Russia & CIS

A contract is expected to be signed.

Azerbaijan wishes the conflict between the two fraternal Ukrainian and Russian nations to be settled. The sooner, the better.

"The United States is committed to cooperation with Azerbaijan".

“TANAP will start gas transportation in 2018”

The Southern Gas Corridor is not at all a project aimed at our promotion. It is not a political project, it is strictly a commercial project, Vitaly Baylarbayov, deputy Vice President of SOCAR told EurActiv in an exclusive interview, APA reports.

Representatives from Iran and the P5+1 countries are set to start a new round of talks on drafting the text of a final agreement over Tehran’s nuclear program in the Austrian capital of Vienna.

"European Games - are a priority for our country."

A plan of consultations for 2015-2016 has been signed between the ministries of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan and Russia.

World-famous Samsung has decided to quit Armenia.

Iran’s deputy petroleum minister says his country has planned massive investment in oil and gas projects during post-sanction era.

Armenian Armed Forces violated ceasefire 65 times in various directions of the frontline within a day, said Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, APA reports.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has slammed a recent New York Times editorial as “shameless,” calling on the U.S. daily to “know its place.”

Russian lawmakers have drafted a bill making it a criminal offense subject to imprisonment of up to two years for withholding information on genetically modified organisms (GMO) in products, local media reported Tuesday.

Russia's first laser system specializing in the production tasks of ship repair and addressing the import substitution of ship parts will be built at the Dalzavod Ship Repair Center, part of the Far Eastern Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Center.

Russia's first series nuclear-powered icebreaker will be laid down in Saint Petersburg on Tuesday, the Baltic Shipyard announced.

Russia has done everything possible to create good conditions for Ukrainian refugees who fled their homeland amid hostilities, UN Refugees Agency (UNHCR) representative in Russia Baisa Vak-Voya told journalists Monday.

In the US, specialists say that the Russian economy is recovering. This is happening not in spite of, but owing to Western sanctions and the weak ruble. Russian companies switch to domestic products, which means that the much-talked about import substitution is taking place. However, with stronger ruble, the process loses relevance

The Kerch ferry reconstruction has been completed while its passenger throughput has been increased up to 50,000 people per day, according to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak.

According to citizenship department head at Russia’s Federal Migration Service, number of asylum requests in Russia has surged by nearly 100 times since early 2014.

Russian Duma speaker Sergey Narishkin met Elmar Mammadyarov.