The Kremlin said on Tuesday that Russia values its close relations with Armenia and that the United States, which is set to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Armenia, had never played a stabilising role in the region.

Moscow accused Washington of playing a destabilizing role in the Southern Caucasus on Tuesday as Armenia and the United States prepared to sign a strategic partnership agreement. "The US has never played a particularly stabilizing role in the Southern Caucasus,

Officials in Chisinau say the statement by Nikolai Patrushev, Vladimir Putin's aide, that Moldova "will either become part of another state or cease to exist" is an interference in the country's internal affairs.

An aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Nikolai Patrushev, claimed that Ukraine will cease to exist. In his opinion, this will happen in 2025, according to the Russian outlet Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Ukraine may cease to exist as a sovereign state in 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Nikolai Patrushev said in an interview with the pro-Kremlin tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda published Tuesday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed what he said was Donald Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue.” The last U.S.-Russian summit was in 2021.

The president-elect had said Russia’s leader wanted to meet him to discuss the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin said it welcomed such dialogue, but a meeting could occur only after Mr. Trump took office.

A senior Moscow official says the Kremlin welcomes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s readiness to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin