Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan denied reports about intensifying ties with the Russian Federation. And, according to him, Armenian government officials have never had problems with visits to Moscow.

Amid mass protests in Georgia, which have been going on for 96 days, three Baltic countries – Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia – have expanded sanctions against the Georgian authorities. Several dozen officials and judges have been declared persona non grata.

Two servicemen from Chechnya, with the support of the SBU, defected to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. They decided to serve in the Sheikh Mansur Battalion, which is fighting for Ukraine.

Badra Gunba won the second round of voting in the elections and became the president of the "self-proclaimed republic" of Abkhazia. He received 54.7% of the vote, the Central Election Commission of the region reported. The second candidate, Adgur Ardzinba, received 41.5% of the vote. The turnout was 70% of residents.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze expressed support for US President Donald Trump after his scandalous meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart in the Oval Office of the White House. It was Trump, not his opponent, whom the Georgian leader wished "stamina and courage."

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has decided to award the surviving crew members of the Embraer E190 passenger plane of Azerbaijan Airlines, which crashed during the Baku-Grozny flight in December last year. He wrote about this on his Telegram channel.

17-year-old Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, visited Egypt as part of a delegation from the region to discuss the prospects for developing investment cooperation.

The opposition coalition "Strong Georgia" accused the current government, which actually consists of members of the "Georgian Dream" party, of incompetence in responding to natural disasters. In particular, we are talking about heavy snowfalls, which Western Georgia has been struggling with for more than a week. Residents of the regions of Guria and Adjara found themselves in the most difficult situation. Since February 23, many villages have been left without electricity, gas and water. Food products have started to run out in stores and residential buildings.

The future Constitution of Armenia will focus on human rights, including socio-economic ones. This was stated by the Minister of Justice Srbuhi Galyan at a meeting of the Parliamentary Partnership Committee with the European Union.

The representative office of the Russian MIA Rossiya Segodnya (Sputnik) in Azerbaijan has been abolished. This was reported by the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade. He noted that this media structure can receive accreditation for only one correspondent.