14 February: Russia’s energy giant Gazprom will build South Stream gas pipeline even if the company takes control over part of the Ukrainian gas transportation network, head of Gazprom export subsidiary Alexander Medvedev said.(Izvestia)

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13 February: Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR which has the majority stake at the Petkim refinery in Turkey will bid to purchase another 10 percent of state shares in the coming days to fully control Turkey’s largest oil facility. (Hürriyet Daily News

13 February: Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Azerbaijani ambassador in Tehran, accusing Baku of complicity with Israel in the death of a nuclear scientist.(news.az)

12 February: Huge rallies were held in Iran on Saturday to mark the 33rd Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution (IRNA)

12 February: The 30th national open mass cross-country ski race Piste of Russia-2012 will be held on Sunday in 68 Russian regions, Russian Minister of Sport, Tourism and Youth Policy Vitaly Mutko said. The race is expected to draw some 1.5 million partici

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11 February: President Ilham Aliev of Azerbaijan has met in Baku with NATO's special representative for the South Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai. NATO-Azerbaijan co-operation within the framework of current programmes were discussed (APA)

11 February: Russia will in 2012 sell to Azerbaijan Military helicopters and T90 tanks according to various media sources. Similar equipment was sold by Russia to Azerbaijan in 2011 (agencies)

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