
Putin announces that Daghestani Head Melikov will resign in September
The announcement came in the wake of weeks of mass flooding in Daghestan.

The announcement came in the wake of weeks of mass flooding in Daghestan.

Russia has often been accused of implementing stricter trade controls as a punitive measure.

Following the meeting, Moscow offered critical remarks regarding Armenia and its ties and projects with the EU and US.

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.