13 October: The Turkish Minister of Defence, Izmet Yilmaz has started an official visit to Baku where he is expected to meet senior Azerbaijani officials for discussions on defence and defence industry issues (agencies)

13 October: The Azerbaijani Interior Minister will not participate in a meeting of CIS Interior Ministers which is starting today in Yerevan (APA)

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12 October: There has been an international outcry following the sentencing of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko to seven years imprisonment on charges of abuse of power. The EU High Representative on Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine

11 October: A court in Kiev this morning found former Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko guilty of exceeding her powers. The European Union criticised Ukraine on Monday for use of ‘selective justice’ regarding the trial of the former Ukrainian Premier (agenc

11 October: Moscow and Washington are so far apart in their positions on the missile defense issue that the much-anticipated Russia-NATO summit in Chicago in 2012 could be cancelled. (Kommersant)

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