Editor's note: Russian military-political analyst, expert in the field of strategic security, specialist in the Middle East and Africa Vladimir Bekish. The article expresses the personal opinion of the author and may not coincide with the view of News.Az.

The Latvian Parliament (Saeima) has banned using the Russian language in ATMs of the country's commercial banks, News.Az reports citing Delfi .

Russian has the status of a foreign language in Armenia, but in the Armenian educational system it has always been assigned the role of compulsory study. Starting this year, changes are being introduced in Armenian schools, News.Az reports citing Sputnik Armenia .