Politics
Dagestan nullifies auctions worth 550 million rubles
The Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia in Dagestan has checked 248 auctions organized by Novostroy, RIA Dagestan reports.Auctions worth over 550 million rubles were nullified for violating the rules. Organizers of auctions are often making violations in composing documents. Such violations are a reason for nullification.
CIS summit – start for new integration
Russia’s new President needs time to catch up with the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process
Turkish president allows foreigners to purchase real estate
Turkish President Abdullah Gul has signed a bill allowing foreigners to purchase real estate in Turkey. Foreigners were permitted to purchase 60 hectares of land, rather than 30 hectares as planned initially.Grand mufti calls Nagorno-Karabakh most vulnerable spot of Caucasus
The Grand Mufti of the Caucasus, Sheikh ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazadeh, has called the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict one of the most vulnerable spots at the Second Forum of World Policy in Istanbul, 1news reports.20% of Azerbaijani territory was occupied by Armenia and a million refugees had to leave their homes. Global terrorism and separatism require consolidation.Russian Constitutional Court will not fine protesters
The Russian Constitutional Court believes that excess of protesters at a mass meeting is not a reason to punish its organizers, RIA Novosti reports.A Tula local, Sergey Katkov, filed a complaint according to article 20.2 of the Constitution on meetings due to excess of people protesting. Judge Valery Zorkin read his decision out on Friday.Obama still expects to meet Putin
US President Barack Obama is still eager to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and for relations with Russia to develop at the same pace, the White House spokesman Jay Carney said on Thursday, RIA Novosti reports.Putin will not attend the G8 summit in Camp David on May 18-19 due to business forming a new government. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev will attend the summit instead.District center head killed in Kabardino-Balkaria
Unidentified assailants have killed Jamal Gemmuyev, head of the district center of Tyrniauz in Kabardino-Balkaria, RIA Novosti reports.The 37-year old district head was found dead in his car at the Baksan-Azau Highway this morning.Jamal Gemmuyev was reappointed to supervise the administration of Turniauz on May 10. He had been a school principal since 1999.
Turkmen president pardons 1022 people on Revival and Unity Day
Turkmenistan is marking the Day of Revival, Unity and Poetry of Makhtumkuli Fragi today. Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has signed a decree pardoning convicts. This includes amnesty for 987 Turkmen and 35 foreign citizens.2 Iranian special agents put on UN blacklist
The UN Security Council has decided to put two Iranian special agents and the Behineh Trading company on the body's blacklist.Azerbaijani lawmakers to visit Armenia
Three members of the Azerbaijani Parliament are going to visit Armenia, the APA news agency reports.
European missile defense system won't be effective - experts
The NATO missile defense system in Europe won't be effective, experts of the Pentagon science center believe.VK asked Vladimir Yevseyev, the head of the Social and Political Research Center, to comment on the project's capacities.Russians want new approach to politics
More than half of Russians want the country's authorities to take a new approach to political and social life, Ekho Moskvy reports on Thursday.25 percent of Georgian Railways to be put on London Stock Exchange
The Georgian Economy Ministry is studying the possibility of placing 25 percent of the shares of Georgian Railways on the London Stock Exchange, the ministry told Trend.
World press on Iran nuclear problem (May 17, 2012)
Today British newspaper The Guradian published an article by Peter Jenkins headlined "Western diplomats are still getting it wrong on Iran".Armenia’s new PM will be appointed within first 10 days of June – Justice Minister
During a briefing on Thursday, Armenia’s Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan explained the constitutional procedures for the formation of a new government in the country following National Assembly elections, News.am reportIraqi Kurd PM in Turkey amid Baghdad friction
A senior Iraqi Kurdish politician is set to hold talks with top Turkish authorities to discuss ways to deepen economic relations and to jointly push the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) to drop its weapons, Hurriyet reports. Prime Minister of the Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (IFRG) Nechirvan Barzani was scheduled to arrive in Ankara late Wednesday, where he would meet President Abdullah Gül and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Thursday.Azerbaijan expresses concerns over anti-Azerbaijani protests in Tabriz
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has expressed concerns over anti-Azerbaijani protests in Tabriz, Trend reports.Press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Elman Abdullayev said on Thursday that some unfriendly forces are trying to harm Azerbaijani-Iranian relations.The Azerbaijani consulate in Tabriz has seen several protests in the city.
Areshev comments on Russian relations with CIS and security interests
Moscow has held a summit of CIS states. Andrey Areshev, a scientist of the Institute for Political and Social Studies of the Black Sea and Caspian Region, expert of the Center for Central Asian and Caucasus Studies of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, told Vestnik Kavkaza that the summit was organized during the switch of power in Russia, the formation of the Cabinet and the clarification of foreign policy.Bahrain condemns Iran
Foreign Minister of Bahrain Sheikh Halid al-Halifa has demanded Iran to stop interfering the affairs of Bahrain and other Arab states, Trend reports.The statement was made after Iran’s saying that Bahrain is the 14th province of Iran and its population does not want an alliance with Saudi Arabia.The minister emphasized that Iran has been interfering in its affairs since 1979 and has activated recently.Kochiyev restored as Speaker of South Ossetian Parliament
The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has restored Stanislav Kochiyev as Speaker of Parliament, RIA Novosti reports.Kochiyev was initially dismissed on October 5, 2011, after a vote of censure.The official is the leader of the Communist Party of South Ossetia. The party supported President Leonid Tibilov.Zurab Kokoyev of the Unity Party has been the Acting Speaker of Parliament. The party is headed by former Ex-President Eduard Kokoity.
Kubilius in Georgia
The prime minister of Lithuania, Andrius Kubilius, visits Georgia
Chechen government dissolved
Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov dissolved the Chechen government today, Acting Chechen Prime Minister Magomed Daudov said.
Alex Miller: returning to the origins
Possible potential of the main Azeri lobbyist in IsraelUS Congress to consider increase of support for Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Subcommittee for Foreign Operations of the Committee for Appropriations of the US Congress has proposed an increase of support for Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh from $2 million to $5 million. Support for Armenia itself is recommended to total $40 million, rather than $32.5 million.The subcommittee urged the US Administration to develop a strategy for purpose support of the population in Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti Region, where an Armenian community lives.License for production of weapons at Yerevan toy factory extended
The government of Armenia has extended the license for production of weapons for the Ayk-Mek Company. The company operates at the Elektron Factory in Yerevan, producing weapons since 2004, News Armenia reports.The company used to produce toys.
