Russia & CIS

The daily production rate is 60 tons of oil.

Iran has prepared three ports in the Caspian Sea and added six ships to its fleet for cargo trade with Russia as the two countries are forging stepped-up commercial relationship to counter Western sanctions on both countries.

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Austria has issued a statement, condemning the appeal of European Parliament Vice-President Ulrike Lunacek to the members of the European Commission and European Council to boycott official events during the first European Games in Baku.

“There is no unsolved problem in bilateral relations of Azerbaijan with European countries”

A cat saved his owner waking her up during a house fire in the city of Ufa, in southern Urals, a spokesman for the Bashkortostan department of the Russian emergencies ministry told TASS on Tuesday.

The Georgian government has passed a resolution.

An art exhibition titled “Tolerant Azerbaijani youth” opened at Cultural Centre of Azerbaijan in Vienna, Austria.

An underground storage site with more than 200 kilograms (over 441 pounds) of explosives was found in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Dagestan, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee announced on Tuesday.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond stated that London was considering an opportunity to deploy US cruise missiles on the territory of the United Kingdom as Russia's actions could not be left unanswered. In fact, Russia's sworn friends have been moving their red lines closer and closer to Moscow. Can Russia have its forces in Russia?

Finnair President and CEO Pekka Vauramo said that western sanctions against Russia have not affected Finnair’s operations in the country.

Russian Deputy Defense Minister announced that the layout of Russia's Leader-class nuclear-powered icebreaker will be presented by the end of 2015.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday ordered to double construction rates at military facilities on the disputed Kuril Islands.

The man began eating the tablet after he was apprehended by police for causing a disturbance.

Russian Prime Minister has confirmed a plan for the Northern Sea Route project development.

According to United Shipbuilding Corporation spokesman, new Russian Navy destroyers, originally intended to be equipped with Ukrainian gas turbine engines (GTE), will receive Russian-made engines exceeding the Ukrainian analogues.

The number of Russians vacationing abroad between January and March has declined by 1.3 million, or -40.3 percent, in the first quarter of 2015, compared with the same time last year, according to figures from the Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat) published on the Federal Tourism Agency.

Law enforcement agencies were able to quickly detain defendants in the Nemtsov case due to information obtained from an undercover agent, according to the Russian newspaper Kommersant.

The "oil-for-goods" program between Moscow and Tehran includes deliveries of building materials and equipment in exchange for Iranian crude oil.

Final rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the first European Games was held at the Baku Olympic Stadium, AzerTag reports.

Turkey witnessed dramatic changes in its political landscape on June 7 after the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its parliamentary majority and the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) crossed the notorious 10 percent threshold needed to enter parliament as a party.