The latest bill introduced by President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on the amendments and additions to the federal Law on "Defense" concerning the application of the armed forces outside the national territory has become somewhat a surprise. However, more detailed consideration of this bill shows that it is nothing more than a means to cool the hot heads in the Caucasus, first of all in Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Basic political events of the dying week in Armenia were the work of the Council of Elders in Yerevan, sluggish protests of the opposition, break-up of the fact-gathering group of March 1 events, review of the tax bill in the RA Parliament, and suspension of funding provided to Armenia by the program "Millennium Challenges".