
Pashinyan tells Putin Armenia could retake control of railways if restoration works are delayed
The comments were omitted from the official Russian readout of the bilateral meeting.

The comments were omitted from the official Russian readout of the bilateral meeting.

Pashinyan recently asked Russia to ‘urgently address’ the full restoration of railway sections adjacent to Nakhchivan and the Turkish border.

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.