The Armenian parliament will hold hearings on the possibility of holding a referendum on the country's membership in the EU. The initiative to hold these hearings belongs to the “Platform of Democratic Forces of Armenia”, which unites several political forces.

“No matter what the Westerners promise, who pushed the Armenian authorities to freeze participation in the CSTO, there are no effective alternatives to the organization as a mechanism for ensuring the security of Armenia today,” said Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin.

Criminal cases have been initiated against 12 protesters in Yerevan, eight of them have been arrested. The Investigative Committee of Armenia reported this.

In the Buinaksk Central City Hospital of Dagestan, 60 people with symptoms of acute intestinal infection continue to be treated.

Social activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, held in a pre-trial detention center in Baku, addressed the leadership of the 29th session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), which is being held in Azerbaijan.

EU High Commissioner for International Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell shared his impressions of his meeting with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. 

During the assault on pre-trial detention center-1 in Rostov, special forces eliminated three natives of Ingushetia - Malik Gandaloev, Shamil Akiev and Azamat Tsitskiev, as well as a native of Chechnya Tamerlan Gireev, Magomed Saipudinov from Dagestan and Daniil Kamnev from Stavropol.

At least four conscripts were sent from a military unit in Vladikavkaz to the military base of the Russian Armed Forces in the Armenian Gyumri.

Employees of the Russian Guard stormed pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Rostov-on-Don, where six prisoners took two detention center workers hostage.

Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr from June 16 to 19. In Chechnya, June 17 and 18 are declared non-working days.