Russia & CIS

First Deputy Prime Minister said that Russia has started privatization of 19.5 percent of shares in the state-run energy company Rosneft as well as the controlling interest in oil company Bashneft.

Babken Tunyan, an expert for the NA Monitoring project, on Friday, told reporters the results of monitoring of Armenian MPs’ income statements and property reports for 2015-2016.

Baku Court on Grave Crimes has passed a judgment on extradition of Turkish citizen to his country, APA reports.

Armenian armed units violated ceasefire a total of 10 times throughout the day, using large caliber machine guns.

Since the implementation of the JCPOA, Iran has succeeded in attracting $7 million of investment from abroad, according to Ahmad Jamali, CEO of Foreign Investment Organization.

Negotiations between oil giants Saudi Arabia and Iran to ease a global oversupply of crude and boost oil prices have ended in deadlock.

Representatives for the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry (EMERCOM) said that all bomb shelters and underground shelters in Moscow meant for the evacuation of people in case of a nuclear attack or other emergencies, "were prepared and will be able to accommodate the entire population of the capital."

The Kremlin commented on the report from the international investigative group about the crash of the Malaysian Boeing in the Donbas. According to official spokesman to Russian President Putin, the conclusions that the investigators made in the most recent report were not final and shall not be considered as the final truth about the tragedy

Number of troops in Iraq as part of 60-nation anti-Daesh alliance now stands at 8,000, US official asserts.

President Ilham Aliyev received participants of meeting of Council of Heads of CIS Security and Intelligence Agencies.

German Chancellor says EU members have humanitarian responsibility, should take in refugees irrespective of religion.

Turkish jets destroyed four Daesh terrorist positions in northern Syria on Tuesday as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, military sources said.

The vehicles are to be produced in Azerbaijan and deployed worldwide.

The UAE energy minister says OPEC is not going to increase oil production.

Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov received a delegation led by Minister for Defence Production of Pakistan Rana Tanveer Hussain today.

Moscow made public the full text of the Russia-US deal on Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

The trade turnover between Azerbaijan and Bulgaria totalled 17.29 million manats in January-August 2016.

Abulfas Garayev, Nabi Avci attend Multicultural Society and Tourism Conference in Baku.

Mevlut Cavusoglu stressed that both countries were eager to do utmost to develop bilateral economic cooperation.