In a food storehouse in the Rostov region of Russia, police and officers of the Rosselkhoznadzor (Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) discovered a truck loaded with fresh mushrooms—a food item on Russia’s sanctions list.

Donnews.ru reported that according to the Rosselkhoznadzor, the cargo of fresh mushrooms were packed in plastic containers and weighed a total of 17 tons, 720 kilograms. Some of the package labels indicated Macedonian origin, but further …

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During a visit to Moscow on Thursday, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told Russian President Vladimir Putin that Armenia fully supports Russia’s position on Syria, as stated on the Kremlin’s website.

“I loudly declare that we firmly support Russia's position on the Syrian issue. And of course, we welcome the agreement which you have reached with the United States, the cessation of hostilities; this may be the key to a political solution of the issue,” Sargsyan told Putin. …

While speaking at the fourth Global Baku Forum organized by the Nizami Ganjavi International Center, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili stated that Russian policy is one of the greatest threats to the region.

"State security in the region changed significantly in a short period of time. The cornerstone of our common security in the region involves disrupting the creeping Russian occupation in Georgia, the events in Ukraine, the growing threat of terrorism and the crisis of refugees, “ …