Russia & CIS

There is no need to launch new television channels in Azerbaijan, Nushiravan Maharramli, chairman of the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC), told APA on Friday.

The Crisis Management Centre of Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) on Friday received information that two fishermen were trapped in a sinking boat after engine failure in the sea 14 km from the coast in Goradil settlement of Absheron district.

According to the Financial Markets Supervisory Authority, 482 bank employees lost their jobs in September-November 2016.

On Thursday, December 30, the US Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russia in connection with alleged interference in the US presidential election. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated that the new sanctions against Russia were an act of "anti-Russian agony of the United States

A lot has been said and written recently about the impending exhaustion of the Reserve Fund of Russia. One could hear such statements from officials representing the Ministry of Finance and the Accounting Chamber. Such statements create an environment that can hardly be called healthy. Liberal media contribute most to this environment

The year 2016 was also a year of apprehensions of the worst. There were apprehensions for the economic crisis to develop into a social crisis. Some feared that because of the complicated international situation, Russia would take the course to curtail democratic rights and freedoms and tighten the screws

The crash of the Tu-154 over the Black Sea has not left anyone indifferent. Against the background of condolences to those, who lost their loved ones in the terrible disaster, one can hear happy voices from Ukraine and Russian liberals. Pravda.Ru editor-in-chief Inna Novikova commented on the situation

As for hacker attacks, Putin said that no one knows who arranged cyber attacks on the US. The President noted that it was not important, because the losing party is just looking for excuses, he added. "The country where those hackers came from is not important. It is the information that they have exposed that is very important," he said

Russia currently experiences the crisis scenario of 1998, 2009 and 2014. This mechanism has worked three times in the past and may apparently work for the fourth time. At the same time, the Russian economy has shown best results in GDP dynamics since 2014. In October of 2016, Russian mining companies launched an impressive amount of new projects

Germany's national football team will monitor human rights in Russia during World Cup 2018, German sports officials said. We have heard similar statements before the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014. Is it deja vu? Many have forgotten the scope of the anti-Russian campaign before the Winter Olympics in 2014, but the campaign was extensive

Some 13 soldiers were killed, 48 wounded in attack near Erciyes University in the central Turkish city of Kayseri early on Dec.17, according to the Turkish Armed Forces.

Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Colonel General Zakir Hasanov met with the delegation led by the Commander of the US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), General Darren W.McDew, ministry told APA.

President Barack Obama on Friday harshly accused the Syrian regime, along with Moscow and Tehran, of slaughtering civilians in Aleppo.

Azerbaijan will produce electromagnetic pulse weapons, Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov told reporters Dec.17.

The explosion took place at 08:45 local time, near a bus with military personnel, the Dogan news agency reported.

Currently, military plants are operating under the Ministry of Defense Industry that have already manufactured 1,160 defense items, said Minister of Defense Industry Yaver Jamalov.

Iran has inaugurated a new platform at the Phase 21 of South Pars gas field, thus adding 28 million cubic meters per day (mcm/d) of gas to the production.

A foundation stone has been laid for Azerbaijan Business Center in Astrakhan, Russia.

Armenian armed units violated ceasefire a total of 26 times throughout the day.

The Russian government has approved a draft law on ratification of agreement with the Turkish government on the project of Turkish Stream pipeline, the website of the government says.