President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine that the country is on the path to joining NATO, and until this happens, it should receive a system of guarantees from Russia and the United States that is not inferior to that offered to NATO countries . We say we are on our way to the Alliance. NATO is, in fact, the only one of the existing security alliances today that Ukraine could join. There is an open door position for us there.

Known for peddling wild conspiracy theories, Valery Solovey is now wrapped up in a felony hate speech investigation Artyom Geodakyan / TASS On Wednesday, February 16, law enforcement officers raided the Moscow home of political analyst Valery Solovey. Solovey and his son Pavel were then taken to the Russian Investigative Committee for questioning. As it turns out, Solovey is considered a witness in a criminal investigation into felony hate speech.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded the rank of Major General of the Internal Service to Anton Efarkin, Acting Head of the FSIN Directorate for the Saratov Region. This is stated in a presidential decree signed on February 17. Novaya Gazeta drew attention to this. Efarkin has headed the Saratov department of the Federal Penitentiary Service since October 2021.

However, the same dog collars are still available. Russian marketplaces Ozon and Yandex.Market promised to remove from sale the Anti-Meow collars for cats, which have a function of electric shocking the animal during meowing. This happened on Thursday, February 17, after a wave of criticism on social networks from people who found the collars in online stores. However, the same collars for dogs are still available.

A special monitoring mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on the evening of February 16 - on the morning of February 17 recorded about 500 explosions near the line of contact in eastern Ukraine. This was announced at a meeting of the UN Security Council by the head of the mission, Yashar Halit Chevik, Interfax writes. Observers counted so many explosions from the evening of February 16 to 11:20 am Kyiv time (12:20 Moscow time).

In Saudi Arabia, a job advertisement for 30 women as train drivers, the first in the country's history, attracted more than 28,000 applicants. This was reported by the Spanish railway company Renfe, responsible for the operation of high-speed trains between Mecca and Medina. The company received so many applications in one month.

The Russian Foreign Ministry’s response to Washington’s security proposals, in a nutshell Sgt. Stephen Perez / EPA / Scanpix / LETA American soldiers landing in Germany on February 4, 2022 On Thursday, February 17, the Russian Foreign Ministry issued a written response to Washington’s counter-proposals on security guarantees in Europe. Unlike the response Moscow received from the U.S.

Russia expels an American diplomat. The Federation Council is fighting the threats to Russia. Kamila Valieva remains without a medal Good evening, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the most important and interesting things that happened during the day.

Now the weddings that he committed can recognize as invalid Godong / Universal Images Group / Getty Images The Sacrament of Baptism, stained glass fragment In early February, the Catholic priest Andres Arango left the rector of the Church of St.

The American network of fast-food restaurants McDonaldʼs has submitted to Rospatent an application for registration of the trademark "PA-RA-PA-PAM", the name of which refers to the melody from the advertising of the corporation. According to TASS, the application says that the company is going to register a brand in the class of international classification of goods and services, which gives the right to open a restaurant. On February 11, Rospatent accepted an application for consideration.

A court in Russia’s Nenets Autonomous Okrug has overturned a three-year suspended sentence previously handed down to Yuri Zhdanov — the 67-year-old father of Alexey Navalny’s top aide Ivan Zhdanov — and replaced it with time in prison. This was reported by Zhdanov’s lawyer Vladimir Voronin on Thursday, February 17. Zhdanov senior received the initial sentence in December 2021, after he was found guilty of fraud and forgery commited by an official.

Get a toy by winning a medal, easier than buying! Xue Yubin / Xinhua / Zuma Press / Scanpix / Leta The last three Olympiads are held in Asia, where cute animated characters enjoy special respect. At the same time, some not the most charming creatures become the talismans of the Olympiad. The White Tiger Sukhoran in Pyeongchang was rather faceless (hardly anyone will remember now without a hint how he looked).

The Russian Foreign Ministry continues to correspond with the Americans. The full text of his statement - and the most brief retelling SGT. Stephen Perez / EPA / Scanpix / Leta American soldiers are landing in Germany, February 4, 2022 The Russian Foreign Ministry on February 17 sent the United States a commentary on their response to Russian security proposals in Europe.

Poland is planning to build a wall on the border with Russia. This follows from a statement by Deputy Minister of National Defense of Poland Wojciech Skurkiewicz, quoted by the Polish news agency PAP. "We are not building a wall on the Polish-Russian border, we have only announced it," Skurkiewicz said, answering questions from journalists. He added that the plans to build the wall are part of the development concept of the Polish Border Guard.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Russian skaters at the Olympics are admired by many, and someone even anger. In this episode we answer naive questions about figure skating Russians Anna Shcherbakova and Alexander Trusova won gold and silver, respectively, in women's single skating at the Beijing Olympics.