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Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has expressed readiness to help human rights defenders with resolving legal formalities in organising the funeral of Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was killed in Yerevan. He also assured that Armenian law enforcement agencies are searching for Baimuradova’s killers. Armenia * Russia’s Foreign Ministry has, for the third time since the beginning of the year, criticised Armenia–EU relations. In its latest comments, the min
Armenia * Indian Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan arrived in Armenia on Sunday on an official visit. No details have been reported yet regarding his visit. * Criminal proceedings have been initiated against seven high-ranking clergy of the Armenian Apostolic Church, with a ban on leaving the country selected as a preventive measure. The case falls within the framework of proceedings concerning Bishop Gevorg Saroyan who had filed a lawsuit against the Church seeking to be reinstated as Prim
Armenia * Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticised Armenia for its EU integration aspirations, pointing at ‘potential negative consequences of forced rapprochement with Brussels’ for Armenia as a member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). * All member states of the EU have approved the allocation of €20 million ($24 million) in aid to Armenia from the European Peace Facility (EPF), the Armenian Foreign Ministry told Armenpress. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan thinks that Armenia ‘should
Regional * President Ilham Aliyev has signed a decree as part of a cooperation agreement between the Interior Ministries of Azerbaijan and Georgia. The agreement between two ministries was reached in November 2025. * Armenia will receive €20 million from the European Peace Facility (EPF), after Hungary lifted its veto, RFE/RL reported citing its sources. In 2024, Armenia received its first support package from the EPF, which in a similar manner was initially blocked by Hungary, which demande
