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Central Asia
Russia plans to ban all Turkish vegetables and fruits
Rosselkhoznadzor – Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance plans to ban vegetables and fruit imports from Turkey after May 16. Deputy head of Rosselkhoznadzor, Yulia Shvabauskene, said that agency works on this issue seriously, “they continue to find Turkish food products that need to be quarantined,” Interfax reported.…
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Central Asia
Kazakhstan to use green sources for electric by 2050
Kazakhstan will generate 50 percent of the country’s electricity needs from non-fossil fuel sources by 2050, Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov said. “Although our country is rightly known for its abundance of conventional energy resources, we are absolutely committed to developing green economy. We have set ourselves ambitious goals, for example,…
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Central Asia
Russia and Kazakhstan to continue space cooperation
Russia plans to continue cooperating with Kazakhstan in the space area, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko said at the meeting with Senate Chairman of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev on Wednesday, TASS reports. Matviyenko said that Russia and Kazakhstan marked two anniversaries that have major importance for the common history…
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Central Asia
Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan worst places to be gay
Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan are ranked the worst places to live in Europe for LGBTI people, meeting only 5 percent of the rights community’s criteria for legal equality. The ILGA-Rainbow Europe Organization ranked up to 50 European countries basing marks on various points that affect the daily life of LGBTI…
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Central Asia
Half a Million Foreigners Deported from Russia since 2013
A new report has been published about deported foreigners from Russia. Civic Assistance Committee published a research about migration issues in Russia. According to the research, 513,000 deportation cases were counted since the year of 2013. The Moscow Times published the speech of Civic Assistance Committee spokesman Konstantin Troitsky, “Deportation…
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South East Asia
Russia and India to hold war games
The joint Russian-Indian war games Indra’2016 will be held in the second half of 2016. Far-Eastern Primorsky (Maritime) territory of Russia, Alexander Gordeyev, the chief press officer of the Eastern Military District told TASS agency after a conference on preparations for the exercise. He said, “Representatives of the Eastern Military…
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East Asia
Russia Celebrates the Victory Day
Russia has marked the Victory Day on May 9 which is the anniversary of victory against Nazi Germany in 1945. Moscow and other regions of Russia celebrated the day with military parades. 10,000 military personnel, 135 armored vehicles, and 71 aircraft took part in the events. Russian leader Vladimir Putin…
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Central Asia
Iran is ready to freeze oil production regime
Iran has declared its readiness to freeze the oil production. Mohsen Qamsari, the director for international affairs of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) said that Iran reached the desirable oil output to proceed with freezing its production, Press TV reports. He told that Iran’s current production of oil stands…
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Central Asia
Putin congratulates the leaders on Victory Day
Vladimir Putin, Russian President has congratulated the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia and Ukraine with the 71st anniversary of the Victory Day. He said that fascism has been defeated with the strong will of people and this will continue to facilitate the development…
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Central Asia
Russia Slams US-Georgia Military Exercises
Russia criticized the military exercises of the United States and neighboring Georgia by claiming this step could destabilize the region. Foreign Ministry of Russia said on May 6 that the planned military drills are provocative steps in Caucasus region: “We consider such a consistent ‘exploration’ of Georgian territory by NATO…
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