Yuri SIMONYAN

The story about the intention of Russia to sell two divisions of anti-zenithal missile complexes C-300 to Azerbaijan is activated again and is a topic of discussions. Specifically, some newspapers have commented on Serzh Sargsyan’s recent statements and written that the president had been informed about the preparation of this deal between Moscow and Baku. …

The theme of the conflict of the mayor of Moscow Yuri Luzhkov with the Russian government seems not to yield to any other themes of the political life and perhaps on the TV screens we will view new interesting facts about the business of Luzhkov’s wife Yelena Baturina. So what has happened between great politicians? …

A new wave of terrorism has originated in North Caucasus and there is no day without terrorism resulting in the death of not only high rank officials but ordinary citizens as well. What is happening there? How to fight against the terrorism? The correspondent of the 168 Hours has discussed these issues with Semyon Baghdasarov, …

In the word the speed of the development of political processes has reached incredible rates. Where are we all heading and what can we achieve? This is what the reporter of 168-Zham discussed with the senior specialist of Carnegie Center Moscow, professor Aleksey Malashenko?– In the recent times they more frequently speak about the new …

The President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev has managed to visit two enemy countries of the region Armenia and Azerbaijan within a short period of time. What did these visits give to our region? To what direction may the NKR conflict resolution develop? This and other questions of the 168-Zham newspaper are answered by …

Last week Turkish deputy candidate Erbashar Ozsoy accused PM Rejeb Erdogan of planning to hand Erzrum over to Armenia. According to the Turkish “Haber” agency, Ozsoy claims that on one of the maps of the multi-faceted, cosmopolitan “Great Middle East” plan, which is co-authored by the prime minister, Erzrum is included as part of Armenia. …

With his arrival in Guatemala, and giving speeches in English and French, Russian president Vladimir Putin played a decisive role in the issue concerning the holding of the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi. That victory seems startling at first sight. Based on preliminary accounts, there were more people for holding the Games in Australia and …

An unofficial meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Robert Kocharyan and Ilham Aliev was expected to take place last week. It was supposed to take place during the unofficial summit of the presidents of the CIS countries in Doni Rostov, where the horse races for the Russian president’s championship cup were taking place. The expectations …

The South Caucasus is once again on the brink of danger. The speeches of the leaders of the regional countries have once again turned bellicose and aggressive, and certain activities reinforce these announcements. Last week, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliev announced on the day of the graduation ceremony of military school students that he will never …

The principal result of the last visit of Georgian President Mikhail Sahakashvili to France was the preliminary agreement for the possibility of constructing a nuclear power plant. Generally, the topic on the construction of a nuclear power plant is starting to become widespread in the post-Soviet region, and that is understandable. The CIS countries, and …