Trump to toughen sanctions against Russia
US President Donald Trump will sign a law on the imposition of sanctions against Russia soon, US Vice President Mike Pence said during a visit in Tbilisi. He said that the sanctions will be revoked only …
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EU to protect its interests over US sanctions on Russia
European Commission is ready to act "within a matter of days" if proposed new US sanctions on Russia undermined the bloc's interests, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said in a statement. …
US House approves sanctions against Russia
The House of Representatives of the US Congress passed a bill to toughen unilateral US sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea. A total of 419 lawmakers supported the bill, with only three votes against. The document will be …
EU condemns killing of Zakhra Guliyeva by occupants of Karabakh
The world community should not remain indifferent to the brutal and inhuman murder of a two-year-old girl, Zakhra Guliyeva, killed as a result of a provocation in the Alkhanli village of Fizuli region of Azerbaijan on July …
Russia condemns killing of Azerbaijani civilians by occupants in Karabakh
The head of the inter-parliamentary friendship group Azerbaijan-Russia Dmitry Savelyev condemned the killing of Azerbaijani civilians in the Alkhanli village of the Fuzuli district by Armenian occupants. "Such …
Russians become more patriotic
A solid majority of Russians - 89%, which is the highest on record - have no wish to leave their native country and move abroad, the All-Russia Public Opinion Research Center said in a statement. According to the survey’s …
Trump scuttles State Department
US President Donald Trump's budget proposal would convert some of the United States' foreign military grants to loans, part of a larger effort to slash spending on diplomacy, aid and programs abroad by more than 29%, the …
Heydar Aliyev is legendary personality of USSR and post-Soviet space
Heydar Aliyev was a legendary personality of both the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet space, politicians and political scientists said, speaking with the correspondents of Vestnik Kavkaza in connection with the 94th birthday …
Great Victory is common cause of all peoples of USSR
The preservation of the common historical memory of the peoples of the post-Soviet space about the Great Victory as the achievement of all nationalities of the USSR is of fundamental importance, the multinationality of Victory in the Great …
Trump withdraws US from post-Soviet space
The US President Donald Trump administration’s budget proposal includes cuts of one to two-thirds in funding to the USAID program, the government’s foreign aid agency. The proposed slash in funding …
Russia's influence reaches 86%
A poll conducted by the Russia Public Opinion Research Center (VCIOM) said that most of the respondents (86%) consider their country the most influential state in the world. Last year, this opinion was held by three quarters of citizens. …
Khojaly tragedy - 25 years
On February 26, 1992, Armenian military committed an act of genocide against the 7,000 population of the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly. As many as 613 people, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 old people were killed as a result of …
Does US start new confrontation with Russia?
Russia’s Defense Ministry is ready to restore cooperation with Pentagon, but attempts to build dialogue with Russia from a position of strength are fruitless, the Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu …
Russian ambassador killed in Ankara
Russia’s ambassador to Turkey, Andrey Karlov, has been shot at an art exhibition in the Turkish capital of Ankara, Russian embassy sources said. Karlov was shot by a gun while making a speech at a painting exhibition in the Turkish capital ...
What is unique about Azerbaijani model?
Russian-Azerbaijani relations: 25 years of friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation
81% of Russians happy
According to VCIOM, the level of happiness of Russian people has not fell below 80% for already two years. Despite the different circumstances and difficulties of life, 81% of citizens today consider themselves happy. …
Sergei Markov: ‘’Azerbaijan has surpassed many countries in the post-Soviet space over 25 years’’
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Azerbaijan's state independence
Azerbaijan: 25 years of independence
25 years ago, on October 18th 1991, the Supreme Council of the Azerbaijan Republic adopted a Constitutional Act about the State Independence. For the first time it happened in 1918, when the first in the Muslim world democratic republic was …
Expert: Barack Obama should prohibit Pentagon and CIA from working with terrorists
The principal unpredictability of the US foreign policy coupled with an aggressiveness is the main problem of modern international relations
Sergei Markov: "European Union wants Russian and Azerbaijani gas to compete with each other"
Director of the Institute of Political Studies on the meetings in Istanbul
