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Russia pledged to inject 50 billion rubles into OAO AvtoVAZ in return for technology from 25 percent shareholder Renault SA .

He expressed special concern over the fact that the cases of use of Russian firearms on the border are not single instances.

Date : Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:51:59 PST Representatives of Foreign Ministries of Russia and Great Britain discuss Nagornyy Karabakh settlement 2009-11-22 09:43:00 ArmInfo.

Thousands of women in Russia are subject to violence, including sexual abuse, domestic violence, human trafficking and crimes related to national traditions, according to a report released Wednesday.

While taxes for the year 2009 aren't due to the end of April 2010, only one full month remains to take certain actions that will minimize those tax liabilities.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov,... Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi, left, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov, center, and U.S. astronaut Timothy J. Creamer, right, are seen before the final test in a mock-up of the Zvezda and Zarya training module in Star City ...

Gunmen injured a commander of a special police force in the capital of the southern Russian republic of Dagestan early on Thursday, one of the attackers was killed in return fire, a local Interior Ministry official said.

Eleonora Mitrofanova from Russia was elected Wednesday to chair UNESCO's executive board for the next two years, replacing Benin's Olabiyi Babalola Joseph Yai, Xinhua reported.

A senior Iranian commander says the US and Israel are exerting pressure on Russia to force it into refusing to deliver the S-300 missile system to Iran, Press TV reported.

The Russian central bank is preparing to invest in the loonie causing a surge in the Canadian dollar.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pledged on Monday in an election campaign statement to force Russia's Black Sea Fleet to leave Ukraine's Crimea by 2017, according to RIA Novosti.

U.S. acceptance of a treaty banning landmines is "long, long overdue" and President Barack Obama should use a 10-year review this weekend to announce plans to join the accord, anti-landmines campaigners said on Monday.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has today wrapped up his working visit to Russian city of Ulyanovsk, and returned home, Azertaj State News Agency reported.

On Nov. 24, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev visited a monument to Nariman Narimanov here, AzerTAj state news agency reported. The Head of State laid flowers at the monument. President Ilham Aliyev chatted with members of the Azerbaijani diaspora.

If everyone in world would have relations such as between Russia and Azerbaijan, world would not have problems: Azerbaijan president

The Presidents of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev and Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, believes that the relations between the two countries are an example of good-neighborly and friendly relations, RIA Novosti reported.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev laid a wreath on the monument to Heydar Aliyev in Ulyanovsk. Afterwards, both presidents met with representatives of Azerbaijani Diaspora who attended the ceremony.

Russian prosecutors launched on Tuesday a probe into the recent death in prison of a lawyer representing London-based hedge fund Hermitage Capital, a spokeswoman for the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said.

Vladimir Putin , Dmitry Medvedev and Boris Gryzlov entering the main hall for the United Russia Congress at Lenexpo on Saturday.

German car and truck maker Daimler AG said Tuesday it has signed two joint-venture agreements with Kamaz Inc.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Nov. 24 / Trend News E. Ostapenko /

Integration prospects for South Caucasus and Central Asia were discussed during round-table talks at the RIA Novosti Press Center in Baku today.