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CSTO Launches Working Group on Military Training and Scientific Cooperation in Bishkek
22 August 2025
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Russia-Azerbaijan Relations in Freefall with No End in Sight
21 August 2025
Tensions between Azerbaijan and Russia have been on an escalatory track since the crash of the Azerbaijani Airlines commercial airplane in December 2024. In the past, similar disputes were usually resolved quickly, leaving little lasting impact. This time, however, the crisis is far more complex and shows no signs of de-escalation. On the contrary, almost every month since the crash has marked new record lows in Baku–Moscow relations and appears likely to have a lasting impact on future bilateral ties. The situation has become so intricate and unpredictable that further deterioration cannot be ruled out.
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Tragedy at Russian base in Siberia.
13 July 2015
23 servicemen died in the city of Omsk when a building housing servicemen at a training centre for Russian Airborne Forces collapsed on Sunday. 42 people were found under the rubble.
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EU ready to continue co-operation with all Eastern Partnership countries.
30 June 2015
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn emphasised that differentiation will be an important element of the forthcoming review of the Eastern Partnership
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Eastern Partnership focuses on Environment at Minsk
29 June 2015
The European Commission said that the meeting "will also be an opportunity to discuss foreign policy issues of common interest".
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Russia mourns death of wise statesman Yevgeni Primakov.
27 June 2015
Primakov, who died on Friday aged 85, was widely respected by all recent Russian leaders, including President Putin, who often asked him for advice.
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Opinion - Armenia-EU relations: back to the drawing board. Dennis Sammut analyses relations between the EU and Armenia after the Riga Summit.
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Opinion - Armenia-EU relations: back to the drawing board. Dennis Sammut analyses relations between the EU and Armenia after the Riga Summit.
25 May 2015
In the first, in a series of three articles for commonspace.eu Dennis Sammut analyses relations between the European Union and Armenia after the Riga Summit.
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Armenian youth torn between fear and hope.
25 March 2015
A report by the Armenian NGO “Peace Dialogue” highlights contradictions in society. The quest of young Armenians for a better life is often frustrated by fear and insecurity.
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Murder at the Kremlin Walls
1 March 2015
Dennis Sammut comments on the assassination of Boris Nemtsov - "a political earthquake that potentially can shake the Russian political establishment from its foundations".
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Report on Conference on Karabakh held in Oxford in November published.
19 December 2014
A spokesperson for LINKS, one of the organisers of the event, said "We very much hope that Governments in the region, the international community, and civil society, will study these ideas and take at least some of them forward in 2015"
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Commentary: Will South Ossetia be Russia's next territorial acquisition?
11 June 2014
A party calling for unification with Russia has won elections in the self-declared republic of South Ossetia. Yet the Kremlin is wary of further provoking the international community and South Ossetia is likely to remain in a state of limbo for a long time.