Chechen blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov recorded his first video three months after his disappearance. In December, 1ADAT and Radio Liberty wrote about his death. In his video, Abdurakhmanov reports that he is “alive and well.” The day before, on February 20, the blogger also contacted human rights activists of the Vayfond association, but his whereabouts are unknown.

Unknown partisans set fire to the administration building of the village of Bokhan in the Irkutsk region, ASTRA reports, citing its sources. Traces of arson were discovered by building security on February 20. No one was injured, and the building also did not receive significant damage. The arrest of the partisans has not been reported.

Human rights activist Galym Ageleuov spoke about the observation of the human rights organization Liberty at court hearings in cases related to protests in Karakalpakstan in the summer of 2022. According to him, the death toll is much higher than the official one. “By this day, there are 50 people whose names and addresses have been established, and there are also those whose personal information has not been established.

An administrative protocol was drawn up against journalist Yulia Starostina about “discrediting” the army for her statements in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel. The Agency writes about this with reference to the protocol. In an interview with Dozhd, the journalist said that she got an anti-war tattoo, which reminds her that “love and friendship are stronger than war.” This phrase is cited in the protocol as one of the proofs of the “discredit” of the Russian army.

At least five people were killed under shelling in the Kherson and Donetsk regions, local military administrations reported. Russian troops attacked the Kherson region 58 times. In particular, the military attacked the energy infrastructure - residents of the villages of Kizomys, Veletenskoye and Goncharnoye were left without electricity. According to the OVA, two people were killed under shelling on February 20 . in Bakhmut, Donetsk region Two people died .

Russia continues to shell Kherson. On February 21, Russian troops struck the city center, including an apartment building and a busy bus stop. At least six people were killed, said the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Ermak. Russian troops carried out at least 20 strikes in the center of Kherson, including an apartment building and a crowded bus stop. At least six people died.

In Yaroslavl, a criminal case was opened against 19-year-old local resident Valeria Zotova for attempting to set fire to a humanitarian aid collection point for mobilized people, OVD-Info reports, citing the girl’s mother.

The Belgorod Regional Court has appointed two and a half -regimen colony to two men with names Zelenin and Turian in the case of preparing a sabotage on the railway, TASS reports . Zelenina and Turyansky found guilty Part 1 of Article 30 of the Criminal Code And Part 1 of Article 281 of the Criminal Code .

The lower house of the Belarusian parliament, in the second final reading, adopted amendments to the Criminal Code on “discrediting” the army and the death penalty for treason for officials and military personnel. Deputies introduced amendments to the punishment under the article on treason committed by an official or military personnel According to the amendments, officials can now face the death penalty for treason against the state.

The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine recommended that all schools in the country switch to a distance learning format on February 22, 23 and 24. This measure is proposed to be taken due to the threat of Russian shelling on the anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The decision to switch to a mixed learning format on February 22–24 has already been made by Kiev schools, reported .

Roskomnadzor blocked the DOXA podcast “Diary from Przemysl”. The agency notified Yandex.Music that access to our podcast must be limited because it “distributes information prohibited by law.” In “Diary from Przemysl,” a Russian-speaking volunteer of a Polish camp for refugees from Ukraine, Sasha Pechenka, talks about the life of the camp and the fate of Ukrainians forced to leave their homes due to the Russian invasion.

Russia is suspending participation in the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Arms, Vladimir Putin said in his message to the Federal Assembly. This is the last nuclear arms reduction treaty that linked Russia and the United States. Putin stressed that Russia “is not withdrawing from the treaty, but is suspending its participation.” The Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty was signed by US and Russian Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev in Prague in 2010.

Vladimir Putin awarded the honorary name to the “Guards” 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade. In November, an international investigation established that this unit owned the Buk, from which flight MH17 was shot down in the skies over the Donetsk region on July 17, 2014. The Boeing 777 crash killed 283 passengers and 15 crew members. In November, a court in The Hague found that the plane was shot down from a Buk anti-aircraft missile system stationed near the village of Pervomaiskoye.

South Korea's Supreme Court has ruled that gay partners should have the same rights to shared public health insurance as heterosexual couples. The court ruled that denying spousal coverage to same-sex couples was discriminatory. This is the first time the legal status of such couples has been recognized in South Korea, where same-sex marriage is not legalized. The Supreme Court made this decision regarding partners Seo Sung Wook and Kim Yong Min.