Russia & CIS

On Friday, Joseph Blatter was elected as FIFA President for the fifth consecutive term after his only rival, Jordan's Prince Ali bin Hussein, had withdrawn from the race.

The latest of seven Proton carrier rocket failures over the past five years took place on May 16 during a mission to guide the Mexican government’s Mexsat 1 satellite into orbit.

The date for the next launch of a Proton-M carrier rocket will be determined in June, Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has shed more light on the nefarious web of legal and illegal allies arrayed against his grand plans to impose a presidential system on Turkey while noting the axis did not represent the “nation’s will.”

10 religious communities have already received the funds allocated

The activity of mobile operators is on a medium level.

There are some local and foreign forces that envy the development of Azerbaijan. Now we are witnessing anti-Azerbaijani statements and decisions from the European Parliament and its some members.

Nursultan Nazarbayev , the President of Kazakhstan, is eager to bring Russia closer to its southern neighbors in Central Asia, by proposing to extend a new highway project that goes from China all across Kazakhstan up to St. Petersburg.

Russia’s state defense procurement order in 2014 grew by 1.25 times year-on-year reaching 1.6 trillion rubles ($31 billion), Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov has told Rossiya 24 TV channel.

The Azerbaijani Parliament has ended its spring session.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO), Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade a Certificate of Merit.

Chamber of Accounts proposed to draw up strategy for reducing state debt.

Iran has begun execution of a project worth $12 billion to build 17 petrochemical units in the Iranian city of Chabahar on the Sea of Oman coast, Press TV reports.

The next meeting will be held on October 30 in Dushanbe.

The Finance and Advice for Women in Business Program, funded by the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Republic of Turkey, was introduced to local women-led businesses in the Central Anatolian city of Kayseri on May 28.

An active defense system developed for Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 jetfighter is also able to neutralize enemy planes’ stealth capability, RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing the press service of the Himalaya system’s designers, the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern [KRET].

Azerbaijan condemns terrorism.

Pakistani Observer has published an article by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Pakistan Dashgin Shikarov about the Republic Day of the country.

Russia will adequately respond to what it sees as an “unrestrained expansion” of NATO’s missile defenses, a top defense ministry official said on Friday.