Russia & CIS

Active work with new centers of global growth does not mean that Russia aims to treat its dialogue with the Western partners less attentively, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

An agreement was signed.

Russia managed to avoid a deep economic crisis despite predictions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Azerbaijani taekwondo fighter Radik Isayev (+80 kg) entered the semifinals of men’s competition as part of the first European Games in Baku June 19.

Election of new judges representing Azerbaijan at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to be held at next sessions of PACE – in October or January.

Russia’s T-90 main battle tank will become the quickest-firing of its kind, Defense Ministry officials said on the sidelines of the Army 2015 International Expo on Thursday.

Taking into account requests of Azerbaijani athletes participating in the 1st European Games, the Gazi Council and the Scientific-Religious Council of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) have made clear some issues of Islamic Fiqh and Shariah and expressed their attitude, the CMO told APA.

Despite the economic recession and Western sanctions, foreign businesses are not willing to leave Russia. On the contrary, some of them believe that now is the perfect time to do business in Russia, said correspondent for Les Echos Benjamin Quenelle.

The exhibition of Ulviya Musayeva will be held in Rome on July 17-23. It will involve musicians Ramil Babayev and Ramin Sadikhov.

Russia and Greece have signed a deal to create a joint enterprise for construction of the Turkish Stream pipeline across Greek territory, Russian Energy Minister Aleksandr Novak said.

The latest report.

Western sanctions may benefit the Russian agricultiral industry and increase domestic agricultural output.

Ineke van Schoor, Julie van Gelder and Kaat Dumarey won Belgium's first gold at the Baku 2015 European Games by claiming the women's group all-around title in Acrobatic Gymnastics on Friday morning, AzerTag reports.

"The population of Karabakh is Armenian".

Over 2 million jobs will be endangered in Europe, 500,000 of them in Germany.

There are very few leverages for influence on Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijani Minister of Economy and Industry and co-chair of Azerbaijan-Hungary joint commission on economic cooperation Shahin Mustafayev has met a delegation led by Speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary László Kövér to discuss prospects for economic cooperation, AzerTag reports.

Ex-finance minister Alexei Kudrin ruled out running for the Russian presidency in 2018.

Russian servicemen will practice using the Iskander-M systems in Buryatia in September.

Over 400 missile service personnel will practice anti-air defense maneuvers.