Russia suspended from G-8 over Ukraine crisisMarch 18, 2014 - 16:46 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - France's Foreign Minister said that leaders of the Group of Eight world powers have suspended Russia's participation in the club amid tensions over Ukraine, the Associated Press reports. The other seven members of the group had already suspended preparations for a G-8 summit that Russia is scheduled to host in June in Sochi. France's Laurent Fabius went further Tuesday, March 18, saying on Europe-1 radio that "concerning the G-8 ... we decided to suspend Russia's participation, and it is envisaged that all the other countries, the seven leading countries, will unite without Russia." Fabius did not give further details. The U.S. and European Union on Tuesday announced new sanctions against Russia over its actions in the Crimean Peninsula. Related links: Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |