16:00 News in Brief: New Charges Against Tsarukyan, New Batch of Wheat from Russia via Azerbaijan to Armenia

Here are the latest news highlights:

• Traffic jams have been reported for the second consecutive day at the Babayan Street–Azatutyun Avenue intersection, attributed to a damaged section of the road according to the author of a circulated video.
• Another 979 tons of wheat have been sent to Armenia from Russia via Georgia and Azerbaijan, while the volume of transit shipments through Azerbaijan continues to rise.
• Gagik Tsarukyan and Sedrak Arustamyan have been charged with large-scale extortion and money laundering, with the investigation ongoing.
• Aram Vardevanyan stated that speaking of peace in light of the presence of Armenian prisoners in Baku cannot be sincere and complete.
• Aram Vardevanyan also announced that potential bonuses for the members of the “Strong Armenia” faction will be fully directed towards charitable purposes.
• Samvel Karapetyan has stated that the process of uniting opposition forces is ongoing, while criticizing the economic policies of the authorities.
• Fakhreddin Ismayilov has been recalled from his position as Azerbaijan's permanent representative to the Council of Europe by Ilham Aliyev's decree.
• According to Al Arabiya, indirect negotiations between the USA and Iran with the participation of mediators have reached a final stage.
• The third widespread power outage registered in Georgia over the past two weeks was due to technical checks being conducted at the Inguri hydroelectric power station.