Russia & CIS

A corner of Azerbaijan has been launched at the Jewish Alsatian Museum in Bouxwiller, France, by the Heydar Aliyev Foundation and local "Valiske" Association, AzerTag reports.

The OSCE Minsk Group is involved in the process of peace settlement of the Karabakh conflict more than ever.

SMS is implementing a new project.

The border has been very tense over the last two weeks, Armenia’s President Serzh Sargsyan said at the meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Turkey will be "cleaned of terrorists no matter what happens", Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday.

The speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament claims that Kiev understands the impossibility of regaining Crimea.

In just a month and half, the ‘Luch’ Russian design bureau printed and put together a functioning 3D-printed unmanned aerial vehicle.

Men from Siberia are often rugged and known for their toughness, as a resident of a small town in the Kemerovo Region proved after surviving an electric shock of 35 kilovolts, Lenta.ru reported.

Russian military technology has considerably added to the development of the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s (PLAN) surface warfare capabilities – including long-range precision strikes, publication The Diplomat wrote.

The European Union’s legal text service published on Monday details of the Rossiya Segodnya news agency director’s lawsuit disputing the EU Council’s travel restrictions imposed on him.

Russia may use new flight aid routes to Syria if Greece closes its airspace to Russian aircraft, first deputy head of the international committee of the Russian Federation Council Vladimir Jabbarov said.

The rumors about Russia's participation in the Syrian conflict appeared in the press and social media several days ago. According to Ukrainian media outlets, Russia has already lost more than a hundred soldiers in Syria. The rumor started with a few "anonymous Israeli sources." British tabliods took up the rumor serving it to Ukraine

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Russia's largest airline Aeroflot's Long-term foreign currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR).

Representatives of the Azerbaijan office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have visited an Armenian serviceman who was captured by Azerbaijani armed forces while attempting to cross the contact line between Azerbaijani and Armenian armies.

A regional seminar entitled "Closure, long-term surveillance and maintenance of areas after the rehabilitation process" has kicked off in Baku, AzerTag reports.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev familiarized with the state of school No 283 in Binagadi district after repair.

The first stage of the command and staff military exercises started on September 6 for checking the combat readiness and combat skills of all kinds of army troops.

On Sept.7, the Department of International Military Cooperation of Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry hosted a meeting with the participation of 13 foreign military attachés accredited in the country.

Russia needs to produce up to 90 percent of its own pharmaceuticals by 2018, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has sent condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over numerous losses among servicemen.