Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, December 2 arrives in Armenia on a state visit. As the press service of the Kremlin said, the trip will start with the city of Gyumri, where Putin jointly with Armenian President will visit the 102nd Russian military base and take part in the Third Armenian-Russian interregional forum.
Next, Russian-Armenian talks at the highest level will take place in Yerevan. On the agenda there will be key bilateral issues, including trade, economic, cultural and humanitarian spheres.
"There is assumed an exchange of views on the implementation of the agreements reached during the visit of Serzh Sargsyan to Moscow on September 3, as well as on further steps in the accession of Armenia to the Customs Union and the Common Economic Space", said the press service of the Kremlin.
Following the talks, the sides will sign a number of bilateral documents.
In early September, Putin and Sargsyan announced plans of Armenia to join the Customs Union and the Eurasian Economic Union.
The "road map" on this issue should be prepared by a working group in December. -02d-
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On December 28 president of Ukrain called to the president of Azerbaijan İlham Aliyev.
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The preliminary investigation into the case of Russian oligarch and former "state minister" of the separatist regime of Nagorno-Karabakh, Ruben Vardanyan, has been completed. According to a joint statement by the Prosecutor General's Office and the State Security Service of Azerbaijan, Vardanyan has been charged under the following articles of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code: Article 100 (planning or waging aggressive war), Article 107 (deportation or coercion of the population), Article 109 (persecution), Article 112 (deprivation of liberty in violation of international law), Article 113 (torture), Article 114 (mercenary activities), Article 115 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 116 (violating laws and customs of war), Article 214 (terrorism), Article 214-1 (financing terrorism), Article 218 (organization of a criminal community), Article 228 (illegal trafficking in weapons), Article 270-1 (creating threats to aviation safety), Article 278 (violent seizure of power or violent retention of power, violent change of the constitutional order of the state), Article 279 (creation of illegal armed formations), Article 318 (illegal crossing of the Azerbaijani state border).
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On December 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin called Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, as reported by the Kremlin's press service. During the conversation, the issues related to the crash of the AZAL passenger plane on December 25 near the city of Aktau were discussed in detail. "Vladimir Putin expressed his apologies for the tragic incident occurring in Russian airspace and once again conveyed his deep and sincere condolences to the families of the victims, wishing a speedy recovery to the injured," the statement emphasized.
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On December 28, the trial of Abzas Media began, with the prosecutor reading the indictment. At the start of the session at the Baku Serious Crimes Court, the accused, the chief editor of Abzas Media, Sevinc Vagifgizi, filed a motion to disqualify the court panel. She argued that the current composition of the judges could not conduct an impartial investigation, as two of the three judges had previously ruled on cases involving political prisoners.
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