vehicle.

Men from Siberia are often rugged and known for their toughness, as a resident of a small town in the Kemerovo Region proved after surviving an electric shock of 35 kilovolts, Lenta.ru reported.

Russian military technology has considerably added to the development of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) surface warfare capabilities – including long-range precision strikes, publication The Diplomat wrote.

The European Union’s legal text service published on Monday details of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency director’s lawsuit disputing the EU Council’s travel restrictions imposed on him.