Russia & CIS

Supporters of the PKK terror group attacked Turkish assets in Germany on Thursday, Anadolu Agency has learned.

François Hollande, the least popular French president since the second world war, has announced he will not run for a second term in office, the Guardian reports.

The U.S. Senate passed a 10-year extension of existing sanctions against Iran on Thursday, sending the measure to the White House for President Barack Obama to sign into law and delaying any potentially tougher actions until next year, Reuters reports.

Turkey’s Gokturk 1 reconnaissance and Earth observation satellite will be launched from Kourou launch site in French Guiana December 5, Anadolu Agency said Dec. 1.

Residents of the Italian town of Sannazzaro de' Burgondi, near Pavia, are being ordered to stay indoors following a massive explosion at one of the country’s largest oil refineries, Sputnik International reported.

Azerbaijan ranks ninth in the Global Militarization Index 2016.

On December 1, 2016, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to the Federal Assembly. The address has thus become Putin's 13th and the 23rd in Russia's recent history. In the opening of the speech, Putin noted that he would pay first priority attention to social issues, as well as issues of economy and domestic policy

Armata tanks will be equipped with reconnaissance drones to ensure all-around scanning of the terrain for the crew. The drone, designed by the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI), will be able to stay in the air for a very long period of time as it will have no on-board power sources. The UAV will receive power via a flexible cable

Almaz-Antey has started developing a new generation of medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems. Almaz-Antey also makes Buk-M2E complexes capable of striking aerodynamic targets at a distance from 3 to 45 kilometers and at altitudes from 15 meters to 25 kilometers. Meanwhile, Russia continues developing S-500 system

Azerbaijani MPs called for the reconsideration of the country’s bilateral relations with Russia over the further enhancement of military alliance between Russia and Armenia.

AZAL, the biggest Azerbaijani airline and national flag carrier, plans to establish air service with the Russian Volgograd and Astrakhan cities, as well as with the cities of Russia’s Far East.

Turkish Air Force killed 11 terrorists in airstrikes carried out on four shelters used by Daesh in Syria’s western Aleppo city on Monday, the military announced on Tuesday.

The Republic of South Africa will open an embassy in Azerbaijan, said the country’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane.

Zakir Hasanov is off for a working visit to Moscow.

Azerbaijan bans advertisement of tobacco and tobacco products, and persons engaging in production or sale of such products from sponsoring.

Today, a bilateral currency auction was held at the Central Bank, which also involved SOFAZ.

Bakutel 2016, the 22nd Azerbaijan International Exhibition and Conference on Telecommunications and Information Technologies has today kicked off in Baku.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry has denied reports that Tehran and Moscow have mutually lifted the visa requirements.

A plane carrying Brazil's Chapecoense football team has crashed in Colombia, reportedly killing some of the passengers on board, RT reports.

Azerbaijani will have nine non-working days during Novruz Holiday in 2017.