Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has warned that Armenia would face an economic crisis if it withdraws from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), arguing that Brussels is aware of the risks but continues to encourage Yerevan’s closer integration with the European Union.

Five citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have died while climbing Mount Elbrus in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria republic. 

Work has begun in Ingushetia on a docudrama titled Heroes of Zaporizhzhia, посвящed to Russian security personnel who took part in the seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Azerbaijan has declared the activities of Iran’s Sahar TV and the Mehr News Agency illegal within its territory, describing the move as a reciprocal response after Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence reportedly added Azerbaijan’s state broadcaster AzTV to a list of “hostile media outlets.”

Authorities in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Russia’s Volgograd region have announced the deaths of ten more service members who fought in Ukraine. Following these announcements, the number of officially confirmed military deaths from Russia’s North Caucasus and southern regions has surpassed 9,500.

The US Embassy in Georgia has criticized the creation of a new Interior Ministry unit tasked with combating so-called online hate speech. The statement was issued in response to a query from the Georgian service of Radio Liberty regarding the detention of journalist Vakho Sanaia.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia’s Chechen Republic, has dismissed reports of a possible food shortage in the region, describing them as false.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has sharply criticized a recent statement regarding Karabakh made by Maria Zakharova, the official spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry. Baku noted that her remarks contradict the position that—according to the Azerbaijani side—Russia has maintained for many years.

Armenia’s rental market is showing signs that echo the developments of 2022, according to reporting by the independent Russian outlet Verstka.