The government formed by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin consists of well-known in Russia professional and several people coming from St. Petersburg, on whom he can always rely on, deputy leader of the opposition People's Front Party (Azerbaijan) Gasan Kerimov

There are no unresolved issues between Azerbaijan and Russia; the relations between the two countries are at the highest level, said Azerbaijan's Prime Minister Artur Rasi-zade while meeting speaker of the Russian State Duma Boris Gryzlov.The Azeri prime minister underscored

Yulia Timoshenko's Bloc faction at the Ukrainian Supreme Rada has blocked the session of the parliament today. The session was supposed to start with a speech of President Viktor Yushchenko, a REGNUM correspondent reports. Members of the parliament from Timoshenko's

Russia is trying to preserve the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to establish a new empire, chair of the committee for foreign relations of the Georgian parliament Kote Gabashvili told reporters commenting on Moscow's intention to establish a special agency

Old apartment houses with timber floor in the center of Moscow will be either demolished or undergo major overhaul, informs DAILYSTROY.In more than 200 houses with timber floor the level of deterioration makes up to 70%. Each house will undergo

In 2008, the System-Gals Developer Company plans to begin implementation of two large low-rise dwelling projects near Kiev, Ukraine, and in Moscow Region, Russia. The announcement was made by the president of the company Felix Yevtushenkov.In the near future, the

Prices in real estate market in Krasnodar region are expected to rise on average by 40-60% in 2008, yuga.ru reports. According to Igor Luchkov, the director of the department for assessment and analytical studies of Becar Commercial Property SPb, many

The prices in the elite real estate market of Moscow and Moscow region in 2008 will rise by not less than 15 %. For most successful projects from the point of view of their location and quality of construction, the

The town-planning Council of Nizhniy Novgorod Region has endorsed a project concept of a Globe Town in Borskiy flood-plain, reports a REGNUM correspondent.The project of multipurpose district developed by Dante O. Benini and Partners Architects (Italy) together with Nizhegorodkapstroy, envisages

The real estate market of Sochi has stabilized. Last month the prices in the city have decreased by 2.7% and were fixed at a level of $4,444 for sq. m. Since the announcement of Sochi as the Olympic city the

Russia has invited Turkey to participate in construction of Olympic facilities in Sochi. The announcement was made by the head of the Ministry of Transport of Russia Igor Levitin at a meeting with his Turkish colleague Binali Yildirim.Levitin pointed out

Growth of prices for realty of the economy class and business class in Kiev has been registered at the level of 5-7 percent each month. The announcement was made by the president of the Real Estate Experts Union Alexander Rubanov

In Moscow, a new technology of evicting residents from their apartments for further demolition of the apartment blocks and construction of tower blokes is being introduced. As RBC daily writes, now places in the most prestigious districts the investor finds

Youth branch of the Dashnaktsutiun Armenian Revolutionary Federation organized in Stepanakert a conference on Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement. Members of youth organizations of Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia took part in the conference, REGNUM correspondent in Stepanakert has reported. Attendants presented

Georgia is preparing to use force in resolving Georgian-Ossetian and Georgian-Abkhazian conflicts, South Ossetian interior minister Mikhail Mindzayev has stated. In an interview to REGNUM correspondent, the minister said that a series of terrorist acts that took place in South

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Georgia Vyacheslav Kovalenko was summoned in the evening of April 21 to Georgian foreign ministry where he was handed a protest note in connection with the instance of attack by a Russian MiG-29 jet

Azerbaijan customs authorities have ceased transfer of Russian cargoes for Iranian nuclear power plant in Bushehr, Iran. The cargoes have been blocked at Astara customs area on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border. Customs officers explain the situation by the lack of necessary

While talking on the phone with president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili on April 21, president of Russia Vladimir Putin expressed bewilderment with the Georgian side's conducting military-related flights over the conflict zone in Abkhazia, REGNUM was informed at the Kremlin's

President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili claimed that, while talking to president of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the telephone on April 21, he demanded from his Russian counterpart "an immediate abolishment of a legal act related to Russia's establishing

President of Russia Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation with president of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili on April 21 ensured that acts of Russia concerning Abkhazia and South Ossetia lay "entirely in the legal domain and are of exclusively social-economic nature,"