  Russia reinforces air base in Armenia with attack, transport helicopters December 8, 2015 - 14:59 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia has deployed seven attack and transport helicopters MI-24 and Mi-8 to reinforce its military base in Armenia, RIA news agency quoted Russian Defense Ministry as saying on Tuesday, December 8. “Another batch of helicopters will be deployed by year-end. The air assets will be assembled within a month, with pilots set to start scheduled flights afterwards,” the Ministry's statement said. According to the Ministry, Russian airbase, located in Yerevan, was formed in 1995. In November 1998, multipurpose MiG-29 were redeployed at the base, making it home to a squadron of MiG-29s and Mi-24 attack helicopters.  Top stories The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, have arrived in Washington. The CSTO budget for the current year requires adjustments due to the refusal of Yerevan to pay their share of contributions. Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says.   Partner news |  Latest news Viva sees growing demand for cloud services  In recent years, medical institutions are starting to make use of Viva’s cloud servicesTurkey replacing term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks The Turkish Ministry of Education is replacing the term "Central Asia" with "Turkestan" in textbooks.Armenia assumes presidency of Mediterranean Network of Regulatory Authorities The Commission on Television and Radio of Armenia said it expects productive cooperation in various formats.Balance of attached cards in the Idram&IDBank app From now on, users will be able to view the online balances of cards issued by ArCa system banks and attached to the app. |
