The UN Security Council decided to hold a special session of the UN General Assembly on Ukraine. this . reports TASS The last time a special session of the UN General Assembly was convened was in 1997 to resolve the situation in the Palestinian territories. In total, since the organization began its work, 10 such sessions have been held. On Friday, February 25, Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the war in Ukraine.

Norway's government pension fund, the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, has decided to divest its assets in Russia following the outbreak of war with Ukraine. “We have decided to freeze the fund’s investments and have begun the process of selling [assets from Russia],” said fund Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Störe. The fund's Russian assets consisted of 47 bonds. At the end of 2021, they were estimated at $2.83 billion. The last time the fund provided its data on assets was at the end of 2020.

In Moscow, Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina was detained while traveling in a taxi. member Alexander Sofeev told Mediazona about this Pussy Riot . According to Sofeev, Alyokhina was detained by three plainclothes men in a taxi. Before this, “the same people” were on duty near her house for several days. The activist is charged with disobeying the police (Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code).

Roskomnadzor, by decision of the Prosecutor General’s Office, blocked the site launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for the search for dead and captured Russian military. Attention was paid to “network freedoms”. Despite the presence of a site in the register, access to it is not yet limited. Screenshot from the website of Roskomnadzor The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine launched the site “Return alive” to search for prisoners and dead Russian military.

Anti -war action in St. Petersburg. Photo: David Frenkel / Mediazone The invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine shocked many Russians who did not expect such an escalation of conflict in the east of the country. In addition to criticism in social networks and participation in street protests, many leave signatures under the open letters against war - doctors, comedians, teachers, students, scientists, subcosters, architects and many others make their appeals.

Alfa Bank co-owner Mikhail Fridman called the war in Ukraine “a tragedy for the peoples of Russia and Ukraine.” This is reported by the Financial Times with reference to a letter that the billionaire sent to employees of his company LetterOne . “I was born in Western Ukraine and lived there until I was 17 years old. My parents are citizens of Ukraine and live in Lviv, my favorite city. But I also spent most of my life as a Russian citizen creating and growing businesses.

The Prosecutor General's Office threatened cases of treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code) for donations to the Ukrainian military. this The department reported on its telegram channel. “For each fact of providing financial or other assistance to a foreign state in activities directed against the security of the Russian Federation, a legal assessment will be given,” the press release says.

Photo: David Frenkel / Mediazone On the day of the murder of the politician Boris Nemtsov, the seventh year in a row on the Big Moskvoretsky Bridge in Moscow and other cities of Russia, the action of his memory is held. According to the calculations of the correspondent "Mediazons", at noon at the memorial in the capital stood about 20 people, the same amount of the same amount of flowers.