
Daghestani villagers appeal to Putin to cancel results of local elections
Members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a majority of seats in local elections in Daghestan in September.

Members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a majority of seats in local elections in Daghestan in September.

Azerbaijan and Russia have been at odds since the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in December 2024, which Baku has blamed on Russian air-defence missiles.

Putin nonetheless partially cast the blame on Ukrainian drones entering Russian airspace at the time.

The Armenian prime minister turned 50 on Sunday.

The majority of Abkhazians and South Ossetians already have Russian citizenship.

Russian President Vladimir Putin specifically congratulated the people of Georgia and Moldova as opposed to those countries’ heads of state.

Deputy Chief of Staff of Russia’s Presidential Administration, Sergei Kiriyenko, arrived in South Ossetia during Easter celebrations.