The article discusses the problems related to Caucasus policy of Russia in last quarter 18th century and plan create an Armenian state on lands Azerbaijan. It is known that had leave South at beginning for obvious reasons. In century, resumed Caucasus, its main goal was a christian expense Azerbaijan lands. general, sharp changes from end are analyzed against background successes achieved as re...

This report collects and reviews the definitions used by countries of Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia to monitor poverty and employment according to the Millennium Development Goal 1. It distinguishes the indices on the basis of the threshold used to measure poverty: international or national, absolute or relative, extreme or less severe, based on food intak...

Phylogenetic analysis and assessment of the species status of mostly isolated populations of Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi in south-western Russia occurring far beyond the accepted area of the species distribution in the Carpathian-Balkan region were performed. Using the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene fragment, we found a very low level of genetic diversity in these populatio...

The golden jackal Canis aureus occurs in south-eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Africa. In Serbia, jackals neared extinction; however, during the last 30 years, the species started to spread quickly and to increase in number. Few studies in the past have revealed their potential role as carriers of zoonotic diseases. Animal samples were collected over a three-year period...

We investigated ancestry of 3,528 modern humans from 163 samples. We identified 19 ancestral components, with 94.4% of individuals showing mixed ancestry. After using whole genome sequences to correct for ascertainment biases in genome-wide genotype data, we dated the oldest divergence event to 140,000 years ago. We detected an Out-of-Africa migration 100,000-87,000 years ago, leading to people...

A new species of the subgenus Rhodobaetis Jacob, 2003, namely Baetis (Rhodobaetis) vadimi sp. nov., is described based on immature larvae from several localities in Georgia and Turkey. It is the ninth species of the subgenus for Transcaucasia, following six species formally recorded from Turkey and two endemic species described from the Central Caucasus. Larval characters are investigated and i...

Kazakhstan has secured approval from Moscow to use its pipeline infrastructure in order transport 300,000 tons of oil Germany the first quarter 2023, a state-run company (Kaztransoil) announced on January 13, 2023. Deliveries January, 2023 amounted 20,000 tons. plans export up 1.5 million via Russia but future, volume could be increased 7 As for now, transportation through seems more beneficial...