Pakistani helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan when it was heading for maintenance and repairs, in the fixing post of a firm belonging to the Russian Helicopters company, the Russian holdings’ reported TASS. "Pakistan’s Mi-17 commercial helicopter piloted by Pakistani pilots was on its way to an enterprise belonging to the Russian Helicopters holdings for repairs," the press service said. The helicopter made an emergency landing in Afghanistan because of a technical breakdown. After that, the helicopter went on fire. The crew including six retired Pakistani military and a Russian air navigator were not damaged.

“Russia delivered its S-300PS air defense missile systems to Kazakhstan free of charge with an aim to strenghten the unified regional air defense system” said Russian Defense Minister - Sergey Shoigu at a meeting with Imangali Tasmagambetov on Wednesday. This delivery has been discussed for years. Russia announced that the deal is complete at the end of the last year. Kazakhstan MoD said that they had received the S-300s and 170 rockets to be used with Russia as a weapon in the unified regional air defense system.

It has been two weeks since the start of the protests on the streets of Yerevan. This tough situation of Armenian raised a question whether the use of violence is seen as an acceptable way to push for reform in the South Caucasus country nowadays. The crisis led to the protests of thousands who took to the streets to demand the president’s resignation, aggressively confrontation with the police. The two-week standoff saw medical staff taken hostages and left two police officers dead.With the passing of time crisis situation seems to get worse. On 29 July clashes between police and demonstrators continued, with MP Zaruhi Postanjyan trying to control the situation, according to 4Plus.

Since 1991, China has engaged in a deep cooperation, and one could speak of an "extension" in Central Asia. Tajikistan especially is attracting more and more Chinese entrepreneurs. Beijing has “begun to extend its financial influence in various spheres of the [Tajikistani] economy, to buy up industries and to take control of agricultural land”. However, this migration is preoccupying for the people of Kazakhstan . The cooperation between China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan traces back to April 1995 with the “Shangai Five” nations agreement. On a long-term perspective, there is a risk that conflicts become increasingly frequent between Chinese landlords and Tajikistani people, and could undermine China's implementation in Central Asia.

The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, made a decision on July 28 to incorporate the Crimean Federal District into the Southern Federal District. According to the press services of the Kremlin, the main purpose of this action was to “increase the efficiently of federal bodies of the authorities”. In response to Russia’s decision, the Ukrainian delegation to the UN Security Council presented a proposal of a statement expressing deep concern over this situation. The statement was also to refer to Resolution 68/262 of the General Assembly of the United Nations of 27 March 2014 on “the territorial integrity of Ukraine”. However, the Russian delegation opposed and blocked the draft statement.

US co-chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Minsk Group, James Warlick, claimed that Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents have agreed on the extension of the OSCE monitoring group on the contact line of troops and the Azerbaijani-Armenian border.
 “It is planned to continue extensive negotiations to resolve the conflict with the involvement of senior officials from each side. Progress in the diplomatic direction is required to reduce tensions between the parties,” APA cited him as saying. James Warlick also pointed out that the OSCE MG co-chairs are actively working on the implementation of the arrangements made by presidents of conflicted sides during meetings in Vienna and St. Petersburg.