
Lavrov criticises allegations of Russian intervention in Armenian elections
The remarks were offered during his meeting with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan.

The remarks were offered during his meeting with Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan.

Lavrov claimed that Gyumri’s mayor was facing criminal charges over remarks advocating for a union state between Armenia and Russia.

The statement came after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia ‘unequivocally and without question’ wants to become an EU member state.

During his visit to Yerevan, the Russian Foreign Minister discussed Armenia–Russia relations and Armenia’s CSTO membership.

The travel advisory had been in effect since November 2024, following the protests in Abkhazia that ousted former President Aslan Bzhaniya.

On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that Armenia had ‘taken a break’ and preferred direct bilateral talks with Turkey to normalise relations. ‘There are no meetings planned yet, our Armenian colleagues have taken a break,’ the Russian state-run media outlet TASS quoted Lavrov, following the third meeting of the 3+3 Regional Cooperation Platform held in Istanbul, Turkey. The 3+3 format meeting includes Turkey, Iran, and Russia on one side, and Armenia, Azerbaijan, and, t

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has praised the Georgian Government for passing the foreign agent law, claiming that by doing so Georgia was resisting the West’s aims to maintain their global hegemony through the promotion of queer rights. ‘What the Georgian government is doing now is […] realising their national identity and understanding that the Georgian people have the same values of Orthodoxy, national culture, which will be eroded, erased, and subjugated by the “rules” that the