Yerevan among Russian tourists’ top ten popular destinationsJanuary 28, 2016 - 15:06 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tourist service Travel.ru unveiled the most popular destinations in the CIS countries among Russian tourists in 2016, based on this year’s data of CIS hotel bookings by Russian tourists, Vestnik Kavkaza reports. Armenian capital Yerevan is among Russian tourists’ top ten popular destinations, with Minsk, Tbilisi, Baku, Kiev, Almaty, Tashkent, Chisinau, Astana, and Vitebsk also included in the list. Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Moldova, and Tajikistan also made it to the top ten most popular CIS countries. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom's fixed network launched in Artashat To mark this occasion, the company has introduced a special offer exclusively for Artashat residents. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |