Meduza uncovers why the Russian State Duma asked Putin to recognize the breakaway ‘republics’ in eastern Ukraine Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin The tensions surrounding the Russia-Ukraine crisis have continued to escalate with no end in sight. On Thursday, February 17, U.S.

The video addresses announcing mass evacuations shared on February 18 by the leaders of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk “people’s republics” were actually recorded on February 16. This was reported by Bellingcat’s training and research director Aric Toler, who verified video metadata from the clips.

The video addresses by the heads of the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR, Denis Pushilin and Leonid Pasechnik, in which they announce the evacuation from the regions, were recorded on Wednesday, February 16. This is evidenced by the metadata of the videos, noted Arik Toller from Bellingcat .

Alexander Ermochenko Eastern Ukraine’s Russia-backed separatists have announced mass evacuations , urging women, children, and the elderly to relocate to Russia. Denis Pushilin, the head of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR), explained that refugees would receive all the basic necessities at shelters ready and waiting in Russia’s Rostov region (though the governor there later revealed that he had no knowledge of an incoming wave of evacuees).

Actor Boris Nevzorov died. It is reported by RIA Novosti. Nevzorov was 72 years old. The cause of his death was the coronavirus. Filmography Nevzorov has more than a hundred films and television series. Among the most famous works with his participation are Kamenskaya, Turetsky March, Fool, Major, Find and Defuse, Marshal of the Revolution. In 2011, Nevzorov became a People's Artist of Russia.

Alexander Ermochenko The self -proclaimed republics of Donbass announced the evacuation of residents to Russia. The head of DNRDENIS Pushilin said that they will primarily export women, children and the elderly. According to him, the evacuated will be placed and provided with everything necessary in the Rostov region. After the appeal of Pushilin in Donetsk, sirens were included , and the residents of the city lined up in line to ATMs.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Russia announced the withdrawal of troops from borders with Ukraine. But the army remaining there is very large, and it is capable of a major operation. This is what we know about it The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the return of units of the Western and Southern military districts to constant deployment points after the completion of the exercises.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to allocate 10 thousand rubles to each person arriving from the self-proclaimed DNR and LNR in the Rostov region. The government said that the funds for this will be taken from the reserve fund. Putin also instructed the acting head of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Alexander Chupriyan, to urgently fly to the Rostov region to organize conditions for the accommodation of those arriving from the DPR and LPR.

And it's all on Sesame Street! Actor Brett Goldsteen , who plays grouchy soccer player Roy Kent in Ted Lasso, came to Sesame Street and seemed to have the perfect match. Naturally, we are talking about the grumpy Oscar, who lives in a trash can. That's how it was. — Isn't it a beautiful day? Big Bird asks enthusiastically as he passes by. about the meeting Goldsteen tweeted : “Met a kindred spirit the other day. I told him that we have a lot in common.

Paul Cooper / Shutterstock.com / Vida Press Ray Flynn is the first patient with the eye implant Argus II. UK, July 21, 2015 The American company Second Sight, which produced Argus bionic eye implants, stopped their production and cannot fully support the work of existing devices that implanted more than 350 patients around the world (including in Russia ).

It is sometimes difficult to distinguish a copy from the original Makeup artist Aurelio Sanchez can turn into a variety of celebrities with the help of ordinary cosmetics - from Mariah Carey and Lady Gaga to Michael Jackson and Liza Minnelli. Some images are so successful that Sanchez's photos can be easily confused with real shots of stars. At the same time, he not only uploads photos and videos where he poses in star images, but also shows how to repeat makeup.

The head of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic Leonid Pasechnik called on residents to leave for Russia, and regional heads, law enforcement officers and emergency services to help the population get to border checkpoints. His statement was published by the Luhansk Information Center.

In a video address shared on February 18, the head of the self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) in eastern Ukraine announced the start of “a mass, centralized departure of the population to the Russian Federation” due to growing tensions in the region and a supposedly imminent attack from Ukrainian government troops: First and foremost, women, children, and the elderly are subject to evacuation… By agreement with the leadership of the Russian Federation, shelters and accommodation sites

Bailiffs imposed restrictions on two sports cars of rapper Alisher Morgenstern - a blue McLaren 600LT Coupe and a yellow Porsche 911 Turbo S worth about 18 million rubles each. It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the traffic police base. Restrictions were imposed on February 17. Morgenstern was banned from carrying out registration actions with cars: selling and registering a car for a new owner, restoring or replacing documents for a car.

Moscow's Lyublinsky Court has replaced Oleg Navalny's suspended sentence for a year in a " sanitary case " with a real one, TASS reports. According to the court's verdict, Navalny will have to serve his sentence in a maximum security penal colony, RIA Novosti reports . The Federal Penitentiary Service filed a motion to change the sentence, since Navalny had not registered with the inspectorate.