Former Soviet Union

Azerbaijan: Military Force An Option If Nagorno-Karabakh Talks Fail - Aliyev
November 21, 2009 1850 GMT
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Nov. 21 that his country could use military force if... [more]
Austria, Russia: Talks Begin Over Austrian Involvement In South Stream Project
November 21, 2009 1702 GMT
Austria and Russia are holding talks over the possibility of Austria's joining the Russian South... [more]
Iran: Tehran Could Develop Defense System If Russia Does Not Deliver - General
November 21, 2009 1555 GMT
Iran could produce an advanced missile defense system since Russia has failed to deliver the... [more]
Russia: Work On Iran's Bushehr Plant On Schedule - Atomstroyexport
November 20, 2009 1953 GMT
Work on the launch of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is proceeding as scheduled and the... [more]
Iran: Parliament Considers Suing Russia Over Bushehr Plant
November 20, 2009 1940 GMT
Iranian Parliamentary Energy Commission Chairman Hamid Reza Katouzian said Nov. 20 that Russia... [more]
Azerbaijan: All Routes Considered For Supplying Natural Gas - SOCAR Chief
November 20, 2009 1846 GMT
The president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), Rovnag Abdullayev, said Nov. 20... [more]
Germany: Berlin Wants A Strategic Partnership With Russia - FM
November 20, 2009 1824 GMT
Germany and Russia reiterated Nov. 20 the desire to foster a strategic partnership between the... [more]
Russia: Putin Will Visit France Nov. 26-27
November 20, 2009 1519 GMT
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will visit France Nov. 26-27 to participate in the 14th... [more]
Russia: Heads Of CIS Governments To Meet In Moscow In May 2010
November 20, 2009 1427 GMT
The heads of government of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) will hold their next meeting... [more]
Russia: Foreign Investment Falls 27.8 Percent
November 20, 2009 1350 GMT
Foreign investment in Russia's economy dropped to $54.738 billion in the first nine months of... [more]
Russia: Construction Of Iran-Armenia Oil Pipeline Soon Under Way
November 20, 2009 1137 GMT
Armenia and Iran will start construction of an oil pipeline from the Iranian city of Tavriz to... [more]
Ukraine, Russia: New Nuclear Energy, Gas Deals To Be Inked
November 20, 2009 1129 GMT
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko said Ukraine and Russia prepared a strategic nuclear... [more]
Russia: Putin To Attend Meeting Of CIS Prime Ministers
November 20, 2009 0919 GMT
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will participate in a meeting of CIS heads of government in... [more]
Russia: New Doctrine Allows Preventive Nuclear Strike
November 20, 2009 0739 GMT
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev stated that use of nuclear weapons depends... [more]
U.S.: Special Envoy To Talk With North Korea, 6-Party Talk Participants
November 20, 2009 0640 GMT
The U.S. State Department said special envoy Stephen Bosworth will visit Japan after his planned... [more]
Russia: Azerbaijani President To Meet With Medvedev
November 19, 2009 1829 GMT
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev in Moscow on... [more]
Russia: Let Diplomacy 'Do Its Job' In Dealing With Iran - Spokesman
November 19, 2009 1806 GMT
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said Nov. 19 that the Iranians have not... [more]
Armenia, Azerbaijan: Presidents To Meet Nov. 22
November 19, 2009 1751 GMT
Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are scheduled to meet... [more]
Russia: Destroyer Dispatched To Horn Of Africa
November 19, 2009 1353 GMT
Russia's Adm. Chabanenko destroyer and an auxiliary vessel will resume anti-piracy patrols off... [more]
Russia: Europe To Get 116 Billion Cubic Meters Of Natural Gas Via Ukraine
November 19, 2009 1256 GMT
Ahead of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko's visit with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir... [more]
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