The buildup of military ties between Russia and Armenia caused the dissatisfaction of the neighbor of both countries - Azerbaijan, which, however, equally actively cooperates with the Russian side in terms of the purchase of weapons. Baku believes that Yerevan, acquired on a loan received from Moscow, can place Yerevan in a disputed territory. Meanwhile, the growth of the Russian Federation in Armenia is concerned in the United States.

Kurdish folk self-defense units announced the support of a ceasefire in Syria agreed by Russia and the United States, Reuters reports the “Democratic Syria forces”, widespread by Al-Mayadeen Channel. Later, the Al -Arabiya TV channel reported that the main organization of the Syrian opposition - the Supreme Committee on negotiations - also supported the truce for two weeks.

On Thursday, February 25, the Australian government announced a significant increase in the country's defense budget in connection with the military threat from China, writes The New York Times . Government plans provide, among other things, the largest increase in the Navy since the Second World War. The report published by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Malcolm Ternbullah, 12 new submarines, 12 fighting patrol ships and nine anti-submarine frigates, which will go to the service in the Navy.

The company "Yandex" criticized the bill on news aggregators. According to the company, the need to verify the reliability and legality of the distributed information on the network puts news aggregators in "much more stringent conditions than the media" that are responsible for this information. "The bill in the current version ignores the essence, tasks and features of the functioning of news aggregators," the Yandex blog said.

Bratsk investigators have opened a criminal case on the fact of the torture of orphans in an educational institution. According to preliminary data, the victims were beaten by a stamper shocker. Criminal punishment threatens employees of the special (correctional) boarding school N25 in Bratsk. "At present, investigators are checking what kind of illegal actions were carried out by the boarding school.

The appeal committee of the International Football Federation (FIFA) rejected complaints of the head of the Union of European Football Associations Michel Platini and President Fifa Joseph Blatter to remove them from football activities, but reduced the disqualification of officials from eight to six years old.

Belarusian "daughters" of Russian banks note the increased activity of Russians in the deposit of foreign currency deposits. Deposits in Belarusian banks are attractive due to relatively high rates and local insurance conditions: in the event of the collapse of the bank, the contribution will be returned completely regardless of its size and in the currency in which it was made, the Kommersant newspaper writes.

The rector of the Holy Trinity Church in Baikalsk (Irkutsk Region) Archpriest Vladislav Emelyanov called the historical meeting of the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and the Pope of the Roman Francis, held on February 12 in Havana, "betrayal", reports IA FlashSiberia.com .

On Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street in the center of Kyiv in a resettled house, the floors of several floors fell. Under the rubble were builders who were engaged in repair work in a recognized emergency building. One person was removed from the rubble alive, another died. "At Khmelnitsky in a resettled emergency house in private ownership, a ceiling fell during construction work," said Oksana Zinovieva, spokesman for the mayor of the Ukrainian capital, said on Twitter .

In the Mexican state of Khalisco, an armed attack was made on the head of the city of San Pedro-Tlakepack and his two colleagues. The law enforcement officers were shot when they patrolled the streets of the city, writes Cronica Jalisco . A senior police officer Francisco Javier Alekho Rodriguez and his satellites were killed in a busy place, at the intersection of Revlyusion Avenue with the Street of the Republic of de-Gvatemala.

The Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) received information about possible problems with seat belts established On Toyota cars, reports Interfax .

The current state system of compulsory pension insurance (OPS) should concern only employees of enterprises, since it is not able to satisfy the interests of all employees. With such a proposal, as the newspaper Vedomosti writes, the chairman of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions Mikhail Shmakov spoke at the round table of the Academy of Labor and Social Relations (ATISO).

The Diet of Latvia in the final reading adopted bills on free transfer to the Council of Jewish communities of Latvia five real estate in the capital and other cities of the republic. The decision refers to the building of the former Jewish school on the street. Abrees, 2, in Riga, which is currently empty; building on the street.

On Thursday, February 25, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation (COP) recognized as unconstitutional the deprivation of women accused of criminal crimes, the right to a jury. The relevant decision was announced today in court, reports TASS.

The picture of the French artist of the 19th century Jean-Leon Jerome Pastukh, stolen in 1946, was returned to the Far Eastern Art Museum in Khabarovsk on Thursday, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the FSB of the Russian Federation in the Khabarovsk Territory. “Information about the entering the black antique market of the picture of great value entered the department a few months ago.