27 February: The cost of the ambitious project to turn Sochi into an Olympic resort city is now estimated to reach 1.4 trillion rubles, most of which is due to come from the Russian budget. (Vedomosti)
26 February: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is expected to be elected Russia's new president with two-thirds of the vote, according to an independent poll. Lev Gudkov, the chief of poll company Levada Centre, said the latest data showed Mr Putin might
The people of Azerbaijan are today marking the 20th anniversary of the massacre in Khojaly. According to author Tom de Waal it was the worst episode of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorny Karabakh and resulted in the death of 400 Azerbaijanis, mainly civilians
25 February: The undisclosed sections of a report prepared by the State Audit Institution (DDK) regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink openly accuse police and intelligence officials of negligence in the murder and call for the inv
An agreement between Serbia and Kosovo brokered by the European Union opens the way for Serbia's membership to the EU. Many see lessons in this agreement for the situation in Karabakh.
24 February: Foreign ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries (Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Belarus), Visegrad Group countries (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary), the Baltic countries (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
24 February: President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan signed a decree on Thursday appointing 6 May 2012 as the the date of parliamentary elections in Armenia. (agencies)