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Former Iranian president faces sentences on seven verdicts

News.Az - Tue, 01/08/2017 - 07:31
Iran's former president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, faces sentences on seven verdicts.
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Turkey criticizes US envoy over 'terror' remarks

News.Az - Tue, 01/08/2017 - 07:14
Turkish presidential spokesman takes exception to remarks by Brett McGurk that links Ankara to terror groups in Syria.
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Azerbaijan's defense products exported to more than 10 countries: minister

News.Az - Tue, 01/08/2017 - 07:09
"Azerbaijan's defense products are exported to more than 10 countries."
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Ceasefire violated by 4,065 times by Armenia last month

News.Az - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 22:30
In July 2017, Armenia’s armed forces 4,065 times violated the ceasefire in various directions along the line of contact between Armenian and Azerbaijani troops, according calculations based on the reports confirmed by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry.
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Israeli Ambassador: Article that was attributed to Daily Haaretz is absolutely fake

News.Az - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 21:32
Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Dan Stav said that the article that was attributed to Daily Haaretz is unequivocally and absolutely fake, AzerTag reports.
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Herbert Salber to leave post of EU special representative in mid-August

News.Az - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 21:29
The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Herbert Salber will resign on August 15, Report informs citing press service of the diplomat.
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WTO urges Azerbaijan to step up bilateral talks with its members

News.Az - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 20:20
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has called on Azerbaijan to step up bilateral talks with WTO members on market access commitments for goods and services in order to accelerate its efforts to secure WTO membership, says the organization’s message posted on its website.
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Azerbaijan to celebrate 75th anniversary of Muslim Magomayev

News.Az - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 18:46
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on celebration of the 75th anniversary of the birth of Muslim Magomayev, APA reports.
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Novruz Mammadov: Haaretz newspaper’s slanderous article contradicts spirit of Azerbaijan-Israel relations

News.Az - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 17:48
The Israeli Haaretz newspaper's false and slanderous article contradicts the spirit of Azerbaijan-Israel relations, Novruz Mammadov, the Azerbaijani president’s assistant for foreign policy issues, said as he was commenting on a Haaretz article on Azerbaijan which was published on July 30.
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The Russian Empire strikes back

Pravda.ru / Russia - Mon, 31/07/2017 - 15:14
The history of Russian-American relations (including the Soviet-US period) has never seen such a significant reduction in the number of employees of the US embassy and consulate offices. Expelling diplomats is, of course, a common practice, albeit in a much smaller scale. This news shows how low the relationship between the two countries has fallen
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International sanctions to make Russia another Hermit Kingdom?

Pravda.ru / Russia - Thu, 27/07/2017 - 17:59
Economic potentials of the DPRK and Russia are not comparable, and the structure of their economies is completely different. North Korea has been living under sanctions for 20 years already, and their prime goal is to ensure food supplies for the people. They also redistribute all types of income for the development of the military sector
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Russia’s New and Unrealistic Naval Doctrine

Russian Military Reform - Wed, 26/07/2017 - 14:15

I have a new article up on War on the Rocks. Here’s a preview.

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The Russian Navy is keen on showy demonstrations of strength. Just in the last week, it has begun an exercise with the Chinese navy in the Baltic Sea and sent its largest warship, the Peter the Great nuclear cruiser, and the world’s largest submarine, the Dmitry Donskoi, from the Northern Fleet to the Baltic to participate in the Navy Day parade on July 30. In another act primarily significant for its symbolism, Vladimir Putin approved a new Russian naval doctrine last week. Taken at face value, the doctrine appears to promote a vision of a revived Russian Navy that can maintain its superiority over up and comers like China’s navy, and even pose a serious threat to the U.S. Navy in certain environments. The reality is, as with most such documents, the gap between aspiration and feasible plans remains quite large. Since no English translation of the document is currently available, it may be useful to briefly summarize some key portions of the 22-page text, put the doctrine’s aims into context, and show where the gaps between dream and reality can be found.

What Does It Say?
The doctrine highlights many of the usual threats and dangers to Russia. First on the list of dangers is the “ambition of a range of states, and foremost the United States of America and its allies, to dominate the high seas, including in the Arctic, and to press for overwhelming superiority of their naval forces.” Other threats include territorial claims on maritime and coastal zones, efforts to limit Russian access to maritime resources, and attempts to weaken Russian control over the Northern Sea Route. Only three potential specific threats to Russia are listed in the document. The first is a sudden decline in the political-military situation leading to the use of military force in maritime areas holding strategic interest for Russia. The second is the deployment of strategic non-nuclear precision weapons and ballistic missile defenses in territories and maritime zones adjacent to Russia. And the third is the use of military force by other states in ways that threaten Russian national interests. In addition to the Arctic, the doctrine highlights the importance of protecting access to energy resources in the Middle East and Caspian Sea, and expresses concern about the negative impact of regional conflicts in the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa on international security. It also notes the danger posed by the growth of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The strengthening of the Black Sea Fleet and Russian forces in Crimea, as well as the maintenance of a constant naval presence in the Mediterranean, are singled out as the most critical geographic priorities for the Russian Navy’s future development.

<The rest of the article may be found here>


USA's new super sanctions: Back to the USSR

Pravda.ru / Russia - Wed, 26/07/2017 - 12:04
It is impossible to imagine a situation, in which US congressmen would gather to vote for the abolition of sanctions against Russia. By and large, US-Russian relations return to their usual abnormal state. The relationship between the USSR, then Russia and the United States has never been normal
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Americans fear Russians may deprive them of stars

Pravda.ru / Russia - Mon, 24/07/2017 - 17:41
The Kremlin will not talk about Russia's reaction to new restrictive measures on the part of the United States, Putin's official spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. Meanwhile, there is an area of relations between Russia and the United States, which, as US congressmen believe, needs to be protected to avoid multi-billion losses
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Azerbaijan marks 142nd anniversary of national press

News.Az - Fri, 21/07/2017 - 22:20
Today marks the 142nd anniversary of the establishment of Azerbaijan's national press, APA reports.
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Meeting of Presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan held in Sochi

News.Az - Fri, 21/07/2017 - 21:39
Russian President Vladimir Putin expects that his meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will help to find a solution to the existing regional problems, APA’s Moscow bureau reports.
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Sarah Sanders named new White House press secretary

News.Az - Fri, 21/07/2017 - 21:27
Sarah Huckabee Sanders was named as the new White House press secretary Friday following the resignation of Sean Spicer, part of a dramatic major shake-up in President Donald Trump's inner circle.
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Erdogan condemns German remarks on investing in Turkey

News.Az - Fri, 21/07/2017 - 21:20
Turkey’s president on Friday condemned what he called “baseless” remarks by Germany’s economy minister scaremongering investors away from Turkey, Anadolu reported.
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Azerbaijan may host first world orienteering festival

News.Az - Fri, 21/07/2017 - 21:18
The first world orienteering festival may be held in Azerbaijan, the country`s Orienteering Federation said, according to AzerTag reports.
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Magnitude 5.0 aftershock hits off coast of Turkey's Datça peninsula

News.Az - Fri, 21/07/2017 - 20:39
A magnitude 5.0 aftershock hit off the coast of Turkey's Datça peninsula hours after a magnitude 6.7 quake that struck the Aegean sea killed two people and injured nearly 500 in Greece and Turkey on Friday night.
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