Russia is attacking Western democracies, trying to weaken NATO and the "European project". This was stated by US President Joe Biden, speaking via video link at the Munich Security Conference. A recording of his speech was posted on YouTube by CBS. “Russian leaders want people to think that our system is just as corrupt or even more corrupt than theirs. But the whole world knows that this is not so - including the citizens of Russia themselves, ”Biden said.

Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has imposed sanctions on Ukrainian oligarch and lawmaker Viktor Medvedchuk. Medvedchuk, who leads the pro-Russian party “Opposition Platform — For Life,” is considered an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin; reportedly, Putin is the godfather of Medvedchuk’s youngest daughter. The sanctions are in connection with an ongoing investigation into financing terrorism being led by Ukraine’s Security Service (the SBU).

The Elysium group made a song from the post of Navalny, in which he compares life in a pre -trial detention center with a cosmic journey The Russian rock group "Elysium" laid out the composition "Hello, this is Navalny." The text for her was the recent post of the opposition, in which he compared his stay in the Sailor Silence pre -trial detention center with a space trip. “Having taken the text of Alexei, we turned it into a song.

Moscow's Lefortovo Court has arrested Russian citizen Demuri Voronin in a high treason case. This was reported by Interfax, citing the court's press service. Voronin has been arrested until April 13. As the agency specifies, Voronin has a master's degree in political science and international relations and is a member of the German Society for the Study of Eastern Europe.

USFWS National Black-Footed Ferret Conservation Center In the United States, scientists have successfully cloning a black ferret. This is the first case of cloning the species that is recognized as dying. The ferret was born in December 2020. This is a female called Elizabeth Anne. Cloning was carried out using frozen genetic material taken from a individual who died more than 30 years ago. A female of an ordinary ferret acted as a surrogate mother.

The National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) has imposed sanctions against the Verkhovna Rada deputy and leader of the Opposition Platform - For Life party Viktor Medvedchuk, who is called "Putin's godfather." This was announced by NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov. According to him, Medvedchuk and his wife Oksana Marchenko were among eight people against whom sanctions were imposed for a period of three years. Also on the sanctions list were 19 legal entities.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has invoked Rule 39 and called on Russia to release imprisoned opposition politician Alexey Navalny immediately. Navalny was arrested at a Moscow airport upon returning to Russia from Germany in mid-January. On February 2, a Russian court ruled that he had violated the terms of his probation in the Yves Rocher case while abroad and revoked his probation, sentencing him to 3.5 years in prison.

At the trial in the case of Golunov, the results of the wiretap of the accused were read out.

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British Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have confirmed that they will not return to their official duties as members of the British royal family. This was announced by Buckingham Palace - the official residence of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will have to renounce patronage of charities they have become patrons of as members of the royal family.

Forty percent of Russians have a positive attitude towards the United States, while 43 percent feel negatively, says a new survey from the independent Levada Center. Levada’s methodology The Levada Center conducted its survey from January 29–February 2, 2021 on a representative sample of Russia’s urban and rural population. They carried out in-person interviews with 1,616 people over the age of 18, in a 137 cities and towns across 50 Russian regions.

Aizar Raldes / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Airport employees unload the box with the Sputnik V batch at the La Pas International Airport. Bolivia, January 28, 2021 While the United States and the European Union, where Western vaccines from coronavirus were developed, are focused on the speedy vaccination of its own population, Russia and China are actively delivering their vaccines to other countries suffering from their lack, Western media and experts write.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. India has long been flying into space, she has nuclear weapons and a developed IT industry. At the same time, there is still a division of people into caste. How is it combined? In early February 2019, the 35-year-old Snow Partybaraja from the city of Velluru in southern India received an official document stating that it does not belong to any religion or caste.

Independent journalist Sergey Smirnov on serving time in a Russian ‘special’ detention center Mediazona editor and prominent independent journalist Sergey Smirnov was released from custody on Thursday February 18, after serving 15 days in jail for a joke he shared on Twitter. Following his release, Smirnov described his time in detention in an interview with journalist Elizaveta Nesterova that was streamed on YouTube.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo and Beijing, Russian athletes will compete under the abbreviation of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and a flag with the emblem of the organization. This was announced by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It will be forbidden to use the full name of the Russian Olympic Committee, so the team will use the organization's English abbreviation - ROC (Russian Olympic Committee). An anthem for Russian athletes has not yet been chosen.