Armenia will send humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced this at a meeting with Egyptian leader Al-Sisi in Cairo.

46% of the Armenian population surveyed believes that the most suitable country for purchasing weapons is France. India is in second place in this regard (23.2%), and the Russian Federation is in third (21.9%). These are data from the research company Gallup.

The Kiev District Court of Simferopol arrested until May 4 the citizen journalist of Crimean Solidarity Rustem Osmanov. He is accused of involvement in a terrorist organization (Article 205.5 of the Criminal Code).

The Pyatigorsk Court of Cassation commuted the sentence of the mother of Chechen activists Zarema Musayeva from 5 years to 4 years and 9 months in prison.

More than 100 residents of the Dagestan village of Gamiyakh asked the head of the republic to “freeze” the sale of land plots until the Aukhovsky district is restored. The request was initiated by the Public Council of Chechens of Aukha.

Emma Tagaeva, co-chair of the “Voice of Beslan” committee, whose family died in the Beslan terrorist attack, addressed Putin.

A court in Kazan arrested blogger Askhabali Alibekov, known as the “Wild Paratrooper,” for two months. A criminal case was opened against him on charges of using violence against a police officer.

Armenia must apply to join the EU no later than autumn. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at a closed meeting with deputies of the ruling party, the Hraparak newspaper reported.

In Bakhchisarai and the Dzhankoy region of Crimea, security forces conducted searches of Crimean Tatar activists. They went to ten addresses.

Armenia has not yet left the CSTO. Information about the consequences of leaving the organization is a state secret. This was stated by Chief of the General Staff Edward Asryan.