ISSUE #15
04/23/2012
On 19-20 April 2012, a Kharkiv court held a preliminary hearing in the case against former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko over the activity of the corporation United Energy Systems of Ukraine (UESU). The Ukrainian news and analysis website Lb.ua reported that based on the results of the preliminary hearing, the judge presiding over the case, Kostyantyn Sadovskyy, had dismissed an appeal submitted by the former prime minister's defence to suspend the trial until Tymoshenko recovers. Furthermore, the court prohibited photo shooting, video filming and broadcasting of the trial, which was requested by the defence. Several other motions were also dismissed. READ MORE

• April 24, 2012

Kazakhstan stands for peacefully resolving the situation over Iran, Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov said today.

• April 23, 2012

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in Tajikistan for talks with President Emomali Rahmon and other Tajik government officials.

• April 23, 2012

Iran is optimistic that talks in Baghdad next month will make progress toward resolving its nuclear dispute with world powers, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday.

• April 23, 2012

At a government meeting in Ashgabat a report on preparations for the forthcoming official visit of Turkmen delegation headed by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov to the Republic of Belarus was heard, the Turkmen government said on Saturday.

• April 21, 2012

“Azerbaijan shares the concern of the international community on increasing nuclear threats and risks.

• April 21, 2012

India and Iran have had a long relationship stretching back to ancient times. Iranian (or Persian) influence has produced a deep imprint upon Indian art, poetry, architecture and literature. With periodic invasions, military adventures and constant cross-migrations between the two empires, the people of Iran and northern India share many cultural and ethnic characteristics.

• April 21, 2012

Russia and Iran continue to strengthen bilateral ties. The relations between Moscow and Teheran have strengthened considerably during the recent two decades. The two countries have signed a series of economic and defense agreements. The cooperation in the field of science and education has been developing steadily too. This week, it was reported that Iran has officially approved a new standard of education, in which the studies of the Russian language will become an inseparable part of the local school program.

• April 20, 2012