Georgia refuses to close border with Russia
The Georgian government will not close the border with the Russian Federation or tighten the rules for crossing the Russian-Georgian border, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country informs
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Baku starts fight against crime and terrorism on border with Russia
Complex operational search and preventive measures are being carried out under the conditional name of "Border Shield" on the territory of the border districts of Azerbaijan with Russia. The operations are carried out in …
Foreign ownership of land banned in Crimea
Today, the decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the inclusion of most of Crimea in the list of border territories came into force. The decree signed a year ago, bans foreign ownership of land almost at all territory of the …
EAEU tightens rules for declaring money at customs
The new rules for declaring money at customs came into effect in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) states. Now, if the total amount of cash exceeds the equivalent of $100,000, they should not only be declared, but their origin …
Russia closes Far East over coronavirus
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed an instruction to close the state border in the Far East as a measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus. "A corresponding instruction was signed today. Work on …
Azerbaijan-Russia Demarcation Commission approves 2020 work plan
The 8th meeting of the Azerbaijan-Russia Joint Demarcation Commission was held in Moscow on November 27-29. The sides discussed the process of demarcation of the state border between the two countries. The work plan of the …
Russia and Azerbaijan to hold next border demarcation meeting in spring
The next meeting of the working group on the demarcation of the Azerbaijani-Russian border will be held in spring, the Russian president's special representative on delimitation and demarcation of borders with CIS countries, Ambassador at …
Putin: NATO moving closer to Russian border
NATO is moving its military infrastructure closer to the Russian border and Russia needs to strengthen its own infrastructure in response, the country's President Vladimir Putin said, speaking at a news conference after talks …
Russia changes basic border policy
Russia’s Federal Security Service has released the draft presidential decree on the state border policy. It is published on the website of the department. The draft decree clarifies the country’s national interests and …
Armed Ukrainian detained after fire exchange at Russian border
A Ukrainian citizen carrying handguns, grenades, and, presumably, mercury has exchanged fire with Russian border guards when trying to illegally cross the border, the Federal Security Service (FSB) public relations center said in a statement. …
CIS Commanders of Border Troops thanks Baku for hospitality
Azerbaijan has hospitably hosted the meeting of the CIS Council of Commanders of Border Troops, the Chairman of the Coordination Service of the CIS Council of Border Troops Commanders Alexander Manilov said, the correspondent of …
35 kg of silver detained on Upper Lars
The Russian customs officers have prevented a smuggler, who was traveling from Dagestan to Georgia, to smuggle secretly 35 kg of silver through the checkpoint Upper Lars. According to Ossetia Times, the …
Six illegal immigrants from Iran caught on Narva
Six Iranian citizens were caught yesterday on Narva for illegally crossing the Russian-Estonian border, another escaped, but was later caught in Tallinn. Iranian citizens have crossed the border through Narva river in a rubber boat. Two …
Violations of state border in Crimea become more frequent, FSB reports
The Crimean border department of the FSB stated about more frequent cases of violation of the state border regime in the republic. "Since the beginning of 2016, the Russian FSB border department on the republic of Crimea has been …
Russia closes its borders to Ukrainian trucks
Russia has closed passage through its territory to all trucks registered in Ukraine. The Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation explained that the move was a reprisal for the actions of the Ukrainian side, as ‘from February 11th, …
Truckers stranded without food and drink near Verkhny Lars
The Verkhny Lars crossing point on the border between Russia and Georgia has been waiting to open for several days. Its work was suspended due to heavy snowfall, Rustavi 2 reports. Employees of the TV channel tried to get to the stranded …
4500 terrorists waiting near CIS borders
The border services of the Commonwealth of Independent States have expressed concern that some 4500 terrorists are reportedly concentrated on its external borders with Afghanistan, the chairman of the Coordination Service of CIS Border Troops …
Fifteenth session of Russia-Azerbaijan Intergovernmental Commission
Today, a meeting of the intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation between Russia and Azerbaijan was held at the All-Russia Exhibition Centre …
