The North Atlantic Alliance is not going to send troops to Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the Associated Press about this. “NATO allies are providing unprecedented support to Ukraine. We have been doing this since 2014 and intensified our activities after the full-scale invasion. But there are no plans to station NATO ground forces in Ukraine,” he said. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out sending Western troops to Ukraine to fight Russian aggression.

Vladimir Putin's Address to the Federal Assembly will be shown free of charge in cinemas in 17 Russian cities. about this . writes The publication “7x7” The broadcast will begin at 12:00 on February 29 in Cinema 5 cinemas. In Perm, on this occasion, posters with the phrase “Goals will be achieved” have already appeared. The publication notes that this year Putin’s interview with Tucker Carlson was already shown in cinemas .

A court in Yekaterinburg fined Elizaveta Kazantseva, a participant in the action of the movement of relatives of mobilized “Way Home”, 15 thousand rubles. She was found guilty of violating the rules for holding public events (Part 5 of Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code). This was reported by the Yekaterinburg branch of the Yabloko party. On February 10, the “Way Home” movement held traditional flower-laying events in various Russian cities.

Alexey Navalny and his wife Yulia knew about the impending exchange and agreed to it. Reuters writes about this, citing its own source familiar with the progress of the negotiations. According to him, the discussion of a possible exchange was conducted with the participation of Russian businessman Roman Abramovich. Representatives of the Russian and German authorities took part in it.

Who joined the female protest against the mobilization of a man - about the squabbles of the opposition, Putin and Russia of the future The only untouched island of anti -war protest in Russia is the female movement of opponents of the mobilization “Way Home”. Despite criticism from the propagandists, their shares are not dispersed by the security forces, and they do not make affairs against their wives themselves.

In Yekaterinburg, the Central District Military Court sentenced PR specialist Yaroslav Shirshikov to two years in a general regime colony. He was found guilty of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the local publication It's My City, citing its own correspondent in the courtroom. According to the publication, Shirshikov was also banned from administering websites for two years.

Alexei Navalny's lawyer Vasily Dubkov was detained in Moscow. This was reported by the BBC Russian Service and Novaya Gazeta Europe with reference to unnamed sources . According to preliminary data, the reason for the detention was a violation of public order, writes Novaya Gazeta Europe. A source from Sota claims that Dubkov is in the Shcherbinka police station. Less than an hour later, Dubkov told the publication “Verstka” that he had been released from the police department.

There was a major glitch in the work of Runet. Users report problems with access to Telegram, Viber and Whatsapp messengers, the Vkontakte social network and Youtube video hosting. The failure is also indicated by data from the Downdetector service . He reports that the failure affected users from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Samara, Tolyatti, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk and other Russian cities.

French actor Gerard Depardieu has been charged with sexual assault, writes the BBC Russian Service. A complaint to the Paris prosecutor's office against the actor was written by 53-year-old production designer Amelie. According to her, Depardieu grabbed her and touched her breasts in 2021 during the filming of the film Green Shutters. Lawyer Karine Durrier-Diebolt said that this happened when her client was walking along the corridor where Depardieu was sitting.

A court in Moscow sentenced to real terms two exchange office security guards who beat a journalist for taking a photo of a board with exchange rates. this The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia reports . According to the department, Sergei Grebenyukov and Roman Moskovsky were found guilty of obstructing the legitimate activities of a journalist (Part 3 of Article 144 of the Criminal Code). Grebenyukov was sentenced to two years in a general regime colony.

The failure of the Runet occurred due to the actions of Roskomnadzor. This was stated by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy and Communications Anton Tkachev. “There are a number of sites, platforms, and unfriendly services to which our users’ access will be limited over time, including a number of VPN services that operate illegally in Russia.

The Ukrainian military shot down two Russian Su-34 fighters in one day, says the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Nikolai Oleshchuk. Around noon Moscow time, Oleschuk wrote on his Telegram channel that the Ukrainian military managed to shoot down a Su-34 in the eastern direction. A few hours later, he reported that another fighter had been shot down in the same direction.

The Golovinsky District Court of Moscow sentenced Memorial co-chairman Oleg Orlov to two years and six months in a general regime colony. He was found guilty of “discrediting” the Russian army. this , citing its own correspondent in the courtroom. reports Mediazona A criminal case against Orlov was opened in the spring of 2023. The occasion was his anti-war article “They wanted fascism.

A court in Chechnya sentenced Nikita Zhuravel to three and a half years in prison, as well as 300 hours of compulsory labor for burning the Koran. this TASS reports , citing its own correspondent in the courtroom. Zhuravel was found guilty on two counts of insulting the feelings of believers and hooliganism. He was detained in Volgograd at the end of May 2023, shortly after a video of the burning of the Koran in front of a local mosque circulated online.

French President Emmanuel Macron allowed Western troops to be sent to Ukraine to fight Russian aggression. BFMTV, he stated this According to following the results of the summit of European leaders, at which further military support for Ukraine was discussed. “Today there is no consensus on sending ground troops, but nothing can be ruled out. We will do everything possible to prevent Russia from winning this war.