Russia & CIS

During the past 15 years, IPO has sold shares of 1111 government companies to the private sector.

Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan discussed liberation of Iraqi Mosul, Syrian crisis and bilateral ties over the phone.

At least 15,000 schoolchildren will benefit directly from planned improvements, which will create a more comfortable and safer learning environment.

Family of July 15 coup-bid martyr accuse US military officers of 'aiding and abetting' pro-coup forces at Incirlik Air Base.

One can hear calls to expand sanctions against Russia on a daily basis. Now the West considers a possibility to impose sanctions for cyberattacks and the killings of civilians in Aleppo. However, the biggest paradox in the issue of anti-Russian sanctions is the fact that most of Eastern Europe continues buying Russian gas in huge amounts

A member of the regional parliament of Veneto, Italy, visited the Crimea with the delegation of Italian politicians and businessmen on October 13-16. Following the visit, the Italian MP said that the EU would lift its sanctions against the Crimea. The history of relations between the Roman Empire and the Crimea counts more than 2,000 years

Russian company NPO Energomash will deliver 14 RD-181 rocket engines to the US-based privately run company Orbital ATK in 2017-2018. The Russian engines will be installed on US Antares rockets. The first launch of the US-made carrier rocket equipped with two RD-181 engines on the first stage is said to take place on October 16

Oil prices settled up on Thursday after a U.S. government report showing hefty draws in diesel and gasoline offset the first crude inventory build in six weeks, Reuters reported.

Baku will host 7th Azerbaijan-Russia inter-regional forum on October 31- November 1.

“History of the Republic of Azerbaijan” book has today been launched at the Presidential Library of the Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) recognized the movement of Fethullah Gulen as a terrorist organization, Turkish newspaper Haber 7 reported Oct. 13.

Fighters from Central African Republic's largely Muslim 'Seleka' militia attacked refugees in the country's remote north on Wednesday, stabbing or hacking to death at least 10 people before UN peacekeepers dispersed them, witnesses said, Reuters reported.

President Barack Obama’s reluctance to use sanctions has undermined US national security and credibility abroad, House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce and congressman Todd Young said in an opinion piece published Thursday, Sputnik reported.

Consortium including Azerbaijani AzVirt and Chinese China Power companies intend to participate in international tender for implementation of infrastructure projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Nearly 200 judges and prosecutors have been suspended from their duties for using a smartphone messaging app linked to the July 15 coup attempt, Turkey’s top judicial board announced Thursday, Anadolu reported.

Italian newspaper Cronache di Napoli has published an article about Azerbaijani IDPs, AzerTag reports.

A space nation, independent of countries on Earth, could be founded after a team of engineers, scientists and legal experts put forward proposals for an extra-terrestrial state.

Azerbaijan’s grandmaster Ulvi Bajarani and chess players Narmin Khalafova, Mushvig Asgarov and Elmar Gasimov will compete in the 23rd Chigorin memorial in Saint Petersburg.

Turkey and Israel will complete the process of exchanging ambassadors within one week to 10 days, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Thursday, a key step in a process of normalizing ties ruptured six years ago.

About 160 businessmen from 33 countries will attend the first World Forum of Azerbaijani businessmen that will be held Oct. 28-29 in Baku, said the State Committee on Work with Diaspora Oct. 13.