Azerbaijan and Russia investment accord: Azerbaijan and Russia are close to signing an agreement on the mutual promotion and protection of investments between the two countries, Russian Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said yesterday. At a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Shahin Mustafayev in Baku, the two men also agreed on a draft program for the long-term economic cooperation and the opening of Azerbaijan’s trade and exhibition center at the All-Russian Exhibition Center. Azernews