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Central Asia

Disputed South Ossetia Plans to Join Russia

South Ossetia, the breakaway region of Georgia, will hold a referendum to join Russia. Leonid Tibilov, the head of the breakaway region, told TASS Agency in an interview, “We plan to hold a referendum on supplementing that article with paragraphs stating that the Republic of South Ossetia is entitled to…
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Central Asia

Armenia Deplores Russian Arms Selling to Azerbaijan

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan has criticized the arms selling of Russia to Azerbaijan and he said this creates conflict in the region. He said, “Russia is our strategic ally and we have a strategic agreement with Russia. With all that bearing in mind, we openly say we are against Russia’s…
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Azerbaijani, Russian, Iranian FMs Hold Meeting in Baku

A trilateral meeting of Azerbaijani, Russian and Iranian foreign ministers Elmar Mammadyarov, Sergey Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif took place in Baku on April 7. The officials discussed bilateral and multilateral relations, energy and transport projects and regional security issues. Russian Foreign Minister expressed his satisfaction with the ceasefire and…
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Kazakhstan Proposes to Change the EEU Meeting from Yerevan to Moscow

The prime-ministerial summit of Eurasian Economic Union will be held in Moscow instead of Yerevan, on April 13. According to RFERL report, Kazakhstan offered to change the place for the meeting. Karim Masimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan declared not to attend the meeting in Yerevan and proposed another place. His…
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Russia and China Increase Military Spending

Stockholm International Peace Research Institution (SIPRI) published a report about increased military expenditure in 2015. The world’s total military expenditure was $1.7 trillion in 2015. It increased 1 percent from the previous year. The five biggest spenders are the US, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the UK. According to the…
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Kazakhstan Looks for Visa-Free Travel to EU

Nursultan Nazarbayev, the president of Kazakhstan paid a working visit to Brussels on March 30. Meetings were held with Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Commission and Donald Tusk, president of the European Council. Kazakh president urged the EU for the visa-free regime for the citizens of Kazakhstan to visit…
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Turkish-Russian Crisis Negatively Affects the People

The diplomatic crisis between Russia and Turkey over the downing of Russian warplane on November 24 caused the wide range of problems. After several harsh speeches, Russian officials decided to implement sanctions on some specific areas. First of all, the government declared to suspend military relations with Turkey. Russian president…
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East Asia

AJA donates to Tongil Nanum Fund

On 26th September, Chosun Ilbo, one of the major newspapers in Korea, reported that 36 journalists from 27 countries at Asia Journalist Association (AJA) have agreed to a contract with the Tongil Nanum fund, a monthly donor fund. They already dispatched 70 dollars to the fund for the first donation.…
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East Asia

KHNP and Ulsan Univ. collaborate for welfare activities in Kyrgyzstan

Korea Hybro & Nuclear Power Co. (KHNP) and ‘Global Voluntary Team’ of Ulsan University left to Ivanovka, Kyrgyzstan on 23rd August. ‘KHNP-Ulsan University Global voluntary Team’ of 33, including 10 from KHNP, are to perform voluntary service for 9 days in Ivanovka. Kyrgyzstan which is one of the world’s poorest…
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South Asia

Indian Zoroastrians furious over Snoop Dogg music video for Insulting Their Religion

American rapper Snoop Dogg has angered the Zoroastrian Parsi community in India with his new music video, in collaboration with a little-known Iranian-born pop singer, Amitis. The video was released in June by Amitis, co-starring Snoop Dogg. The low budget video shows the two luxuriating amid flashy props and set…
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