‘Russia’ Archives
Hard to be humble for fans of boxing
One of the most impressive achievements by a young Irish sportsman in recent times was the gold medal achieved in last year's World Junior (under 17) boxing championships in Armenia by Moate light-middleweight Joe Ward. Ward stopped three out of his four opponents, including a Russian and a Kazakh, [...]
Aliyev boycotted Medvedev’s invitation
Ruling New Azerbaijan party (NAP) put high value on President Ilham Aliyev’s back out of an informal summit of CIS member states. “It is a right step taken by President Aliyev. The main reason for such a step is that the persons who participated in the occupation of Shusha, leads Armenia. [...]
70 Armenian servicemen left for Moscow
On April 30, a regiment of 70 Armenian servicemen left for Moscow for participation in the parade dedicated to the 65th anniversary of Great Patriotic War, RA Defense Ministry Press Secretary Seyran Shahsuvaryan informed. According to him, RA Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan and war veterans will [...]
Dmitry Medvedev to visit Turkey
On May 11, Russian President Dmitry Medevedev starts his official visit to Turkey, stated Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yildiz, Sabah daily reports. According to him, several days before Medvedev’s visit he will arrive in Moscow to discuss energy projects. “Russia [...]
PACE President to visit Armenia, Russia and Georgia
PACE President Mevlut Cavusoglu plans to discuss the activities of sub-commission on Nagorno-Karabakh with leaders of Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations. The meeting will be held within the framework of PACE spring session, which started on April 26, Cavusoglu stated at a press-conference. [...]
Group of unknown attacked Caucasians in Moscow
On April 27, a group of unknown attacked people of Caucasian origin in Moscow. The attackers used non-lethal weapons, injuring one man. He was hospitalized, and in serious condition. A scuffle broke out between the young people; one of them fired several shots. The hooligans fled the location on [...]
Armenian, Azerbaijani Religious Leaders Back Nagorno-Karabakh Settlement
The head of the Armenian church has joined with the senior Muslim cleric in Azerbaijan in pledging to support envoys trying to resolve the decades-long conflict over a breakaway Armenian enclave inside Azerbaijan. Catholicos Karekin II the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, joined in the [...]
Genocide meeting to be held in Moscow
April 24, “Armenian Genocide – crime against humanity” will be held near the Monument to 1905-1907 Revolution Heroes at 2:00 p.m. The event is initiated by Russian-Armenian Commonwealth and Union of Armenians in Russia. President of the Russian-Armenian Commonwealth Yuri Navoyan told that [...]
Yerevan not to sit down to talk without Karabakh
erevan’s nonresponse to Iranian proposal to hold trilateral meeting of Armenian, Azerbaijani and Iranian Foreign Ministers is conditioned by Armenia’s insistence to invite Karabakh representative to the possible meeting, reliable political source told NEWS.am. Presumably at the moment Tehran [...]
Armenian, Russian Presidents meet in Moscow
Armenian and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Dmitry Medvedev, have met in Moscow today, April 20. The sides plan to discuss bilateral cooperation and international problems. ITAR-TASS reports that the Russian leader warmly welcomed his Armenian counterpart. President Medvedev pointed out [...]