4 February: Tens of thousands people are expected to brave the bitter cold at two major rallies in downtown Moscow on Saturday as a power play between champions of political liberalisation and supporters of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin continues to unfol

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Playing the King. Armenian Chess grandmaster tells FIDE he will not go to Baku.

3 February: Baku's Heidar Aliev International Airport was closed yesterday due to bad weather conditions.According to the Airport, the flights from Baku to Tbilisi, Doha, Dubai, Vienna, Khanti-Mansiysk, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Tashkent, Istanbul, Bish

3 February: European clients of the Russian energy giant, Gazprom, have complained of unplanned cuts in gas supplies from Russia. Poland, Italy, Austria and Slovakia are among the affected countries. Gazprom is “confused” by the reports.

2 February: The price of Brent crude oil rose above $111 per barrel yesterday, gaining for a second straight session on fears that tensions between Iran and the West may escalate further.Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani again underlined that threat yest

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1 February: EU High Representative Catherine Ashton Tuesday said she is "extremely worried about the growing harassment and persecution of journalists and internet bloggers in Iran." Ashton repeated the EU call on Iran to introduce a moratorium