• 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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  • Pope Francis to Visit Caucasus

    Pope Francis will visit the three countries of Caucasus in coming months, the Vatican Press office announced on April 9. The first visit scheduled for Armenia between June 24-26 and for Georgia and Azerbaijan in late September. “Accepting the invitations from His Holiness Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of…

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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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  • What Really Happened in Nagorno Karabakh?

    The Nagorno Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia started in 1988 with the territorial claims of Armenians over the land of Azerbaijan. Until the year of 1994 when ceasefire treaty was signed, Armenian troops occupied 20% of Azerbaijani territories including Nagorno Karabakh region and seven more districts. On April 2,…

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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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  • Georgia Approves Referendum Proposal on Same Sex Marriage

    The Central Election Commission of Georgia (CEC) has prepared a proposal about same-sex marriage in Georgia to vote in a referendum. The first proposal drafts include several questions which cover unemployment issue, the neutral position of the country and abroad missions of Georgian army, but CEC rejected all of these…

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  • West Asia

    The future of printed media in UAE

    Media in the Middle East has witnessed an extraordinary change over the past five years. The Middle East has become increasingly involved in world events and trade. Not only has it outdone its own accomplishments but has also placed itself on the global map of commercial success. Arab media is…

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