Russia & CIS

In spite of oil price decline, all projects are being implemented, said the SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev.

The president has signed a decree.

A few days before the G7 Summit, Germany is divided. Some politicians and entrepreneurs claim that rejection to invite Russia is a "missed opportunity" to set up a constructive dialogue with the country.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Moldova Igor Bodiu as he ends his diplomatic mission in the country, AzerTag reports.

Turkey’s biscuit sector, which made around $2.7 billion worth of exports in 2014, has been facing serious losses this year due to conflicts in neighboring countries, specifically in the Middle East region.

Today the organizing committee of "Baku-2015" has signed an agreement with the federal TV channel "Russia" to broadcast European Games on free and cable channels of Russia.

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) reduced export of petroleum products due to the European Games, which will start on 12 June.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku Alexis Chahtahtinsky, who is completing his diplomatic mission, AzerTag reports.

Russia continues cooperating with FIFA on preparations for the 2018 World Cup, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday, discussing FIFA president Joseph Blatter's recent resignation announcement.

“This statement is part of an ordered campaign conducted by certain circles against Azerbaijan on the eve of the European Games”.

The resettlement of Armenians from Syria to Armenia and then to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan is part of an insidious process that continues for more than two centuries.

Iran looks for steady customers for its crude oil under a new export strategy which is based on constructing refineries abroad, an oil minister says.

The 8th meeting of Azerbaijan-Austria mixed commission for economic, agricultural, industrial, technical and technological cooperation has been held in Baku.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has attended the opening of a bus depot and a training center of Bakubus LLC for the First European Games.

A Turkish prosecutor has demanded an aggravated life sentence, a life sentence, as well as 42 years in jail for daily Cumhuriyet's editor-in-chief, Can Dündar, after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed a criminal complaint over a critical news report by the journalist, saying he would pay a “heavy price.”

The decision on the launch of another Russian Proton rocket carrier will be made in June of this year, the head of the Khrunichev Center said Wednesday.

Russia’s newest heavy rocket carrier Angara-A5 will orbit a commercial satellite for the first time in 2016, the head of the Khrunichev Center said Wednesday.

Russia is currently unable to construct new ships for its Naval fleet because of the lack of Ukrainian-built gas turbine engines, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Wednesday.

Russia wants to include Ukraine’s obligations on gas into the agreement that might be signed during the upcoming three-party gas consultations.