Russia & CIS

The Kremlin has endorsed a book of Russian President Vladimir Putin's quotes, which was presented at a book festival on Red Square on Friday, the Slon news website reported.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) received the information on doping by Russian athletes six years ago but did not investigate the claim, the Washington Post newspaper reported Friday.

Gennady Timchenko, billionaire owner of the Volga Group company and one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's closest allies, has secured the title of most successful Russian billionaire in 2016 so far.

Russia hopes to be completely self-reliant on domestically produced milk, meat and vegetables by 2020, Agriculture Minister Alexander Tkachev said Friday.

Ukrainian security services and pro-Russian separatist groups are both guilty of using torture in the Donbass conflict, a United Nations official has told reporters.

Latvian law enforcement agencies have arrested the owner of the Miel real estate agency at the request of Russian prosecutors, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Friday.

U.S. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has claimed that Russia and China will celebrate if her opponent Donald Trump wins the upcoming U.S. elections.

While I was walking in the park the other day, I saw a particularly attractive little dog, whose wiggling, tail wagging and walking toward me seemed like a clear indication of friendly intentions.

New Turkish PM will hold a number of meetings with the Azerbaijani leadership.

“I had not seen a president who tells four lies in one sentence. Serzh Sargsyan with his lies could enter the Guinness Book of Records, and that will be an anti-record.”

The lower house of Germany's Federal Parliament approved a controversial motion labeling the 1915 events as 'genocide' on Thursday, disregarding warnings from Turkey.

The export portfolio of Russian state arms exporter Rosoboronexport has reached $48 billion, head of Russia’s state technologies corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov said.

The co-chair has posted a tweet.

Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has arrived in Azerbaijan, the Turkish embassy in Azerbaijan said.

NATO sees Russia as a partner but fears for the future of Russia's neighbours — Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Harutyunyan received a fatal gunshot wound.

The Ministry of Defense has released a statement.

“Civil society dialogue in Azerbaijan”, a joint project of the Council of Europe and European Union, has been launched in Baku.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on June 1 signed a decree on simplification of the e-visa issuance and the creation of the ASAN Visa system.

The handover was made at the State House in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on the sidelines of the Turkish president’s joint press conference.