Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan said that his country's purchase of weapons from outside the CSTO bloc is a "diplomatic victory."

The multi-storey building on Gappakhskaya Street, 14 in Makhachkala, where the gas explosion occurred, was built without permission. Instead of the 14 existing floors, according to the design documentation, there should have been 9. In addition, the building was unauthorizedly connected to the gas network.

The Southern District Military Court extended the arrest of Crimean Tatar citizen journalists Rustem Osmanov and Aziz Azizov, as well as activists Memet Lyumanov and Mustafa Abduramanov until July 7. The defense objected to the prosecution's motion. It believes that the assumptions that the defendants could escape are unfounded.

Спикер парламента Армении Ален Симонян заявил, что страна не намерена, вопреки слухам, возобновлять активные отношения с Россией. Аналогичная ситуация – со взаимоотношениями в рамках ОДКБ.

From 2006 to 2024, the housing stock in Chechnya increased by 30.6 million square meters, reaching 35.6 million square meters. This was announced by the head of the region Ramzan Kadyrov on the day of the celebration of the Constitution of Chechnya.

This week, the fifth President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili will meet with representatives of the legislative and executive authorities of the Baltic countries. The talks will take place in Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn.

This year, the Muslim holiday of breaking the fast, Eid al-Fitr (Eid al-Fitr), falls on March 30. It marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which believers fasted. Followers of Islam celebrate the holiday for three days.

The Armenian parliamentary committee on European integration approved the bill on the beginning of the process of the country's accession to the EU in the second reading. The issue is included in the agenda of the plenary session of the legislative body scheduled for March 25. This is reported by Sputnik.

In 2024, 1.65 square meters of housing per capita were built in Chechnya. According to this indicator, the region takes second place in Russia, second only to the Leningrad Region (1.98 square meters). This data was shared by the RIA Novosti agency.

Yesterday, Zarema Musayeva was supposed to be released after being imprisoned on charges of fraud and violence against a police officer. She spent more than a year and a half in custody, and another year and a half after the verdict was passed – in a penal colony. Now the woman is accused of disrupting the activities of the penal colony. She once again rejected all charges and said that she did not attack the FSIN officer or scratch his neck.