ArmInfo. In full view of independent Armenia and its armed forces, a massacre of our  compatriots is taking place in Artsakh. First Prime Minister of post-Soviet Armenia and former Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia Vazgen Manukyan stated at a rally on September 20.

ArmInfo. In connection with the sharp escalation of the armed confrontation in Nagorno-Karabakh, we urge the conflicting parties to immediately stop the bloodshed, stop hostilities and eliminate civilian casualties,  reads a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry.

ArmInfo.There are media reports that the Azerbaijani side allegedly warned Russian  peacekeepers "in advance" about today's "anti-terrorist operation" in  Nagorno- Karabakh. Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria  Zakharova wrote in her Telegram channel.  <This is not true. The  information was communicated to the Russian contingent a few minutes  before the start of hostilities," she wrote.

ArmInfo. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova congratulated Armenia on Independence Day.

ArmInfo."Moscow did not receive official notifications from the Turkish side about the  quadripartite meeting, although we saw this information in the media." This was stated on September 19 during a weekly briefing by official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response to a request to comment on the Turkish President's statement on Ankara's proposal to hold a four-party  meeting (Russia, Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan) to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

ArmInfo.The Russian side continues to facilitate the resolution of the difficult humanitarian  situation in Nagorno-Karabakh based on the initiative of the Ministry  of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergei Lavrov on the  parallel opening of the Lachin (Kashatagh) and Aghdam (Akna) routes  for humanitarian cargo. Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria  Zakharova  commented on the humanitarian aid sent today to the  population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo.Moscow regards Yerevan's steps toward ratifying the Roman Statute as unfriendly,  Maria Zakharova, Spokesperson for Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told a briefing. 

ArmInfo. Moscow declared a diplomatic demarche to Azerbaijan due to statements by the country's  Foreign Ministry regarding elections in new regions of Russia, this was stated by Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova on September 13 during a briefing, commenting on the September 9 statement of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry about fictitious elections held on the territory of Ukraine.

ArmInfo.The contents of the humanitarian cargo delivered to Nagorno-Karabakh from Russia were  agreed upon with representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated at a briefing.

ArmInfo.Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova  answered the question whether military assistance will be provided to Armenia in protecting its borders in the event of aggression by Azerbaijan against the backdrop of a crisis in Armenian-Russian  relations.

ArmInfo. The Russian side is taking consistent steps aimed at resolving the difficult  humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. Russian Foreign Ministry  spokeswoman Maria Zakharova commented on the situation with Russian  humanitarian aid to the population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

ArmInfo.Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow proposed a settlement option, by  which Karabakh, Kelbajar and Lachin regions would remain under the  jurisdiction of Armenia. He said at the plenary meeting of the  Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok.  

ArmInfo.<We have recently recorded the emergence of certain doubts in official circles and the political  elite of the Republic of Armenia about the advisability of allied ties within the framework of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and with Russia on a bilateral basis, as well as about the feasibility of a set of trilateral agreements between Moscow, Yerevan and Baku 2020 -2022 about ways to normalize Armenian-Azerbaijani relations,"  noted in   today's press release of the Russian Foreign Ministry entitled "About the situation around Armenia".

ArmInfo.The leadership of the Russian Federation shows constant and sincere interest in the  fate of its CSTO ally, Armenia. This is stated in the greeting from Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova to the participants of the Russian-Armenian Media Forum taking place in Yerevan.

ArmInfo. One should be responsible for his or her actions instead of blaming others, Maria  Zakharova, Russian foreign office spokesperson, told a briefing as  she commented on Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan's statement that  Armenia's dependence on only one center in terms of security was a  strategic mistake. 

ArmInfo.Russia is trying to shift its inactivity, and in some ways its inability in the  Nagorno-Karabakh issue to the Armenian side. Speaker of the RA  National Assembly Alen Simonyan stated in an interview with the  Public Television of Armenia, commenting on the recent statement by  the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria  Zakharova.

ArmInfo. On August 31, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin  received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Armenia to the Russian Federation Vagharshak Harutyunyan.

ArmInfo.Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to a statement by Maria Zakharova,  Spokesperson for Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that the resent situation in the Lachin corridor as the result of Armenia's recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. 

ArmInfo. Moscow is skeptical about the French mediation to normalize relations between Yerevan and  Baku

ArmInfo.Today marks the 26th anniversary of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual  Assistance between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Armenia.