Daily news digest

1. Russia provides Armenia with new loan of 100 million USD for purchasing arms
2. Government approves legislative initiative to create unified route network in Armenia
3. Electric cars may be exempted from import, property taxes in Armenia
4. Russia puts Crimea on new bank note
5. Turkey to close border with Iraqi Kurdistan gradually
6. Iraqi Kurdistan ready to hold talks with Baghdad over sanctions
7. Poroshenko urges PACE to keep pressure on Moscow
8. Death toll in California wildfires reaches 23
9. Spain issues deadline to Catalonia leader on independence declaration
10. Showers and thunderstorms expected in most regions: MES
11. More than half of men over 16 years of age are permanent smokers in Armenia