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Exclusive—Russia will tighten its visa regime for Muslims. Crackdown has started in St. Petersburg

Moscow: Russian will tighten its visa regime for Muslims and will review already given visas to Muslims irrespective of their nationalities, reports Dispatch News Desk...

Exclusive – Putin snubs Russian Interior Ministry during annual meeting

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has strongly criticised the work of Russian Interior Ministry during a meeting reviewing Ministry’s work in 2012, Dispatch News Desk...

Azerbaijan launches its first national telecommunication satellite

Azerbaijan's first national satellite, telecommunications apparatus Azerspace-1, developed by the U.S. Orbital Sciences Corporation has reached its orbit. Ariane 5 rocket with two telecommunications...

The snowiest winter in a century has hit Moscow

Moscow: The snowiest winter in a century has hit Moscow and 45,000 community services employees and 15,000 units of equipment were attempting to cope with 26...

Suicide blast at US embassy in Ankara; 2 killed

ANKARA: At least two people were killed and several others were injured in a powerful bomb blast outside the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkish...

First capsule hotel opens in Moscow

Moscow: Small rooms, narrow windows and little furniture – for some it may sound like Harry Potter’s basement, but in reality they’re rooms in a...

Former Ukrainian top official jailed over journalist murder

KIEV: Olexiy Pukach, ex-head of Ukrainian Interior Ministry's foreign surveillance department, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court for strangling critical journalist...

Kurdish militants set to halt Turkey hostilities in February: paper

ISTANBUL: Kurdish militants will announce a halt to hostilities with the Turkish state in February according to the timetable of a fledgling peace process...

External debt of Armenia is balooning

The external debt of the Government of Armenia in 2012 has increased by nearly $300 million compared to 2011, reaching $3.869 billion, reports Dispatch...

Russian Defence Minister on his tour to Armenia and Kazkhistan

Moscow: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has started his 3-days tour of Armenia and Kazakhstan on Monday and will hold talks his counterpart Defence...

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