Russia & CIS

Russian Duma lawmaker Vitaly Milonov has introduced a bill proposing introducing criminal liability for the illegal use of magic and folk medicine.

Ibrahim Kalin says if the terrorists are categorized as 'good' and 'bad', anti-terror fight will fail.

Russia is working on the final stage of official tests for Penicillin complex. It does not go about medicine at all. Penicillin is a sound-thermal complex of artillery reconnaissance, capable of greatly reducing the time of detection and neutralization of enemy artillery weapons. The serial production of the complex is scheduled for January 2019

US experts believe that the Russian S-400 air defense system is good, but it is good against fourth-generation aircraft, while the United States has many fifth-generation aircraft. Figuratively speaking, aiming S-400 systems on those aircraft is like sending a cavalry to defeat tanks. Does Russia have anything to oppose to Western armies?

 

One last set of slides from MCIS, this one mostly maps describing operations in Syria. A lot of the slides in this set were actually videos being played through powerpoint, so those are not included here.

 

A new commission has been created for determining rules and terms for new apartments meant for journalists in Azerbaijan.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order providing funding for the construction of Mehdiabad-Fatmayi-Goradil highway.

Azerbaijani residents traded with physical and juridical persons of 149 countries in January-March 2017, 143 countries exported goods to Azerbaijan, 84 countries imported from Azerbaijan.

Amendments to Land Code were discussed at today’s meeting of Agrarian Committee of the Azerbaijani Parliament.

As of 0653 GMT, brent crude futures were at $52.08 per barrel, up 26 cents, or 0.5 percent, from their last close.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the “List of services and works licensed on private medical activity.

Tehran Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf quit the Iranian presidential race, backing instead hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi in Friday's vote.

Georgia received 11.6 percent more in remittances in April of 2017 than the same time period last year.

North Korea's missile program is progressing faster than expected, a South Korean minister said on Tuesday, hours after the UN Security Council demanded the North halt all nuclear and ballistic missile tests and condemned Sunday's test-launch.

SpaceX launched a commercial communications satellite Monday afternoon, the sixth launch of the year for the Elon Musk-led company.

Over the past 24 hours, Armenia’s Armed Forces have 122 times violated the ceasefire along the line of contact between Azerbaijani and Armenian troops, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said May 16.

Russia will proceed with building the new nuclear-powered Lider icebreaker but the timing may shift, including due to budget constraints, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday.

As he pulled into Blair House, the crowd chanted Erdogan’s name and "red and white" -- the colors of the Turkish flag, Anadolu reported.

Venezuelans launched a seventh week of anti-government demonstrations by blocking roads on Monday, vowing not to budge all day in protest at a deadly political and economic crisis.

The Ministry of Interior has released a book online that reveals the links between the PKK terrorist organization and its Syrian extension, the PYD.