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Regional * Armenian authorities have named the suspects in the murder of Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova, who was found dead in Yerevan in October 2025. The suspects are Russian citizens Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baisarov, who acted on the instructions of ‘a person not yet identified’. Their names had previously been mentioned by human rights defenders. * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev met this morning in Abu Dhabi. The details of the meet
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
