The European Parliament will hold a plenary session on February 28, where Yulia Navalnaya will speak. Her husband Alexei Navalny, the main opposition politician in Russia, was killed in prison. Following the session, on February 29, the European Parliament will adopt a resolution in connection with the murder of Navalny. The documents will also talk about the need to take measures "in support of political prisoners and oppressed civil society" in Russia.

Vadim Krasikov. Bellingcat On February 26, Maria Pevchikh, the chairwoman of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, said that Alexey Navalny was supposed to be released through a prisoner exchange. The Russian opposition politician was reportedly set to be swapped for Vadim Krasikov, an ex-FSB officer who is serving prison time in Germany for the assassination of the former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in 2019.

Alexander Nemenov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Oleg Orlov in court in Moscow, February 27, 2024 Long-time human rights activist Oleg Orlov is going to prison for the next two and a half years, following a retrial that raised his punishment from a 150,000-ruble fine to incarceration.

The Chita authorities agreed on an action in memory of politicians Alexei Navalny and Boris Nemtsov. Chita.ru writes about this with reference to the press service of the city administration. The rally will take place on March 2 in the local Hyde Park on Fadeev Avenue on the outskirts of the city. Initially, the organizers asked to coordinate the rally on the central square of the October Revolution, but the authorities refused, saying that another event was already planned there.

The lyrics of the song “Pyyala” were changed to “you must choose yourself, only yourself, only yourself” and “Pindos are not a decree for us, this is evil against us” A propaganda video with footage from the series “The Boy’s Word. Blood on the asphalt,” calling on Russians to vote in the presidential elections in March 2024.

The Office of the President of Ukraine has prepared an appeal to the Constitutional Court with questions regarding the legitimacy of Vladimir Zelensky’s tenure as head of state after May 20, when five years have passed since he took office. The publication “Zerkalo Nedeli” writes about this, citing sources in the president’s office.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Macron said that European soldiers in theory can go to Ukraine. And the Kremlin replied: this will lead to a direct conflict with NATO. Well, nonsense! Or not? On February 26, French President Emmanuel Macron said that European countries can send troops to Ukraine. This was discussed at a conference in Paris, where the leaders of 20 countries of Europe discussed assistance to Ukraine.

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The work of the Russian Red Cross (RRC), whose employees visit the occupied territories of Ukraine, is propaganda, not humanitarian in nature. Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, stated this in a comment to Meduza. Thus, he commented on the investigation of the international journalistic project Kremlin Leaks, published on Meduza on February 27.

A large-scale failure in the operation of instant messengers in the Russian segment of the Internet occurred due to the actions of Roskomnadzor to ensure the blocking of services prohibited in the Russian Federation. This was announced by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications Anton Tkachev.

Novosibirsk lawyer Vasily Dubkov was detained in Moscow. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta Europe , Sota and the BBC Russian Service, citing sources. As journalists write, the lawyer is charged with violating public order. There is no official confirmation of this information yet. Updated . Dubkov himself confirmed to Verstka the information about his detention and stated that he had already been released.

Sweden's accession to NATO will make real the previous statements of the Russian authorities that the North Atlantic Alliance is approaching its borders, said the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Defense of Lithuania, the current Ambassador of Lithuania to Sweden Linas Linkevičius. "After Sweden was integrated into the alliance, the Baltic Sea became NATO's internal sea. If Russia dares to challenge NATO, Kaliningrad will be the first to be 'neutralized'.

He is serving a life sentence in Germany for the murder. Journalists associated him with the special forces of the FSB Vadim Krasikov. Bellingcat On February 26, the chairman of the International Fund for Corruption, Maria Pevchiki, said that Alexei Navalny was planned to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, the alleged FSB officer convicted in Germany for the murder. In 2019, he shot the former Chechen field commander in Berlin. Little is known about the biography of Krasikov.

Rosfinmonitoring added former State Duma deputy Gennady Gudkov to the list of terrorists and extremists. This is reported on the department's website. The reasons why Gudkov was included in the register are unclear.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has banned the agency XZ Foundation, which was created in 2023 to combat Russian propaganda, as an “undesirable organization,” State Duma deputy Andrey Lugovoy reported on Telegram. Past projects supported by XZ Foundation have included a video series from writer Mikhail Zygar and director Ilya Khrzhanovsky titled “Great Russian Villains” and a guide for how to talk with relatives who support the war.