Russia & CIS

The mandate of the OSCE Azerbaijan Project Coordinator, Alexis Shakhtakhtinsky, was suspended, Novruz Mammadov, Deputy Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Chief of the Administration’s Foreign Relations Department, said.

NATO’s headquarters hosted a briefing entitled "The protection of critical energy infrastructure of Azerbaijan: Achievements and Challenges", AzerTag reports.

The timeframe of the European Union’s anti-Russian sanctions, which are due to expire on July 31, may be extended but its scope is unlikely to be expanded, a senior Russian lawmaker said.

“It’s time to break the deadlock over the conflict’s settlement”

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation headed by Lord Mayor of London Alderman Alan Yarrow.

Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 728 times on the various parts of the frontline in May.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has publicly and personally threatened the editor-in-chief of a daily which published video footage that it said showed security forces discovering weapons being sent to Syria on trucks belonging to the state intelligence agency.

"We consider the proposal of the Serbian side."

“If there is a political will, it is possible to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict"

It's high time to solve the Karabakh conflict. Azerbaijan is fully ready to work on the last documents.

Southern Military District’s press service announced that Russian military personnel have carried out more than 1,000 tactical and special exercises using drones during the winter training period.

Northern Fleet Commander Adm. Vladimir Korolev said that Russia’s Northern Fleet’s Coastal Forces will receive new Bastion anti-ship missile complexes in 2015.

United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Al-Bayan newspaper has published the interview of the Azerbaijani Consul General to Dubai and Northern Emirates Parviz Ismayilzade, AzerTag reports.

The list includes the names of the heads of 50 companies.

Vehicles registered in other cities and districts of the republic are banned from entering Baku due to the upcoming first European Games.

The Director of the Department for Non-Proliferation and Arms control at the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Russia retains its right to deploy nuclear weapons anywhere on its territory if necessary.

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will hold more than 30 tactical military exercises during the summer.

Russia’s next-generation Armata tank had the option of being developed into a remote-controlled combat vehicle from its very inception, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of the country’s defense industry, said Sunday.

The US Navy Sixth Fleet issued a statement which shed some light on Saturday's incident in which, according to a Russian military source, Russian Su-24 jets warned the USS Ross destroyer away from Russian territorial waters.

The first museum dedicated to the writer opened on Sunday in his home town of Kislovodsk in southern Russia.