Russia & CIS

The arrest measure on Arif Yunus, Expert of Peace and Democracy Institute has been changed.

The United States has yet to respond to Russia's call to intervene in the case of jailed Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.

US ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills considers the readiness of the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet by the end of the year to be a positive step.

Russia and the US lack a positive agenda in bilateral relations which are now at their lowest in decades, leading Russian analysts said during a recent roundtable in Moscow.

The draft law “On science”, which was discussed for years in Azerbaijan and approved in the first reading at the latest session of the parliament, will be put into discussion for the next time.

An Armenian civilian was repatriated today in an operation carried out under the auspices of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The issue of terrorial concessions in the context of Karabakh conflict was not discussed during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Yerevan.

The XIII International Conference of Ombudsmen devoted to the 20th anniversary of the national Constitution, and the 70th anniversaries of the UN and one of its agencies UNESCO, today kicked off in the capital of Azerbaijan, AzerTag reports.

A Russian manufacturer has designed an advanced new system protecting any channels of telephone communication against wiretapping, media reports said on Thursday.

The Moscow Regional Court has found a former Russian policeman guilty of espionage over selling Russian state secrets to the CIA, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday.

“Azerbaijan’s security system is in safe hands"

"Rules and norms have been reflected in our Constitution."

The co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group – Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, James Warlick of the United States of America, and Pierre Andrieu of France – met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, US co-chair James Warlick tweeted on Nov.12.

The government of Great Britain has published the list of dangerous and partially dangerous countries.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the real question regarding the Syrian crisis is that of the Syrian people in general and not specific individuals such as President Bashar al-Assad, Press TV reports.

Sabail District Court has sentenced former Chief of the Main Directorate of Counter-intelligence of the Ministry of National Security, Colonel Miraziz Asgarov to 3-month pre-trial detention upon the appeal of the Prosecutor General’s Office.

Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire 82 times in various directions of the frontline within a day, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said.

November 12 is marked as Day of Azerbaijan’s Constitution. APA reports that the Constitution of independent Azerbaijan was adopted in the referendum on November 12, 1995.

Azerbaijan`s Andrey Mustafin is topping the 13th international children’s chess tournament in Baku.

A joint Russian and Armenian air defense system project was launched long ago and is not connected to the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. Nevertheless, the crisis in the region proves the necessity of such measures, political analyst Sergei Minasyan said.