The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement today commemorating the anniversaries of the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and Circassians.

The country's Investigative Committee has launched an investigation into murder threats and plotting an assassination attempt against the head of government.

Azerbaijani opposition figure Gulu Mehmedli harshly criticized the authorities, accusing the country's leadership of repression, fear-mongering, and suppression of public activism. 

Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin stated that the imposition of Western liberal values ​​and pressure on the church are leading to a split in Armenian society.

On May 16, unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the Nevinnomyssk Azot chemical plant in Stavropol Krai. A massive fire broke out at the facility.

At the 135th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, held in Moldova, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili presented her vision of the challenges facing Europe.

Former Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has been awarded the prestigious Freedom House award for her contribution to the development of democratic values.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, summing up the BRICS foreign ministers' meeting in India

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that former President Robert Kocharyan, who heads the Armenia bloc, should be held criminally responsible. 

Russian military personnel stationed in Armenia must obey local laws, not Russian ones. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made this statement during a briefing in Yerevan. He was responding to concerns surrounding the possible actions of the 102nd Russian military base in Gyumri, given recent changes to Russian legislation.