The Republics of Georgia and Armenia, as well as Kazakhstan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates have been named countries that help the Russian Federation to evade sanctions. This was stated by the head of the office for the coordination of sanctions of the US State Department, Jim O'Brien.

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova commented on the statement of the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan that in the event of unblocking transport communications in the region, Armenia, and not the Russian Federation, will exercise control over the borders.

Due to the risk of international sanctions, banks in Armenia, as well as Kazakhstan, began to block payments from Russian legal entities for the supply of foreign electronics. We are talking about products that are prohibited from being imported into the Russian Federation: servers, microcircuits, processors, telecom equipment.

The peoples of the North Caucasus will gain independence, one by one, through a common struggle. This was stated by the head of the Council of United Circassia Kenan Kaplan.

Azerbaijan and Armenia are on the threshold of peace for the first time since the restoration of their independence. This was announced by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, speaking in Austria at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.

The destruction of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region of Ukraine, with further catastrophic consequences for the population, is a war crime on the part of the Russian authorities. This was stated by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.

In 2022, Georgia provided assistance to Ukraine in the amount of about $14.5 million. This is stated in the government's report submitted to Parliament.

Through the blockade of the Lachin corridor and the establishment of a checkpoint, Azerbaijan is seeking ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh and the expulsion of the Armenian population. Armenian Ambassador to Iran Arsen Avakyan said this in an interview with the Iranian edition of Rahborde Moaser.

As a result of the fact that the Russian Federation, due to the war with Ukraine, cannot supply weapons to Armenia, the latter began to search for other resources. This was announced by the Secretary of the Security Council of the country Armen Grigoryan.

Salome Zurabishvili, the president of Georgia, believes in the victory of Ukraine and, moreover, believes that she has already won the war. The head of state stated this in an interview with France24.