A declaration on Russia's official status as the host of the 2018 FIFA World Cup was signed by FIFA and Russian officials today in the Russian city of St. Petersburg

The process of resettling the inhabitants of the zone of Olympic facilities construction in Sochi will be finished in April 2011, the head of the Department of Krasnodar Territory for realization of preparations for the Winter Olympics in Sochi-2014.

The Russian information and analysis agency Vestnik Kavkaza and the Azerbaijani agency of international information Trend have signed a cooperation agreement.

The document was signed today in Baku by the Director General of Trend Ilgar Guseynov and the Editor-in-Chief of Vestnik Kavkaza Alexey Vlasov.

Azerbaijan beat Guus Hiddink's Turkey 1-0 in Baku on Tuesday evening to record a historic victory and pick up their first points in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.Rashad Sadygov's first-half goal gave the hosts all three points.

The winners of the Caucasian Games, a sports festival organized in Karachay-Cherkessia, were awarded in Sochi,
the city where the 2014 Olympic Games are going to take place