The Government of Armenia approved the draft law on launching the process of the country's accession to the European Union. It is sent to the parliament for adoption.

The GSU of the Investigative Committee of Russia completed the investigation of the criminal case of the murder of businessman Tair Gurshumov in Moscow in 1996 and the attempted attack of singer Avraham Russo in 2006. The organization of the criminals was incriminated against the former free fighter from Chechnya Tarkhan Eldukayev. According to the investigation, he acted on the orders of the businessman Telman Ismailov, who was declared on the international wanted list.

A member of the Coordination Council at the Public Chamber, Vladimir Karasev, after the reaction from Azerbaijan for the insults inflicted on President Ilham Aliyev, stated that his words were misunderstood. He claims that by the expression "about pida...sah" he meant the Spanish word "pidas", which supposedly means "people who make demands".

In 2025, Georgia took 44th place in the world rating of attractiveness of passports. It is evaluated based on the possibility of visa-free entry and obtaining a visa upon arrival.

At a meeting with journalists in Yerevan, the head of the country's Foreign Ministry, Ararat Mirzoyan, said that if there is trust between Armenia and Turkey and there is an open border, local border guards will be able to protect it instead of the Russian ones. He also noted that the issue of withdrawing the 102nd Russian base from Armenia has not yet been resolved.

Armenia has sent proposals to Azerbaijan on two non-agreed points of the peace agreement and is ready to sign it in the event of a positive response. This was announced by the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan.

Vladimir Karasev, a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, called the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, "offended" and a "scumbag". This happened after the head of state accused the Russian authorities of the crash of the Embraer passenger plane.

The head of the Cabinet of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, reacted to the decision of the Chairman of the OSCE PA, Pia Kauma, to postpone his visit to Tbilisi. He recalled that he had repeatedly spoken with Kaum about "liberal fascism", the manifestation of which, according to the prime minister, she experienced this time herself.

The President of the OSCE PA, Pia Kauma, announced her cancellation on the eve of her planned visit to Georgia.

On January 17, the first session of the Baku Military Court in the case of former Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan will be held. He will be tried for mercenary, financing of terrorism, attempt to seize power, as well as other criminal articles. Vardanyan may face life imprisonment. He went on hunger strike twice in the pre-trial detention center.