MES will ensure uninterrupted power supply of the South Abkhazia
Branch of OJSC “FGC UES” – Main Power Grid (MEA) of the South – has completed repair work on power lines 220 kV Psou – Bzybi in the Sochi region, the company said.
Baku joins 6 others, submits to host 2020 Games
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan’s National Olympic Committee says it has submitted a bid to host the 2020 Olympics in its capital, Baku.
Renewed violence in Russia’s North Caucasus leaves four killed
Two explosions and a shooting in Russia`s turbulent North Caucasus region on Thursday left four people killed and five others injured as security forces launched a manhunt for insurgents, officials said. Lieutenant Colonel Ibragim Dzhabrailov, a senior officer of the Federal Security Services (FSB), was killed on Thursday morning in a car bombing on a highway in the city of Khasavyurt, located …
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South Ossetia will eventually become part of Russia and reunite with North Ossetia as a subject of the Russian Federation. Such an opinion in an interview BakuToday South Ossetian expert stated, the deputy previous four convocations of the parliament of South Ossetia Tarzan Kokoity, speaking about the political future of South Ossetia after the three years since Russia recognized the …
Azerbaijan bids for 2020 Olympics in Baku
Azerbaijan’s National Olympic Committee says it has submitted a bid to host the 2020 Olympics in its capital, Baku.
Azerbaijan: Convictions for Protesters and Former Parliament Candidate
Azerbaijani courts have convicted and sentenced seven defendants in cases relating to protests in April of this year and the parliamentary elections last November. Six defendants (Babek Hasanov, Zulfugar Eyvazov, Elshan Hasanov, Arif Alishli, Elnur Israfilov and Sahib Karimov) in Baku were convicted of charges of “organizing actions resulting in the …
House blast in Russia’s North Caucasus kills 2, injures 1
Two people were killed and one was injured when an explosion hit a private house in Russia’s volatile North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia, a source in the security services said.
Baku outraged with foreign media’s recognising Artsakh Republic
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry “investigates information” published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta, which calls NKR an independent state.
Security officer killed in Ingushetia
NAZAN, Russia, Aug. 30 (UPI) — An officer with the Russian Federal Security Service died Tuesday in a car bombing as violence continued in the North Caucasus.
Lansbury Impresses as England U21s Rout Azerbaijan U21
Arsenal’s Henri Lansbury was loaned to West Ham yesterday but might make Arsene Wenger question that decision after a superb performance for England U21s at Vicarage Road tonight. Lansbury reveled in his role off the striker and unlocked the Azaerbaijan defense in only the first minute, threading a ball through to Liverpool’s Jordan Henderson who, making his first start as captain, was wide with …
Armenia, Azeri presidents dispute at news conference in Tajikistan
“NKR could use its right to self-determination, as Azerbaijan did in 1918,” Serzh Sargsyan said following CIS leaders’ summit.
