Updated : According to updated information, seven people died in the fire, and 11 were injured . A fire broke out in the building on Mezhdunarodnaya Street in Moscow, where the MKM Hotel is located, late in the evening of February 21. According to the city's Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Interfax reports that six people died in the fire, including two children. 200 people were evacuated from the burning building.

The Russian Ministry of Defense responded to Yevgeny Prigozhin, who stated that the Wagner PMC, participating in the battles in eastern Ukraine, is experiencing “a complete starvation of shells.” A message distributed by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense refers to “exalted statements about allegedly blocking the supply of ammunition to volunteers of assault troops.” The command, the Ministry of Defense said, gives priority to the issue of providing “volunteers and military

The Telegram channel “Love Novosibirsk” published a video on February 21 showing about 100 coffins with the bodies of those killed in Ukraine, filmed, as reported, at Tolmachevo airport. “Love Novosibirsk” reported that the recording was sent to them via a bot. Death certificates are attached to the coffins; one of them with the name of Sergei Viktorovich Yumashev, who died on January 27 near Artemovsk (as the Russian side calls Bakhmut), was filmed in close-up.

On February 21, Vladimir Putin, in an address to the Federal Assembly, announced that Russia was suspending participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START). The President of the Russian Federation emphasized that this is not about withdrawing from the agreement with the United States, but about suspension. This is an agreement between Russia and the United States on the mutual reduction of nuclear weapons. It came into force on February 5, 2011 for a period of ten years.

Journalists from Novaya Gazeta Europe discovered the grave of Alexander Kovtun, one of the leaders of the “Primorsky partisans,” in a Muslim cemetery in Tavrichanka, Primorsky Territory. Kovtun, sentenced to 25 years in prison, was recruited into the Wagner PMC in the colony and died in Ukraine. The death of Kovtun was reported on February 17 by the legal and criminal information channel “United Legal Union” from the Primorsky Territory (“OPS-Media”).

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement in connection with Vladimir Putin’s decision to suspend Russia’s participation in the New START nuclear treaty — the sole nuclear accord between the U.S. and Russia. In its comment on the president’s announcement , the ministry blamed the U.S.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation issued a statement in connection with the decision announced by President Vladimir Putin to suspend Russia's participation in the Strategic Offensive Arms Treaty (START).

Joe Biden spoke in Warsaw in support of Ukraine. This is what he said Evan vucci / AP / Scanpix / Leta A year ago, Russian tanks entered Ukraine. The world expected the fall of Kyiv. But Ukraine remains free. Instead of the easy victory, which Vladimir Putin was counting on, he remained with burned tanks and troops in confusion. He expected the split of NATO, but now NATO is one more. Autocrats cannot be pacified - they can only be opposed. Autocrats understand only one word - no.

The lower chamber of the Belarus parliament has passed a law authorizing capital punishment for treason, if committed by a government official or a member of the Belarus military.

Putin has revoked the 2012 decree that stressed international cooperation, signaling deep changes in Russia’s foreign policy Alexey Pavlishak / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Vladimir Putin’s Federal Assembly address broadcast on an outdoor screen in the Russian-annexed Crimea, February 21, 2023 Vladimir Putin has signed a decree that revokes an earlier law he himself had signed in May 2012, during his third presidential term in Russia.

The Eighth Court of Appeal banned the activities of the Party of Regions, whose leader was Viktor Yanukovych. All property of the party, the court ruled, must be transferred to the state. Ukrainian media, including Suspilna, report the ban on the Party of Regions with reference to the CHESNO Movement, which sought such a decision.

The Presidium of the Scientific and Technical Council of Roscosmos approved the extension of the life of the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS) until 2028, Interfax reports. Earlier, the Council of the chief designers of the state corporation made the decision to extend the operation of the ISS. Now, Roscosmos said, the state corporation will prepare and transfer documents to the government to approve the work of the Russian segment of the station.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Navalny spoke with theses about the future of Russia - he offers to go to the parliamentary republic. What is it? And does it suit Russia? On February 20, Alexei Navalny published 15 principles of his political platform. It concerns the war and the post -war structure of Russia.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The war, sanctions, and in general, explain everything in the world "geopolitics." Does this mean anything? Against the backdrop of a full -scale military invasion of Ukraine, many political figures and propagandists began to talk about geopolitics. For example, Vladimir Putin continues to justify the war with the defending of certain “geopolitical interests”.

Companies linked to Wagner PMC founder Yevgeny Prigozhin earned more than $250 million in the four years leading up to the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, The Financial Times reports. The newspaper clarifies that the investigation did not take into account Prigozhin’s income from Russian companies operating in the public catering and real estate sectors, and income from raw materials companies operating in Russia was converted from rubles to dollars at the December exchange rate.