Russia & CIS

The United States has been increasing its presence in the Black Sea. USS Carney entered the water area of the Black Sea on February 17. According to representatives of the US Department of Defense, the purpose of the naval build up in the Black Sea is to reduce Moscow's sensitivity to the activity of US forces in the region. The method that the USA resorts to to "reduce sensitivity" is rather strange, because it will most likely bring the opposite result, given that deputy head of the State Duma Committee for Defense and Security, Yury Shvytkin, said that the arrival of another US Navy destroyer in the Black Sea was a provocation. Nevertheless, Washington believes that Russia will view the naval buildup in the Black Sea as a normal activity. Moreover, the neighborly presence of the military fleets of the two countries will help elaborate a better strategy of mutual behavior.

Long-term observers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to presidential election in Azerbaijan are expected to arrive on March 20, 2018.

The meeting of the Russian, Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers on Syria will be held in Astana in mid March.

Schools in Armenia have major problems in connection with the foreign language development program, said Levon Mkrtchyan, the Minister of Education and Science, at a press conference on Monday.

A new bill on state fingerprinting and genome registration in Azerbaijan was tabled at today’s meeting of the parliament’s Committee on legal policy and state building, APA reports.

Turkish military continues to clear northwestern Syria's Afrin of PYD/PKK, Daesh terrorists during anti-terror operation.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar, APA reports.

The Anti-doping Division of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS ADD) has initiated a procedure involving Russian curler Aleksandr Krushelnitsky, winner of the bronze medal at mixed doubles curling at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea’s Pyeongchang, CAS said in a press release.

A Turkish woman was sentenced to death and 11 other foreign widows to life in jail by an Iraqi court, for their involvement with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS), APA reported citing Al Jazeera.

U.S. President Donald Trump blasted the FBI on Saturday for missing a tip about the gunman accused of killing 17 people in a Florida high school.

Commenting on reports about the attempted assassination of Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, the former Deputy Defense Minister, retired Lieutenant-General Chingiz Mammadov said that the presence of Armenian traces is not an exception.

The U.S. and Turkey will either normalize relations or bilateral ties will grow even worse, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Sunday.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar.

The head of state admitted that it was a great honor for him to serve Georgia as the first person and commander-in-chief.

Azerbaijani fighters have grabbed four medals, including two golds on the first day of the European Judo Open Men in Oberwart, Austria.

The price for Azeri LT CIF put for sale in world markets went up by $ 0,94 or 1,44%.

Last week, SpaceX realized a decade-long dream of successfully launching the most powerful rocket in the world.

People were leaving a church after an evening service when shooter opened gunfire at them.

Toivo Klaar, the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia has arrived in Azerbaijan.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a letter of condolences to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hassan Rouhani.