Pashinian: Future In Russian-Led CSTO Will Be Based On Armenia s Own State Interests globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Armenia will decide on whether to quit the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) or not “based on its own state interest,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said on Friday, answering a question from the public on why Yerevan still continues to be a member of the Russia-led defense bloc.
Business executives from China and Russia with close links to the governments of the two countries have discussed plans to build an underwater tunnel to connect the Russian mainland to Crimea, which was illegally seized and annexed by Russia in 2014.
The Russian Justice Ministry on November 24 added opposition politician and former Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov who has reportedly left the country to the list of so-called "foreign agents."
The family of Kian Pirfalak, a 9-year-old boy killed in last year's protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini while in police custody, commemorated the first anniversary of his death a week earlier than planned after coming under intense pressure from security forces.