Russia & CIS

"Financial issues of cooperation still have to be duscussed."

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has cancelled his scheduled meetings in the German Bundestag over the adoption of the resolution on recognition of the events of 1915 as “Armenian genocide”.

“If the parties agree, the Russian presidential administration will make a statement about the meeting.”

The Presidential Library of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan has launched "Mehriban Aliyeva. Azerbaijani first lady's activities in media" electronic publication.

Russian Foreign Ministry has made a statement.

When Moscow city deputy Alexandra Parushina asked the men in bulldozers if they had permission to tear down a 1920s housing estate in her constituency, security guards threw her to the ground.

Normal people have normal hobbies. They garden. They hike through the woods. They collect stamps. I am not a normal person.

Head of the Russian Air Force, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev has ordered the grounding of the country's entire Su-27 fleet, until the reasons behind the crash that led to a pilot's death on Thursday are clear.

The former director of Russia's anti-doping laboratory, Grigory Rodchenkov, has accused two more Russian athletes of using performance-enhancing drugs during the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Russia has not done as much to solve its doping problems as it would like the world to believe, a documentary by the German broadcaster ARD/WDR said late Wednesday.

Russia's most radical political performance artist, Pyotr Pavlensky, had languished in jail for seven months after setting fire to the headquarters of Russia's security services last year.

Five foreign non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have been labelled "undesirable" by the Kremlin in the past year, the Vedomosti newspaper reported Wednesday.

Maria Sharapova has been banned from tennis for two years by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for failing a drugs test.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been seen complaining to Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko about his lack of sleep, Zvezda television channel reported Wednesday.

A Magach-3 Israeli tank bound for a Moscow museum arrived in the capital Wednesday as part of an exchange between Russian and Israeli governments, the RBC news website reported.

Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has labelled new claims of doping among Russian athletes as "absolute slander," the RBC news website reported Wednesday.

Russia's Prosecutor General Yury Chaika has announced that 3,500 Russians have joined terrorist groups in the Middle East, the TASS news agency reported Wednesday.

Russian military officials said that Bastion systems and the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy will watch another missile destroyer of the Sixth Fleet of the United States in the Black Sea. The Americans were also warned that Russian aircraft could visit the US warship in the waters of the Black Sea

Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged governments around the world to protect the freedom of the press, the TASS news agency reported Tuesday.

Particular attention will be paid to the Russian national football team regarding doping during the European Championship in France, the UEFA head of medical and anti-doping Marc Vouillamoz said Tuesday.