Russia & CIS

Israeli Ambassador visited Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic.

The Gabala 8th International Music Festival will be held one of the beautiful places of Azerbaijan from June 30 till August 5, AzerTag reports.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-chief Ilham Aliyev has today attended the opening of a new administrative building of General Staff of the Armed Forces.

Azerbaijani war veterans of the World War II have appealed to Rome Pope Francis.

Relations between heads of Armenian law-enforcement bodies have extremely worsened, especially between the police and National Security Service.

At least 20 people, including an eight-year-old boy and a toddler, have died in flooding in West Virginia, according to state officials.

Brazil born, Azerbaijani futsal player Biro Jade was appointed the fitness coach of the Azerbaijan national futsal team.

Occupying armed forces of Armenia are always planning provocations and committing various acts along the frontline that are threatening the civilians.

An amazing case occured during Roman Pope Francis's visit to Yerevan.

Baku will host the fifth Republican Festival of National Minorities on June 28-30, Trend Life reported.

Turkey did not expect the U.K.’s decision to leave the EU, Turkey’s president has admitted on Friday.

Armenians violated ceasefire 9 times in a day from different directions of the frontline.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has commented on the results of the referendum in the UK, where the majority voted to leave the European Union. According to Putin, such a turn of events has become possible because of the high concentration of power in EU structures and the erosion of national borders

The war between Russia and the USA may break out even tomorrow, if the US bombs Assad. Units of the Russian Air Force are still present in Syria, so clashes between Russia and America are very likely to occur in Syria. Russian President Putin sent Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu to look into the state of affairs in Syria

"The West has been trying to drive Russia into a corner, but we can not retreat farther. Russia is already staying in the corner, from which we want to get out. Our so-called Western partners leave us no other choice. They, of course, expect Russia's complete capitulation as it was in 1991, but such a shame will not repeat in our history

Lebanon asked Russia to help the armed forces of the country to combat terrorism. The Lebanese army shows daily resistance to the onslaught of Islamic State and Jabhat en-Nusra terrorists. Russia could supply arms to Kurdistan and promote the idea of the independent Kurdistan to try to establish law and order

The 20th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) started working in Russia on June 16. Putin is not going to make any concessions to the West to give another go to the stalled peace process in Ukraine. Russia did not intend to raise the issue of sanctions during the SPIEF, because it was not Russia that introduced them first

It appears that the whole Western world has teamed up against Russia. What is the ultimate purpose of the ongoing anti-Russian campaign that the West is running? What kind of Russia does the West want? How can Russia respond to Western aggression? What is the essence of Trans-Atlanticism? Russia has been suffering from immense pressure lately.

The amnesty act will cover 10,000 prisoners.

Azerbaijani Defense Minister met with his Russian counterpart.