At a meeting with the leadership of security agencies and law enforcement agencies, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, instructed the security forces to be “in a state of constant combat readiness.”

Armenia is looking forward to the start of negotiations on visa liberalization with the European Union within the framework of the Enhanced Partnership Agreement. This was announced by the speaker of the country's parliament Alen Simonyan.

The Ukrainian delegation refused to support Georgia’s resolution on the issue of European integration at the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels. Kyiv cited Russian assistance to Georgia in circumventing sanctions as the reason. In response, Georgia accused Ukraine of “torpedoing its European path with false arguments.”

On November 15, the French Senate adopted a resolution calling on the country's government to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan if it does not withdraw its troops from the territory of Armenia.

NATO sets the maximum task - to open a second front against Russia in the South Caucasus. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. According to her, the recent visit of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the regions of Transcaucasia is another attempt to draw the countries of the South Caucasus into the zone of Euro-Atlantic influence.

The Armenian Parliament ratified an agreement on the work of the EU mission on the border with Azerbaijan.

Jens Stoltenberg, at a meeting in Yerevan with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, called on Armenia to quickly sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan. “Baku and Yerevan can achieve lasting peace,” the guest said.

From March 30, Russian Mir bank cards will stop working in most banks in Armenia. An exception will be branches of VTB Armenia. Only in them will it be possible to withdraw cash and make online purchases.

The regions of the North Caucasus showed a very high percentage of votes for Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections of the Russian Federation, held on March 15-17. Thus, according to regional election commissions, in Chechnya they reported 98.9%.

Based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols, the current President Vladimir Putin received 98,99% of the votes in Chechnya. This was reported by the regional election commission.