NEWS.am digest: Armenia opposition hold rally in Yerevan, EU and US impose new sanctions on Russia

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RALLY IN YEREVAN
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The rally was initiated by opposition parliamentary blocs "Armenia" and "I Have Honour" in Freedom Square of Yerevan.
It was joined by a number of political forces and opposition public figures. The initiators of the mass rally urge citizens to stand up for Karabakh and Armenia, which, according to the oppositionists, are under threat.
According to them, the current government “is ready to include Karabakh in Azerbaijan”․

RALLY IN LA
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Hundreds of Los Angeles Armenians held a rally outside the Armenian consulate in Glendale in defense of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and the efforts by the people of Armenia to prevent the de-Armenianization of Artsakh, Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from the Facebook page of the US Western Regional Committee of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Dashnaktsutyun Party.
The assembled clearly expressed their message: They are against any scenario where Artsakh is part of Azerbaijan, as history shows that such scenario will be the precondition for another genocide.

POLISH ENVOY
Polish Ambassador to Armenia Pawel Cieplak had a press-conference Tuesday in Armenia.
During the briefing, he noted that the main goal of Poland is to restore cooperation between the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
He noted that the most important purpose of the visit of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Zbigniew Rau was to understand the position of Armenia in connection with the Karabakh conflict and in connection with security issues
According to him, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was determined to hear Rau's proposals, and Pashinyan received clear answers.


SITUATION IN UKRAINE
Although neither Russia nor Ukraine rule out the possibility of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Vokodymyr Zelenskyy, nevertheless, that meeting does not seem to take place in the foreseeable future.
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Moscow again said that the meeting will not take place until the text of the agreement to be signed is agreed between the delegations of the two countries.
"Nothing has changed for us here. "We do not rule out the possibility of a meeting between our president," said Dmitry Peskov, commenting on Zelenskyy's statement that the meeting may not take place.
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According to Zelenskyy, it is necessary that in such talks Ukraine has a stronger position than Russia, so it is necessary to unite society, a powerful weapon.

SANCTIONS
The United States and Europe are planning new sanctions on Tuesday to punish Moscow over killings in Ukraine’s Bucha, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned more deaths were likely to be uncovered in areas seized from Russian invaders
Yesterday, the United States and Germany announced new sanctions due to the Bucha incident. A new wave of deportations of Russian diplomats has also risen in European countries.
Italy deports 30 diplomats, Sweden - 3, Denmark - 15, Germany - 40, France - 35.
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The European Commission is preparing a strict package of sanctions against Russia, which will ban the export of Russian coal, close the EU's sea and land borders to Russian cargo carriers, ban the import of production equipment to Russia, and impose new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and their families.

IRAN, AZERBAIJAN BORDER
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An incident occurred on the Azerbaijani-Iranian border.
Azerbaijani border guards have killed an Iranian national in a shootout on the border with Iran, officials in Baku said Tuesday, adding that 32 kilograms of drugs had been found on him.
The incident took place Monday in Azerbaijan's Jabrayil district, close to the 400-mile border with Iran, Azerbaijan's border guard service and the office of prosecutor general said in a joint statement.


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