Russia & CIS

Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on additional measures to restore the liberated Cocuq Mercanli village of Jabrail district.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has signed an order on the 25th anniversary of the Khojaly genocide.

The Central Bank of Azerbaijan has announced USD/AZN rate for January 25.

In 2016, eighty six percent of the products manufactured by enterprises of Azerbaijan’s Defense Industry Ministry made defense and special-purpose products, and fourteen percent was civil products.

The Central Bank of Turkey has increased the upper limit of the interest corridor from 8.5% to 9.25%.

More than 1,600 terror suspects were arrested in Turkey last week, the Interior Ministry said Monday.

Obama has destroyed USA's relations with Russia. Will Donald Trump try to restore them? Russia needs cooperation, rather than bargaining with the USA. Judging from the fact that the Americans will not be present at the Syria talks in Astana, Trump wants to cooperate - he would not have missed an opportunity to bargain on Ukraine and Syria otherwise

Ukraine filed a lawsuit against Russia at the International Court of Justice. Kiev intends to hold Russia accountable for committing acts of terrorism and discrimination during its illegal aggression against Ukraine. Can anyone imagine that the UN Security Council may decide to deploy troops in the Crimea to meet Ukraine's requirements?

The foreign ministers of Russia and Armenia Sergey Lavrov and Edward Nalbandian on Thursday held a meeting in Moscow, APA reports citing RIA Novosti.

Russian economy is likely to face a large inflow of international investments in the near future, Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said on Thursday.

Armenian armed units violated ceasefire a total of 42 times throughout the day.

Ankara town Kahramankazan has been awarded with a prestigious "12-Star City" title by the European Council on Thursday afternoon.

"Our commercial prices are fixed as of today, without any obligation to buy gas."

The United States has received an official invitation from Moscow to take part in the Astana meeting on Syria, US State Department spokesman John Kirby announced in a briefing on Thursday, Sputnik reported.

Today, Azerbaijan commemorates the 27th anniversary of the 20 January Tragedy.

Dmitry Geranin, the head of the popular Russian weather service Yandex.Pogoda, has initiated a new project aimed at helping people organize funerals for their friends and loved ones.

An Iranian female bodybuilder has been arrested after posting too-revealing pictures of herself working out, local media reported.

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Chief Executive Officer of BP Robert Dudley have discussed the prospects of the Shah Deniz Project, as they met in Davos.

Energy makes the basis of cooperation between Bulgaria and Azerbaijan, said Azerbaijani Ambassador to Bulgaria Nargiz Gurbanova in her interview with Bloomberg TV Bulgaria.

Armenian reconnoiter was killed at one of the military positions of the enemy located in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, Oxu.Az reports citing 1news.az.