Politics December 29, 2017

Politics, elections, authorities

Blogger Alexander Lapshin intends to visit Armenia

Mattis Expects Larger U.S. Civilian Presence in post-ISIS Syria

Spanish PM calls for Catalan parliament to be formed on January 17

German government cautious on Turkish fence-mending bid

Key political events of 2017

Putin approves law introducing harsher penalties for terrorist recruitment

South African court delivers Zuma impeachment blow

Turkey to get two S-400 missile batteries from Russia

Edward Nalbandian visits military unit of Armenia's armed forces

Putin ratifies agreement on naval base in Syria

Turkey, Russia sign agreement on loan for S-400 systems purchase

Kremlin: Russia-US relations are year’s major letdown

Azerbaijan: Outside Civilization - Book about Armenian monuments’ destruction with state-run plan

British Parliament threatens Facebook and Twitter with sanctions

Trump: Attempts to prove collusion with Russia makes US ‘look Very Bad’

Ukraine President: Ukraine main 2017 achievement is visa-free travel to EU

Saudi air strikes kill at least 150 in Yemen attack

Aliyev meets Russian deputy PM in Baku

Erdogan reacted to Abdullah Gul’s criticism

Armenian MP of Turkey: Ex-President Gül must take responsibility

Trump threatens China if it continues to supply oil to North Korea

Pakistan warns US against any “unilateral” military action