The French government agency VIGINUM, which is responsible for protecting against foreign digital interference, said it had discovered a “structured and coordinated” network of websites spreading Russian propaganda in Western countries. According to the service, the network consists of at least 193 sites.

Stanislav Krasilnikov / Sputnik / imago images / Scanpix / LETA A soldier in Russia’s Central Military District during a training exercise for reconnaissance and attack drone operators. September 27, 2023. Despite a sprawling array of international sanctions, Russia imported more than $1 billion in Western microchips in the first nine months of 2023.

Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) has added Andy Stone, the press secretary for the Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, to its registry of “extremists and terrorists.” Stone’s name is marked by an asterisk on the agency’s site.

The Russian cosmetics chain L’Etoile has asked its regional directors to ensure their male employees do not wear too much makeup after the company reportedly received complaints from clients about “LGBT propaganda,” according to a letter from the corporation’s lawyers that was published by political scientist Ekaterina Shulman.

A bill has been introduced to the State Duma that would allow organizations whose founders or participants are government agencies of foreign states to be recognized as “undesirable,” said Vasily Piskarev, head of the State Duma commission to investigate interference in Russia’s internal affairs. The deputy motivated the need to amend the current law by the fact that it applies only to non-governmental organizations. “The law was adopted about ten years ago.

Seventeen-year-old Ukrainian basketball player Volodymyr Yermakov has died after being attacked by a group of teenagers in the German city of Oberhausen, according to the outlets Rheinische Post and Bild . His teammate Artem Kozachenko, who was also attacked, is in intensive care. The fatal incident reportedly occurred after the players and the teenagers got into a conflict on a bus. After Yermakov and Kozachenko got off the vehicle, the attackers stabbed them, Bild reported.

Interview Tatyana Levchenko. The defendant of the case of the “network” Maxim Ivankin was sentenced to 24 years in the case of the murder of her daughter The Ryazan Regional Court sentenced Maxim Ivankin - the defendant of the case of the “network”, who was accused of the murder of Ekaterina Levchenko and Artem Dorofeev. In early January 2024, the jury found Ivankin guilty, on February 12 he was appointed 24 years in a maximum security colony.

During trading on February 12, the Bitcoin rate exceeded the $50,000 mark for the first time since 2021, RBC writes, citing data from the Binance exchange. At the time of writing this news, the price of Bitcoin had dropped to $49.9 thousand. As the publication recalls, the Bitcoin rate reached its maximum this year on January 11, when the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved the launch of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) investing directly in Bitcoin.

Directors of the L'Etoile chain of stores were asked to more closely monitor the appearance of male consultants due to customer complaints about “LGBT propaganda.” This is stated in a letter from the legal department of the company Alcor and Co (owns the L'Etoile chain), which was published by political scientist Ekaterina Shulman.

Tucker Carlson explained why he did not ask Putin questions about Navalny and political murders in Russia Amr Alfiky / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Tucker Carlson at the World Government Summit in Dubai, February 12, 2024 Former Fox News TV channel Tucker Carlson on February 12 at the World Government Summit in Dubai. During the discussion, an American journalist told how his interview with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin took place, and tried to answer the claims that arose to him.

The Council of the European Union approved the decision to store profits from frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia to further use these funds to support and restore Ukraine, the press service of the EU Council writes. “This decision opens the way to ensure that the Council later makes a decision on the possible establishment of a financial contribution to the EU budget, received at the expense of this net profit, to support Ukraine, its restoration and reconstruction,” the statement said.

Office of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, surrounded by the new military command of Ukraine in the Mariinsky Palace in Kyiv, February 10, 2024 On February 8, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and after this replaced the country's military command. Alexander Syryr, and the Ukrainian General Staff was headed by Anatoly Bargilevich.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “undesirable” organizations, adding the British human rights organization Article 19 to it. The organization, which has been around since 1987, works to protect freedom of speech and information around the world, according to its website. It is named after Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states, among other things, that everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Former mercenaries of the Wagner PMC and veterans of the "Combat Brotherhood" organization held a "lesson in courage" at School No. 31 in Ulan-Ude for students in grades eight and nine and sixth-graders. This was reported by the publication "People of Baikal", which drew attention to the school's publication on VKontakte. "During the lesson, schoolchildren learned about events from the military history of our Motherland, about the courage and heroism of the country's patriots.

Rosfinmonitoring included Meta company press secretary Andy Stone in the register of “extremists and terrorists.” On the department's website, Stone's name is marked with an asterisk (*). Rossiyskaya Gazeta previously wrote that the asterisks “indicate organizations and individuals for whom there is information about their involvement in terrorism.” In November 2023, it became known that the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs had put Stone on the wanted list.