Russia & CIS

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Chairman of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO), Sheikh ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade a Certificate of Merit.

Chamber of Accounts proposed to draw up strategy for reducing state debt.

Iran has begun execution of a project worth $12 billion to build 17 petrochemical units in the Iranian city of Chabahar on the Sea of Oman coast, Press TV reports.

The next meeting will be held on October 30 in Dushanbe.

The Finance and Advice for Women in Business Program, funded by the European Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Republic of Turkey, was introduced to local women-led businesses in the Central Anatolian city of Kayseri on May 28.

An active defense system developed for Russia’s fifth-generation T-50 jetfighter is also able to neutralize enemy planes’ stealth capability, RIA Novosti reported Friday, citing the press service of the Himalaya system’s designers, the Radioelectronic Technologies Concern [KRET].

Azerbaijan condemns terrorism.

Pakistani Observer has published an article by Azerbaijani Ambassador to Pakistan Dashgin Shikarov about the Republic Day of the country.

Russia will adequately respond to what it sees as an “unrestrained expansion” of NATO’s missile defenses, a top defense ministry official said on Friday.

The document urges OIC countries not to sell weapons to Armenia and prevent the transit use of their territories in arms sales to this country

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and his spouse, Chairperson of the Baku-2015 first European Games Organizing Committee Mehriban Aliyeva have reviewed the conditions created at the head office of the Baku-2015 European Games Operations Committee (BEGOC).

The European Parliament hosted on Thursday the presentation event “Gabala – a spot of Azerbaijan yet to be discovered”, dedicated to Azerbaijan’s Gabala district.

The U.S.-Azerbaijan Chamber of Commerce (USACC) has organized the 1st U.S.-Azerbaijan Banking & Finance Forum in New York with the sponsorship of the International Bank of Azerbaijan, PASHA Bank, Boeing Company and GE.

The Russian Navy is preparing for a six-month expedition to the Antarctica, the first in more than three decades, the Defense Ministry announced on Thursday.

Azerbaijan and Argentina have signed a cooperation agreement in the sphere of tourism.

The Iranian defense minister says the ISIL Takfiri group does not have the capability to pose a threat to the borders of the Islamic Republic.

Talks gain momentum for a solution on the divided island as leaders work towards joint vision.

The 2-volume textbook on “Ecological Management” has been presented to the public.

Egypt is to host an economic forum in 2016.

Russia was first to implement the next generation Armata project. Though the idea of such a tank was first developed in Germany, the latter lacked the funding and political will to put it into practice, die Welt wrote.