Russia has increased the number of its warships in the Black Sea as the NATO exercises continue. I has added the “Moscow” missile cruiser “Admiral Essen” with “Caliber” cruise missiles. “The flagship  Moscow and the frigate Essen, are crossing the Dardanelles-Bosphorus Strait,” the Russian Navy said on Monday, DW reported. “After arriving in Sevastopol, the …

The head of the village of Karahunj in Syunik Province has been arrested and charged with vote buying, Armenia’s Special Investigations Service reported. According to the Service, he has paid sums equal to about US $200-400 to several residents of the village to vote for the Armenia bloc of former President Robert Kocharyan in the …

The secretary of the Armenian National Security Council, Armen Grigoryan, has had a telephone conversation with CSTO Secretary General Stanislav Zas. “At the beginning of the conversation, the CSTO Secretary General congratulated the Armenian Government on the success in theJune 20 early parliamentary elections. Then I expressed my concern over some formulations and assessments made …

Azeris continue to destroy the monuments of the Armenian cultural and religious l heritage in the occupied territories of Artsakh. A video has appeared on the Internet, in which an Azeri soldier is shooting at a khachkar (cross stone) in the Hadrut complex. It is apparent the the complex has been  desecrated with various Azerbaijani …

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has published its new list of “enemies of press freedom” that now includes the leaders of Azerbajan, Turkey, Russian and Belarus Ilham Aliyev, Rejep Erdogan, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. It has also added Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to the list, and it is for the time a European head of …

Acting Prime Minsiter Nikol Pashinyan’s address over Constiution Day Dear compatriots, Dear people, Congratulations to all of us on the occasion of July 5 – Constitution Day. We are celebrating the July 5, 2021 in a completely new environment: we have ensured full compliance with the unchangeable Article 2 of the Constitution of the Republic …

An Encino man and several members of his family were among those found guilty of a scheme to take out more than $18 million in COVID-19 relief loans. A federal jury found Richard Ayvazyan, 42; his wife, 37-year-old Marietta Terabelian; his brother, 41-year-old Artur Ayvazyan, and in-law Vahe Dadyan, 41, of Glendale, guilty Friday of …

The terrorist attacks recently thwarted in Moscow, Astrakhan and Kabardino-Balkaria were planned by members of the Islamic State terrorist group, Russia’s FSB reported. In a special operation, six militants were killed, two others were arrested. In Moscow, one of the militants planned to detonate a bomb in a crowded place, and the other planned to …

A large fire has broken out late Sunday in the Caspian Sea, where Azerbaijan has vast offshore oil and gas fields. Footage circulating on social media showed the huge blaze visible from the coast, and earlier media reports suggested there had been an explosion on an offshore platform. However, Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations denied these reports …

The Court of Grave Crimes in Baku resumed today the trial of 13 Armenian prisoners of war from Shirak Province. The prisoners standing trial are Rafik Karapetyan, Hrayr Tadevosyan, Gurgen Galoyan, Vagharshak Maloyan, Sasun Yeghiazaryan, Arsen Vardanyan, Vahagn Baghrikyan, Sedrak Soghomonyan, Armen Dilanyan, Manuk Martonyan, Mels Anbartanyan, Andranik Mikayelyan, Feliks Grigoryan. The first hearing in …