Astrakhan, Kazakhstan News

Twelve people were hospitalized after a bus overturned in Russia's Orenburg region, an official told Itar-Tass on Monday.

"The Caspian Sea is a very rich and informative material of interstate relations in the region.

Russia is interested in resolving the status of the Caspian Sea as soon as possible, Stats Secretary for Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin said at the meeting of Russia's ambassadors to the Caspian littoral countries in Astrakhan.

Several members of the Commonwealth of Independent States are involved in creating three joint regional air defense structures as part of the CIS integrated air defense network.

Lavrov said this issue was discussed at a meeting in Astrakhan. 'There are some ideas that are put forwards by non-regional countries.

This idea was previously examined, but a final decision was not made. How real is the establishment of the organization now? Tofiq Abbasov: Attempts to establish a Union of five Caspian littoral states on the humanitarian level have already been made.

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AN adventurous university student has returned from a 7,000-mile trip to deliver an ambulance called Dolly to a hospital in Mongolia.

AN adventurous university student has returned from a 7,000-mile trip to deliver an ambulance called Dolly to a hospital in Mongolia.

AN adventurous university student has returned from a 7,000-mile trip to deliver an ambulance called Dolly to a hospital in Mongolia.

The first boundary sign was opened in a festive ceremony on the world's longest land frontier - between Russia and Kazakhstan on Saturday, the press service of the Russian FSB border guard department for the Republic of Kalmykia and Astrakhan region told Itar-Tass. 'The frontier mark was installed in the area of the Karaozek-Kotyayevka border pass ...