The former state minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, businessman Ruben Vardanyan, is facing a life sentence after being held in Azerbaijani captivity for more than a year. Vardanyan’s lawyers said that Azerbaijani prosecutors have filed about 45 new potential charges against him.

Russia is in no hurry to respond to Armenia's proposal to resolve issues related to the broadcasting of Russian TV channels. This gives the government of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan the opportunity to block all Russian channels in the near future, writes the Armenian newspaper Past.

A court in Krasnodar Krai sentenced six participants in the mass riots at Makhachkala airport to lengthy prison terms. Roosevelt Tagirov received eight years in prison, Bashir Magamedaliev, Magamednabi Shaikhslamov, Alibeg Ramazanov, Magamed Gadzhiev - seven years each, Shamil Gadzhiev - 4.5 years.

Armenia took fourth place among the popular destinations for the New Year holidays among Russians. 7% of Russian citizens who have planned a vacation abroad are planning to visit the country. The first three positions were taken by Thailand, Uzbekistan and Turkey - 11%, 10% and 8%, respectively. These are the data from a study by the Aviasales air ticket purchasing service.

Law enforcement officers in the Tver and Vladimir regions detained Khamidulla Yapov and Minkail Magamadov. They are accused of attacks on Russian military personnel as part of the detachments of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab in Chechnya in 1999 and 2000 during the Second Russian-Chechen War. This was reported by the Russian Investigative Committee.

A new criminal case has been opened against the former deputy of the Ingush parliament, former head of the regional Social Insurance Fund (FSS) Yakub Belkhoroev, who was previously sentenced to 9 years in prison for embezzlement on an especially large scale. According to the investigation, while managing the FSS, he embezzled more than 13 million rubles from the budget as social payments to his relatives. Allegedly, they suffered as a result of traffic accidents and industrial accidents, which in fact did not happen.

Only 2.1-3.8% of families in Ingushetia, Chechnya, Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria can afford to buy and maintain a new car on credit. These regions took the last places in the RIA Novosti rating.

There is no point in Georgia joining the EU, giving up its values, language and faith. This was stated by the newly elected President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has been placed under restrictions by Estonia. Along with him, 13 other high-ranking officials and judges were included in the sanctions list. These individuals are banned from entering Estonia. The corresponding statement was made by Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.

A blind Muslim from Crimea, Alexander Sizikov, was sent to one of the prisons in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. There are two prisons in the region: the first is in Minusinsk, the second is in Yeniseisk. It is not yet known where exactly the political prisoner will serve his sentence.