Russia & CIS

Secretary General of the IRA claims that Russia's tolerance of various religions should be an example for Europe, which is facing a rise in Islamophobic sentiment amid the ongoing migrant crisis.

While many supporters of Bashar al-Assad consider Vladimir Putin a possible savior of Syria, the West has a different point of view. Some Germans, however, do not share the Western position on the issue.

A number of representatives of the financial institution were earlier accused of money laundering activities amounting to $6 billion.

The Investigative Committee of Russia decided to renew a criminal investigation on the case of the Romanov family’s execution, said Vladimir Markin, an official spokesman of the committee.

The presentation of a new biographical book about former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder took place in Berlin, on September 22. Schroeder’s close relationship with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin became one of the major issues in the publication.

Russia will preserve its strategic cooperation with Europe while boosting the country's cooperation efforts in the "eastern direction."

For almost ten years, a Russian-Ukrainian company has been managing the logistics of NATO countries and carrying out heavy air cargo transports. The SALIS project stood up to the Ukrainian crisis, however, its future is uncertain, Deutsche Welle reported.

Positive changes are being seen in the relations between the West and Russia, former Indian ambassador and columnist for Asia Times Melkulangara Bhadrakumar said.

Tank crews in Russia’s central Chelyabinsk region are testing an advanced “stealth” paint that ensures low visibility against electronic surveillance systems, a military spokesman said earlier this month.

Moscow could drop out of a Soviet-era nuclear treaty with Washington if the United States moves new B61-12 guided nuclear bombs to Germany, the chairman of Russia's upper chamber defense and security committee said Wednesday.

Modern automatic aircraft cannons are a combination of artillery guns and rates of fire usually found on conventional machine guns. Some types of Russian-made canons can fire even faster than that.

WHO has published a report.

The State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has invested in real estate in Tokyo.

Some 30 houses and work establishments were flooded after a water distribution pipeline exploded in Bodrum, in the southwestern province of Muğla, Huriyyet Daily reports.

Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry, colonel-general Zakir Hasanov has congratulated the personal staff of the Armed Forces on Eid al-Adha.

Azerbaijani Airlines will hold the autumn sales in anticipation of Eid al-Adha.

Representative of the Chamber of Deputies has made a statement.

The Islamic State terrorist group is posing a serious threat to Russia, Nikolay Bordyuzha, the secretary general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), said on Tuesday.

The President of Russia will hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today, who will be in Moscow on a working visit to take part in the ceremony re-opening the Moscow Cathedral Mosque after its reconstruction, APA reports citing official website of Kremlin.

Armenian armed forces have shattered the ceasefire a total of 109 times, using mortar launchers and large-caliber machine guns.