Russia & CIS

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) starts the implementation of the Project “Support to seed sector development in Azerbaijan”.

The City of West Hollywood has proclaimed May 28, 2015 as “Azerbaijan National Day” in the city.

Baton Rouge city of the U.S. state of Louisiana has held an event dedicated to the national holiday of Azerbaijan – Republic Day - with the participation of members of the Senate and House of Representatives of Louisiana.

At least three people were killed and two others seriously injured in an explosion at a cement factory in Ankara province of central Turkey on Sunday.

Armenian armed forces violated ceasefire with Azerbaijan 75 times in various parts of the frontline within a day, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on May 25.

Azerbaijan is an important strategic partner of Russia in the Caucasus and the Caspian region.

Russia will get three new generation nuclear icebreakers by 2020, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said during the Voskresny Vecher (Sunday Night) program on Russian television.

The Iranian government has given the green light to private business owners to forge trade ties with their US counterparts, an official said on Saturday, APA reports quoting Press TV.

Turkey expects that the Turkish Stream gas pipeline is likely to be launched after 2017, Turkish Ambassador to Russia Umit Yardim told Interfax.

Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov has met a delegation led by Special Representative of President of Afghanistan for CIS states Mohammad Shaker Kargar to discuss prospects for cooperation in the field of defense industry.

A senior Iranian nuclear negotiator says Tehran will not allow the inspection of its military sites as part of a prospective nuclear deal with the P5+1 group of countries.

The sides exchanged views on prospects of cooperation.

“Armenian leadership also will have sensible people and they will understand that good relations with the neighbors are guarantee of the country’s success”

The Minister also clarified the reports on leaving the summit

Appearing on Russian television on Sunday to talk about the problems faced by the Russian space industry, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin noted that the sector as a whole must continue to carry out a program of reform and consolidation in a persistent and determined manner, regardless of any potential setbacks.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said that foreign countries lag behind Russia in terms of advanced tank-building technology by some 15-20 years.

The ferry crossing between Russia's Crimea and Krasnodar regions will eliminate long lines by increasing the number of ferries in service.

Russia's Energy Minister told journalists that there is no need to reduce oil production anywhere around the world.

The Russian Navy has received a brand new oceanographic research vessel, the Yantar, which is equipped with two self-propelled deep submergence vehicles; the ship was built at the Russian Baltic shipyard of the same name, Yantar, and is slated to be used for deep-sea research and rescue operations.

Moscow was soaked by a torrential thunder and rainstorms on Friday, which forced public transport to come to halt, and Muscovites to run for cover.