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Protests break out in the city of Gyumri in Armenia against the Russian military presence in the country and the Russian peacekeepers' inaction in ending the Lachin corridor blockade. Dozens of protesters are arrested by police after they attempted to reach the Russian military base near the city to blockade it.
2023-01-9

Members of parliament belonging to the Armenian governing coalition accuse Russia of wanting to drag Armenia into a new war with neighboring Azerbaijan, and criticize the conduct of Russian peacekeepers amid a renewed crisis in the region following the Lachin blockade and worsening relations between Armenia and Russia.
2022-12-14

Russia says that Azerbaijani forces have entered the Russian peacekeeping zone in Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijani officials say it was a false flag operation by Armenian soldiers.
2022-03-26

Armenia approves the use of the Sputnik V vaccine developed by Russia.
2021-02-1

Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange the bodies of at least 200 people killed in clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh. The exchange was overseen by Russian peacekeepers, according to the Red Cross.
2020-11-17

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan formally requests "urgent consultations on providing security" to Russian President Vladimir Putin amid its escalating conflict with Azerbaijan in disputed Nagorno-Karabakh that has left thousands dead. Russia says it would provide "necessary" assistance to Armenia without alluding further.
2020-10-31

Armenia's parliament, by a 102–8 vote, ratifies an agreement to create an Armenia–Russia joint Air Defense system.
2016-06-30

Russia reinforces the joint Armenian-Russian run Erebuni Airport, home to the Russian 3624th Air Base, with six attack and transport helicopters. The Russian Defence Ministry said the Mi-24 and Mi-8 helicopters had been transferred from a military base in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar Krai to the air base in Erebuni, Armenia.
2015-12-21

A six-month-old boy dies in hospital of his wounds, becoming the seventh member of an Armenian family dead after a killing spree by a Russian soldier.
2015-01-19

The Eurasian Economic Union between Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia comes into effect
2015-01-1