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Nagorny Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan with a largely Armenian
population, has been a source of conflict between the former Soviet
republics since the late 1980s. The mountainous province has its own
government and is de facto independent. The Madrid principles, put forward in November 2007, stipulate that the
occupied Armenian territories surrounding the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
should be brought back under Azerbaijan's control. They also envisage a
future referendum of self-determination in Karabakh.

The presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan signed a package of deals on November 27, 2009, to create a customs union with common tariffs, paving the way for a single economic space. The Customs Union between the three former Soviet states came into force on January 1

At least five people were killed and another seven, including children, were injured after a three-storey residential building collapsed in central Latvia, the State Fire-Fighting and Rescue Service said on Sunday.
Poland has imposed an entry ban on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and several state officials following a post-election crackdown on the opposition in Minsk.

Twenty years ago, in January 1991, the tragic events in the Baltic region triggered a countdown to the end of the Soviet Union. The nuclear superpower that once dominated half the world ceased to exist within a year.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned another candidate in last year's presidential election convicted for taking part in post-election protests, the presidential press office said on Sunday.
Belarusian opposition leader Anatoly Lebedko was held by the police on Saturday after returning from the EU Eastern Partnership summit in Warsaw, a representative of his United Civil party told RIA Novosti.
A highly unpopular law raising the pension age from 55 to 60 for women comes into force in Ukraine today.
Ukraine's new leader Viktor Yanukovych is seeking to revise a long-term gas deal by offering Russia a stake in its gas transportation system, which currently
accounts for about 80% of Russian natural gas exports to Europe. The project was put on hold during Yushchenko's presidency. 

The British Foreign Office on Sunday expressed its concern over the detention of former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko who is on trial on the charges of the abuse of office during her term.
Police on Sunday cordoned off a tent camp set up in the center of the Ukrainian capital by supporters of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to demonstrate their protest against her arrest.
The death toll from two mine accidents in eastern Ukraine has risen to 36 people, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Sunday.
Ukraine's arms exports in 2010 reached almost a billion dollars with the bulk of weaponry sold to African countries, the Kommersant-Ukraine newspaper said on Monday.
Several Belarusian firms will showcase over 40 types of military-purpose electronic equipment and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) at the MAKS-2011 air show near Moscow in August, a Belarusian defense industry official said.
Sixteen people died after a fire broke out in a retirement home in western Ukraine, the Ukrainian Emergencies Ministry reported on Sunday.
The Ukrainian parliament adopted on Thursday night a pension reform which envisions a gradual increase of the retirement age for women from 55 to 60 years.
Police in the Belarusian capital of Minsk briefly detained on Wednesday a film crew from the Russia's NTV television station, the crew's producer Pavel Antonov told RIA Novosti over the phone.
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov formally asked on Wednesday his Ukrainian counterpart Mykhailo Yezhel to rent facilities on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula for naval pilot training.
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