Russia & CIS

EPresident Recep Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the Syrian crisis with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday, the Turkish foreign minister said Friday.

Orphaned adolescents started hunger strike in front of the government building in Yerevan, Armenia, AzVision.az reports citing Armenian Mass Media.

"The prime minister of Armenia continues to make statements contradicting each other."

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the inauguration of the secondary school No 28 in Savalan residential area, Mashtagha settlement, Sabunchu district, Baku.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is ready to allocate $815 million to projects in Azerbaijan in 2019-2021, the bank's business plan reads.

The international ITU Telecom World exhibition-conference has been memorable for the high results shown by Azerbaijani start-ups.

Military units of the armed forces of Armenia violated ceasefire 92 times throughout the day, using large-caliber machine guns.

The municipality in Istanbul’s Zeytinburnu district has saved a total of 132,000 Turkish Liras ($20,500) ever since the mayor and other personnel began using bicycles to commute four months ago

Azerbaijani production association Azerigas and the US company Itron have signed a contract for the delivery of 70,000 prepayment meters.

News.Az reprints from The Washington Post an article headlined "Advancing democracy in Armenia" by Stephen Blank.

The US supports the construction of a gas pipeline providing the transportation of Azerbaijani gas from the Shah Deniz field to Europe, the US Energy Secretary Rick Perry said at a briefing, according to TASS.

On September 13, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with the delegation led by Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman.

Russia's position on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains unchanged, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a press conference Sept. 13.

Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received the Chairman of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Paolo Alli.

The "Nagorno-Karabakh: History read through sources" book by head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, academician of National Academy of Sciences Ramiz Mehdiyev has been published by the Delta Center for In-Depth Research in Beirut, Lebanon.

The interest in Formula 1 racing is growing annually by 30 percent, and both local residents and foreign guests show great interest in it, Nigar Arpadarai, Head of Marketing and Communications Department of the Baku City Circuit (BCC) said Sept. 13.

Turkey and Azerbaijan are in talks regarding switching to national currencies in mutual trade, Turkey’s Ambassador to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral told Trend Sept. 13.

The main event of September 13 in Russia is the interview, which Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov gave to RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan. The British authorities accused these two men of involvement in the poisoning of Sergei and Yulia Skripal in Salisbury and referred to them as officers of the Russian military intelligence, GRU. First off, the two men acknowledged in the interview that those were their real names. "From the very beginning, we wanted to come to London and have fun there, it was not a business trip. Our friends have long recommended we should go to visit this wonderful town of Salisbury. We went there to see Stonehenge, Old Sarum, but we couldn't do it, because traffic in England was paralysed on March 2 and 3," Petrov said. In Salisbury, they also wanted to see the town's cathedral, which is famous for its spire. Petrov and Boshirov acknowledged that they could have passed by Sergei Skripal's home, although they did not know where it was located. The two men also said that they did not bring any poisonous substances or Nina Ricci perfumes with them. "Isn't it silly for two normal lads to bring women's perfume along? When you go through customs control, they check all your belongings. If we had had something, they would have had questions as to why a man would have women's perfume in his luggage," Boshirov said.Boshirov and Petrov responded negatively to the question of their work for the Russian military intelligence, which is commonly referred to GRU, although its official name was changed several years ago. The men said that they work in the industry of fitness and sports nutrition. They confirmed that they had been to Switzerland several times as well, but mostly for tourism. The men said that their lived changed completely after their photos and videos were published in world media. "We can't go out, we are scared, we are scared for our lives, for our loved ones, for those people who know us," said Ruslan Boshirov. It is worthy of note that Petrov and Boshirov gave an interview to RT the day after President Putin appealed to them to come out to media representatives. Also read: Putin: We know who Skripal poisoners are

Chief of the International Military Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, Major General Huseyn Mahmudov has met with a delegation led by Chief of the Department for bilateral cooperation and regional initiatives of the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria Ms Daniela Grigorova.

Doctors of the clinic to provide free check-ups in Ergi village