Under the government resolution, approved in May this year, citizens aged 18 and over and who take more than 10,000 steps a day can receive money rewards as part of the wider state programme to encourage people for sports and healthy lifestyle.

Today the Russian Trade and Economic Development Council is working on 25 international markets to support Russian companies expand abroad as well as helping international businesses move into the Russian market.

Fattah took part in the battles for Jabrail, Aghdam and Fizuli during the first [pre-2020] phase of the Karabakh war. He barely endures parting with the land of his ancestors.

The homes in Yenokavan, 140 km north of Yerevan, are modest, generally two-story dwellings of Tufa rock – a dense material formed by ancient volcanoes with a characteristic pinkish hue. Many families have their own cow sheds.

Luba describes Verv as the ‘Netflix of fitness’ and her mission with the company is to make sure that every customer feels happy and healthy.

The village is at least 500 years old. By having it built so high in the mountains, its first residents wanted it to be as hard to reach as possible. The remoteness was supposed to keep invaders at bay.