In 2022 alone, about 110 thousand people left the Russian Federation for Armenia. Russians consume local goods and services, which has provided Armenia with economic growth in key sectors, the local Central Bank and analytical services noted.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a direct line today and at the same time a large press conference on the results of the year. At the beginning of the event, a question appeared on the monitor screen: “Why does a tray of eggs cost 550 rubles in Dagestan?” The President ignored him.

The European Union summit is opening in Brussels, within the framework of which the decision to grant Georgia candidate status for membership in the organization will be discussed. In addition, the agenda includes negotiations on accession to the EU for Ukraine and Moldova.

Imam Ismail Yurdamov, abducted yesterday from his home in the village of Privetnoye, Kirov region of Crimea, has been released. After the search, he was taken to the police and a report was drawn up under Art. 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (“Carrying out missionary activities in violation of the requirements of legislation on freedom of conscience, freedom of religion and religious associations”).

The day before, the second group of refugees from Palestine arrived in Ingushetia - 18 people. They were taken to the Assa hotel in Nazran.

The night before, residents of Makhachkala blocked the road on Gamidov and Akushinsky avenues. They complained of a lack of electricity for several days. Due to this, heating devices in houses also do not work.

On Pervaya Okruzhnaya Street in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, near house 13, two corpses were recovered from a well from which condensate was previously pumped at a depth of 18 m.

Activist from Derbent Ulker Gashimova has not been in touch for two weeks. Her fiance, the creator of the Free Eurasia telegram channel Anton Kolomitsyn, suggested that the girl was sent for compulsory psychiatric treatment.

Today, an exchange of prisoners of war took place on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in the Gazakh region of Azerbaijan. 2 Azerbaijani and 32 Armenian servicemen were released.

Georgia's refusal to grant candidate status for EU membership will mean its defeat and Russia's victory. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili stated this in an interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. She explained that depriving Georgia of its status would cause satisfaction among the Russian authorities, and disappointment among Georgians.