The Federation Council of the Russian Federation will send a request to the National Assembly of Armenia in order to find out the position of deputies regarding Speaker Alen Simonyan’s accusations against Russia. This was announced by Chairman of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation Valentina Matvienko.

Members of the European Parliament initiated a draft resolution on sanctions against the billionaire, ex-citizen of the Russian Federation, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili and its members.

Baku has no plans to join the EAEU (Eurasian Economic Union). In the future, much will depend on what additional economic benefits the country receives from being closer. This was announced by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the international forum on the topic “COP29 and Green Vision for Azerbaijan” in Baku.

Armenia is not going to fight a war for Karabakh. The country has no ambitions beyond its internationally recognized borders. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with representatives of the British media.

The number of Russian citizens entering Armenia is declining. Experts attribute this to a sharp deterioration in political relations between countries. If in the first two months of 2023 more than 207 thousand Russians entered Armenia, then this year there were about them. 171 thousand, which is 17% less.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the withdrawal of Russian peacekeepers from the Tavush region, located in the northeast of the country, on the border with Azerbaijan.

The former head of Nagorno-Karabakh, ex-citizen of the Russian Federation, billionaire Ruben Vardanyan went on a hunger strike in a Baku prison. He demanded his release, as well as the release of all Armenian political prisoners.

They want to tear Armenia away from the Russian Federation at an accelerated pace, but it receives the most benefits from the EAEU, 35% of its economy is tied to this. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated this in an interview with Sputnik radio. According to him, the European Union and the United States are “shamelessly” separating Armenia from the Russian Federation.

The United States is disappointed by the Georgian parliament's decision to promote the Kremlin-inspired law on foreign agents. This was stated by US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.

The TU-22M3 bomber plane crashed on the territory of the Krasnogvardeisky district of the Stavropol Territory. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the plane was returning from a combat mission.