Russia & CIS

The Russian Emergencies Ministry has assembled 35th humanitarian aid convoy for Donbass.

Belarus has ordered new combat aircraft from Russia, according to the commander of Belarus' Air Force and Air Defense Forces.

Amid Western fears of the spread of dangerous "Russian propaganda," the US State Department is launching a disinformation campaign of its own in the Baltics. Funneling half a million dollars into “training” Russian-language journalists, the project is meant to follow the same schematics as billionaire George Soros’ ProPublica.

An ugly incident took place in a Nizhny Novgorod café when Russian supermodel Natalia Vodianova's disabled sister was told "to leave" because she was "scaring" the café's clients, sparking outrage among Russian lawmakers and the Nizhny Novgorod public.

The decline of the Russian national currency in August has become an unpleasant surprise to both the leadership of the country and common people. Some experts believe that the ruble may soon hit the level of 70 rubles per dollar. August is traditionally a hard month for the financial market in general, and the Russian ruble is no exception

Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky said that Russian Ministry of Culture supports the idea of liberalizing the visa regime for foreigners.

Istanbul municipality announced on Wednesday that it will hold a tender for two new metro lines on September.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says terrorism and extremism know no border, urging collective regional measures to fight the two phenomena.

The main referee of the International Army Games said that Russia has become the clear leader of the event.

Azerbaijani wrestlers have claimed 3 medals, including a gold one in the UWW Junior World Championships in Salvador, Brazil.

Armenians are reported to have committed arson on Thursday in the territory of the occupied village of Bash Qervend of Aghdam.

Turkish authorities are putting up a concrete wall along the country's border with Syria after the recent wave of terrorist attacks hitting the southern border regions.

Deputy Prime Minister made a statement.

The State Customs Service has disseminated information.

Germany`s Ambassador in Ankara Martin Erdmann has said that under the international law, Nagorno-Karabakh belongs to Azerbaijan.

CJSC Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Company (AXDG) has acceded to the development of Filanovsky oil field in Russia.

Albania, Montenegro, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Ukraine have been added to the Russian food embargo import list, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced Thursday.

Deputy Chairman and Executive Secretary of the New Azerbaijan Party (YAP), Deputy Prime Minister Ali Ahmadov has met with British Ambassador to Azerbaijan Irfan Siddiq at the party’s headquarters.

The Baku Court on Grave Crimes on Thursday continued the trial of Leyla Yunus, the imprisoned director of the Institute for Peace and Democracy (IPD), and his husband Arif Yunus.

A group of lawmakers from the Communist fraction of Russia's lower house of parliament has introduced a bill aimed at redistributing foodstuffs confiscated under Russia's food embargo to those in need, and as humanitarian aid to conflict zones, the body's press service announced on Thursday.