Russia & CIS

The Russian robot submarine made an appearance at the international military forum, impressing with its new cutting edge technology.

Russia has hired lawyers and legal experts to defend its case regarding the seizure of its assets abroad, the country’s First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov said Friday.

The seizure of Russian assets abroad reminds of robbery in the Middle Ages, Sergei Naryshkin, speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, said Friday.

American companies have clearly demonstrated their desire to stay in the Russian market and are certain that the current crisis will not last long, Daniel Russell, president and CEO of the US-Russia Business Council, said in Moscow on Friday.

Russia has no intentions to terminate or reduce cooperation with German firms, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

"The countries are destined to live together".

Beach volleyball competitions among men and women are underway as part of the first European Games.

It is unacceptable to speak with Russia using ultimatums, Russia President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Global decisions, such as the US exit from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, push Russia into the new round of arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the ST Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Alexey Miller and Rovnag Abdullayev held a meeting.

News.Az reprints from Region Plus an interview with Israel photographer Tomer Ifrah.

Russia has grounds to put the question of compensations for losses due to arrests of the government property abroad, Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov said on Friday.

Active work with new centers of global growth does not mean that Russia aims to treat its dialogue with the Western partners less attentively, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

An agreement was signed.

Russia managed to avoid a deep economic crisis despite predictions, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum Friday.

Azerbaijani taekwondo fighter Radik Isayev (+80 kg) entered the semifinals of men’s competition as part of the first European Games in Baku June 19.

Election of new judges representing Azerbaijan at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is expected to be held at next sessions of PACE – in October or January.

Russia’s T-90 main battle tank will become the quickest-firing of its kind, Defense Ministry officials said on the sidelines of the Army 2015 International Expo on Thursday.

Taking into account requests of Azerbaijani athletes participating in the 1st European Games, the Gazi Council and the Scientific-Religious Council of the Caucasian Muslims Office (CMO) have made clear some issues of Islamic Fiqh and Shariah and expressed their attitude, the CMO told APA.

Despite the economic recession and Western sanctions, foreign businesses are not willing to leave Russia. On the contrary, some of them believe that now is the perfect time to do business in Russia, said correspondent for Les Echos Benjamin Quenelle.