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In December 2024, a plane crashed on the Baku-Grozny route.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov. This is stated in a statement on the website of the Azerbaijani leader.
The parties discussed cooperation between Azerbaijan and Chechnya. Aliyev noted Chechnya's successes in ensuring stability, security and socio-economic development, and emphasized that relations between the Azerbaijani and Chechen peoples have an ancient history. “You are always welcome here, you know,” the politician added.
Kadyrov said that Azerbaijan and Chechnya have always had a lot in common, and also expressed condolences in connection with the crash of the Baku-Grozny plane in December 2024.

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk expressed concern about the US decision to allow transactions with Russian diesel fuel by publishing a statement on the social network Facebook.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin was sympathetic to Donald Trump’s proposals to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine, discussed during a telephone conversation.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that the country's refusal to join anti-Russian sanctions was a rational and pragmatic step, confirming his position against the background of the US lifting restrictions on the import of Russian diesel fuel.

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo plans to propose a total ban on tourist visas for Russian nationals at the upcoming European Council meeting, citing security concerns for Russian citizens traveling in Europe.

Maria Zakharova stated that the Kiev regime deceitfully attracts foreign mercenaries to the Armed Forces of Ukraine through social networks, without disclosing the real conditions of service and using them in hostilities without taking into account their interests.

Russia announced the holding of the “Vienna Discussions” in the OSCE on October 21. The agenda includes issues of protecting the rights of minors, combating neo-Nazism and religious intolerance, which, according to Moscow, are being ignored by Western organizers.