‘Russia’ Archives
Georgians blame Russian special services in Polish aircrash
The survey conducted by Georgian Kviris Palitra newspaper shows that 50.2% of 402 respondents consider that Russian intelligence services were involved in the crash of Polish President’s aircraft. Only 7.6% of the pollees do not believe in this version of the crash near Smolensk, while 42.2% [...]
Azerbaijan likely to turn to Moscow: A. Melikyan
Azerbaijan is likely to turn its foreign policy course towards Moscow, former NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan told, commenting on recent statement by top Azerbaijani official Ali Hasanov. Melikyan considers that Azerbaijan would get high dividends if turned to Moscow 3-4 years ago. [...]
Putin, Erdogan held phone conversation
April 15, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, RF PM’s Press Attaché Dmitry Peskov told journalists. According to him, the officials discussed topical issues on bilateral trade and economic cooperation. Same day, [...]
Armenia-Turkey normalization vs. return of two regions: Erdogan
Heading from Washington to Ankara, Turkish Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the reporters that Armenia-Turkey reconciliation will be accelerated, if Armenian armed forces retreat from two Karabakh adjacent regions. Erdogan informed that discussed issues related to Armenia and Iran with U.S. [...]
Russia, US signed protocol on utilization of arms-grade plutonium
Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and U.S. Secretary Hillary Clinton signed a protocol on amendments to Russian-American agreement on arms-grade plutonium destruction in Washington. The document provides for the utilization of minimum 34 tones of plutonium by each party, Interfax reports. Interestingly, [...]
Erdoğan set for Armenia, Iran talks in US
Iran's controversial nuclear program and moves to breathe new life into normalization efforts by Armenia and Turkey are highly likely to be top items on the agenda of a bilateral meeting between Turkish and US leaders on the sidelines of President Barack Obama's 47-country nuclear security [...]
Armenian, Russian leaders discuss possibility of meeting
RA President Serzh Sargsyan had a telephone conversation with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev. The RA presidential press office informed that the Armenian leader once more expressed his condolences on the death of dozens of people in the recent terrorist acts in Moscow. President [...]
Nord Stream pipeline construction launched
Solemn events timed to the start of Nord Stream trans-Baltic pipeline construction took place on April 9 on Russia’s Baltic Sea coast near the town of Vyborg. RF President Dmitry Medvedev, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Hans-Ulrich Engel — BASF Member of the Board of Executive Directors and [...]
Russian-Armenian innovation center to be opened in Yerevan
A Russian-Armenian innovation cooperation center will be opened in Yerevan on April 15 Ruzan Asatryan, Head of the Innovation and Investment Department, RA Committee for Science. She pointed out that the main aim of the Center is elaborating a joint innovation policy and implementing projects. [...]
U.S. and Russia sign new START Treaty
April 8, U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev will sign a new START treaty in Prague, Vesti reports. President Medvedev has already arrived in Prague and held talks with Czech President Vaclav Klaus. The new treaty signed between Russia and U.S. will [...]