Russia & CIS

Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations, Colonel-General Kamaladdin Heydarov on Thursday met with Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Masoud Karbasian, who is also the co-chairman of the State Commission for cooperation between the two countries in the economic, commercial and humanitarian spheres.

Baku hosted talks between the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry and Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defense in line with the plan of bilateral cooperation for 2017, Trend reports.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent a congratulatory letter to President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on the occasion of his country’s national holiday – Independence Day, APA reported.

Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is such a strange establishment.

"Mexico supports a peaceful settlement of the long-standing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."

"Making a culinary show from seized lands is utter disrespect to one million Azerbaijani refugees and IDPs."

There is such a common saying: when diplomats become silent, cannons speak.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg hosted a meeting of the Grand Chamber.

A fire erupted at a skyscraper in Turkey's Istanbul district of Ataşehir on Thursday afternoon, according to reports.

In January-August 2017 Azerbaijan exported 4,273,850,000 cubic meters of Shahdeniz 1 gas, down 1.2% from previous year.

"Moscow welcomes the readiness of Baku and Yerevan to intensify the process of negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement."

Two Armenian servicemen were arrested for attempting to sell ammunition.

Russia has delivered a large batch of weapons and military equipment to Philippines. President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte attended the ceremony

The new anti-aircraft missile systems of the S-500 will have a number of advantages. The S-500 is believed to be a universal anti-aircraft long-range and high-altitude missile interception system with an enhanced missile defense capability

The answer to the question of Russia's retaliation to USA's sanctions is becoming clear. It goes about the bill that Russian MPs have been working on lately. It has become known how exactly Russia may response. To be more precise, it goes about two issues - limiting cooperation in outer space and stopping the supplies of Russian spare parts for Boeing

People close to Russia's most famous socialite and TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak told reporters that she was going to participate in the presidential election in Russia. Apparently, Ksenia Sobchak is going to announce her decision within the next couple of weeks. Ksenia Sobchak is one of Russia's most popular socialites, who is opposed to Putin

Russia is more concerned about the plans of the United States for the deployment to the global missile defence system. As many as 60 American anti-missiles have already been deployed in Europe, and 150 - in Asia. The USA has been working not only on hypersonic missiles, but also on hypersonic drones and airplanes

Russia's Foreign Ministry has once again expressed its indignation at how the US authorities handle Russian diplomatic facilities that had been closed in the United States in response to Russia's move to expel American diplomats from Russia. The Americans have taken the Russian premises under control, even though they remain the property of Russia

"Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to visit Iran."

SpaceX has successfully landed another reused rocket, as billionaire Elon Musk's firm pushes forward to make space flight cheaper and more frequent.