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Central Asia
Russia to build statue of Ivan the Terrible
A monument to Tsar Ivan the Terrible is to be built in the Russian city of Orel 350km south of Moscow, the Moscow times cites TASS report. The monument will be unveiled on 3 August, two days before the 450th anniversary of the city’s founding, the Orel region’s governor Vadim…
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Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia presidents to discuss north-south corridor
Presidents of Iran, Azerbaijan and Russia are scheduled to discuss the completion of north-south corridor in an upcoming tripartite meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said on July 12. He made the remarks in a meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, IRNA reports. Mammadyarov said that the north-south corridor…
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Central Asia
Russia to spend $15.6 bln on defense industry development
The Russian government will allocate 1 trillion rubles ($15.625 billion) for the development of the domestic defense industry, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said at a meeting with members of the ruling United Russia party on July 11. “This year, the government has approved a new version of the program for…
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Central Asia
Putin increases Russian Armed Forces’ organic strength to 1.885 million
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has established the organic strength of the Russian Armed Forces at 1,885,371, including 1 million servicemen, Tass reports. The decree comes into force as of July 8. Under the previous decree that has become null and void, the organic strength of the Russian Armed Forces stood…
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Central Asia
Airlines Cash in on Russia’s Turkey Tourism Revival
The price of airplane tickets from Moscow to the Turkish resort of Antalya have risen by 75.6 percent in the last week as companies cash in on a surge of Russian holidaymakers visiting the country, The Moscow Times reports. Data from the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) also…
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Central Asia
Armenian-Turkish reconciliation not in Russia’s interests
Armenian-Turkish reconciliation is not in Russia’s regional interests, expert in Turkic studies Gevorg Petrosyan told Tert.am as he commented on an article in the Russia-based Izvestia newspaper claiming that, along with Russia-Turkey reconciliation, Russia plans Armenia-Turkey reconciliation, including re-opening of borders, Tert.am reports. Moscow insists that the South Caucasus is…
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Central Asia
Japanese-Turkish consortium implements chemical project in Turkmenistan
A workshop for the production of 500,000 tons of sulfuric acid per year was commissioned at a chemical plant in Turkmenabad town, Lebap region, Turkmenistan, Trend reports. According to the report, the project was implemented by a consortium consisting of Japanese Mitsui company and Turkish Ronesans company. “The design capacity…
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Central Asia
First Soviet McDonald’s opens in 1990
The first McDonalds opened its doors to thousands of people in the date of January 31, 1990. Russian people stand in a long line to taste the Western burger. It was a symbolic date of the late Soviet period.
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South Asia
The World According to ISIS: Horrifying map of target countries
Jake Burman wrote a piece about the targets of ISIS terrorism. His piece includes various threats of the terrorist organisation to global security. The piece starts, “This is the terrifying new map of Europe released by Islamic State (ISIS) – drawn-up to show the areas it plans dominate in the…
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Central Asia
Merkel to pay official visit to Kyrgyzstan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will pay her first official visit to Kyrgyzstan on July 13-14 at the invitation of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev, the Kyrgyz presidential press service told Interfax on July 7. Atambayev and Merkel “will discuss a large number of issues relating to the state of affairs in…
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