The pulse of the passing day.
Armenia denied a voice at the CSTO summit, Putin and the leaders of Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan denied Iran its voting rights and the right to nominate its people to positions in the organization. The reason given was Article 25 of the Convention: Armenia has not paid its membership fees since 2024. "Armenia has not fulfilled its obligations for several years," explained Dmitry Peskov. They didn't rule it out. Nikol Pashinyan declared last week that his country's interests in the CSTO had been "exhausted", and on the day of the summit he flew to the UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey.
Loss Russian Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev died suddenly. He was 66 years old. A graduate of the Department of History of the University of Moscow, he began his career at the Institute of the USA and Canada, served twice in the embassy in Washington and spent six years as ambassador to Canada. He became head of the US embassy in March 2025, when Moscow and Washington started talking again. He died on the eve of the arrival of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow.
Review Denied The impeachment of Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth for waging war on Iran without congressional approval has failed. By a vote of 211 to 204, the House sent Republican Rep. Thomas Massey's articles to the Judiciary Committee, where they will remain untouched by the rest of the House. All Republicans except Massey voted against, while 11 Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, abstained. Trump called Massey a "real loser." "The Democrats will take over the House in January.
Reply to TikTok The Ethics Committee of the Latvian Parliaments has issued a written warning to the member of the parliament Andrejs Pagors. He committed a crime with a TikTok video: on the first day of the new parliamentary term, he informed voters in Russian of the subpoena, directly from the parliament building.