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NATO and other international organizations should be able to monitor the joint drills of Russia and Belarus Zapad-2017 that are scheduled for the fall of this year, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said. …
Assertions that Russia is attempting to revive the Soviet Union are fiction, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, reaffirming that Moscow does not harbor imperial ambitions. Stressing Russia's respect …
Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian will visit Russia on an official visit on February 21-23, 2017 at the invitation of the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Ministry …
Today a traditional meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassadors of the CIS countries was held in Moscow. During it, participants discussed security issues. In addition, Russian Foreign …
The Commonwealth helps to consolidate the Eurasian model, Rasim Agayev convinced
Director of Economic Cooperation Department of CIS Executive Committee on integration prospects
We were predicted a quick death, but common sense has prevailed, Vladimir Dzhabarov
The traditional annual research by VCIOM on the attitude of Russian citizens to the former Soviet Union countries was presented today in Moscow. On the year of the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian Public Opinion …
Today marks 25 years since the signing of the Belavezha Accords, which declared the Soviet Union effectively dissolved and established the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). A quarter of a century ago, on December 8, 1991, the …
The oil is running out and the need to diversify its streams of economic sustenance is more vital now than ever
The 71st session of the CIS Council of Defense Ministers will be held in Moscow today. The session will be attended by defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as …
Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko was reelected as head of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Interparliamentary Assembly Council, the upper house press service …
Foreigners consciously choose Russian education
Russia must protect the Russian language and the right of Russian-speaking population to speak their native language in the countries of the former Soviet Union, the ambassador-at-large of the Russian Ministry for Foreign …
A routine agenda was eliminated; only deep and significant issues remained.
On October 1, Russia took over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council. The first session of the UN Security Council (UNSC) under Russia' rotating presidency is due to be held on October 3, when the work program for the month will be agreed upon...
Azerbaijan took the 37th place in the Global Competitiveness Report 2016-2017, issued by the World Economic Forum, according to the report posted on the Forum’s website. The research covered 138 countries. Azerbaijan ranked the …
The Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Ilyas Umakhanov, said that in terms of organizational bases of holding both referendums and elections everything has been at the highest level for decades in …
The first International Forum of Eurasian Partnership will be held on 13-16 October, 2016, in Armenia’s capital Yerevan. The forum will promote bilateral and multilateral economic cooperation between the business communities …
The Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Ilyas Umakhanov will lead the observation mission of the CIS Interparliamentary Assembly in the forthcoming constitutional referendum in Azerbaijan. The senator told Vestnik …
