ArmInfo. Armenia and Russia are moving to a new stage in the development of bilateral relations based on centuries of history and friendship. This was announced on  December 19 in Yerevan by the results of the year, Russian Ambassador to Armenia Ivan Volynkin.

ArmInfo."I do not think that the CSTO is just a military- political issue, it's just a big  integration policy, by and large, ensuring security in our common space in all its senses and dimensions - anti-terrorist, anti-drug, anti-crime." This was in an interview with RTR- Belarus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said when asked whether the CSTO, which celebrates its already long anniversary, has become an alternative and a counterweight to NATO in the post-Soviet space.

ArmInfo. The basis of the foreign policy of the Republic of Artsakh is multi-vector and complementary. This was stated by the President of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan in an interview with the Austrian "Military Diplomat".

ArmInfo.The Russian Federation will provide the Republic of Armenia with a new export credit of $ 100 million for the purchase of modern weapons. The draft  intergovernmental agreement was approved at a government meeting on  October 12. In accordance with the agreement, the loan will be issued  for a period of 20 years, of which the first five years at a reduced interest rate of 3% per annum. 

ArmInfo.76% of Armenian  citizens who took part in the EU Neighbors survey positively assessed  the RA-EU relations.

ArmInfo.Armenian Parliament started to discuss agreement on creating United Group of Armenian-Russian troops.

ArmInfo. Today in Armenia, the second most common group of diseases is oncology, which puts a heavy burden on both medicine and the economy. The growth in the  mortality rate leads to a decrease in GDP growth of 0.5%. In other words, public health directly affects the state of the country's economy.Unfortunately, in Armenia, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), the incidence rate has reached a critical level  and in terms of growth rates ranks first among the countries of the former USSR.

ArmInfo.The United States is satisfied with the current agreement on avoidance of double taxation with Armenia, however, at the same time, the US is ready to listen to  the Armenian Government's arguments about the need for a new  Agreement. Answering the question of ArmInfo, the US Ambassador to  Armenia Richard Mills stated on September 13 in Yerevan.

ArmInfo.The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) proposed  Ardshinbank JSC  with  $ 20 million revolving credit facility for a period of 3 years. The corresponding agreement was signed on June 28, 2017 by Managing Director for Assets and  Liabilities of EDB Dmitry Ladikov-Roev and Chairman of the Board of Ardshinbank  JSC Mher Grigoryan.

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ArmInfo.The Presidents of Armenia and Russia, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin respectively, after a meeting in Moscow adopted a joint statement. The press  service of the Kremlin told ArmInfo.

ArmInfo. The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus has refuted the information that Russian and Israel have applied for extradition of blog writer Alexander  Lapshin to Belarus.    

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ArmInfo. The Ambassador  Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation in  Armenia H.E. Ivan Volynkin and UNICEF Representative in Armenia Tanja  Radocaj signed an agreement today whereby the Russian Federation and  UNICEF join hands to strengthen neonatal care services in Armenia.