The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has received unofficial information from an unnamed informant that the current head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), Veronika Loginova, participated in the substitution of doping samples at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. The New York Times reported this on February 20, citing the words of two sources. A WADA whistleblower claims that Loginova was directly involved in an attempt to hide the results of doping tests.

In 2020, police officer Ivan Semenikhin, with the help of foreign colleagues, found a seven-year-old boy kidnapped in the Vladimir region. Five years later, the operative was accused of treason BBC World Service Ivan Semenikhin You can read this story in English here .

The European Commission approved the purchase by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy of the German assets of Rosneft - Rosneft Deutschland GmbH (RDG) and RN Refining & Marketing GmbH (RN R&M), according to the department’s website. The European Commission concluded that the deal "would not raise competition concerns given the companies' limited market power." She was checked using a simplified procedure.

Hungary opposed the EU providing Ukraine with a loan of 90 billion euros, the Financial Times reported, citing sources. The Hungarian Ambassador to the EU said on February 20 that official Budapest is against the EU issuing debt obligations guaranteed by the bloc's budget for the sake of a loan to Ukraine. As the FT notes, for a decision to be made, it must be unanimously approved by all 27 EU member countries.

US President Donald Trump has announced that he will impose a 10% tariff on all imports of goods into the United States, in addition to existing tariffs. Trump announced this on February 20, commenting on the decision of the US Supreme Court, which ruled that the president violated the law when he unilaterally imposed tariffs on many countries in 2025. The US President said the Supreme Court was "influenced by foreign interests" when it made its decision.

The Nikulinsky District Court of Moscow satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office, which demanded that the property of the owners of the Sirena-Travel group of companies, the operator of Russia's largest airline ticket booking system Leonardo, be converted into state income, Kommersant reported on February 20.

Russia continues to erase the memory of the victims of Stalin's repressions Kristina Kormilitsyna / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia The first national Museum of Memory dedicated to the victims of the “genocide of the Soviet people” will open in Moscow, the city mayor’s office announced . The exhibition site will be created on the site of the Gulag History Museum, which was closed in the fall of 2024. Art critic Ksenia Korabelnikova wrote about this, in particular.

The Financial Times has discovered a network of 48 companies involved in transporting Russian oil to circumvent sanctions worth $90 billion, the publication said in its investigation. Firms that appear to be independent and operate at different addresses appear to be jointly participating in the activities of the Russian shadow fleet, journalists say. They discovered this network because all 48 companies use the same private email server.

This is how Russian general Roman Demurchiev discussed cut off human ears with his wife. His correspondence is terrible Photo from the correspondence archive of Roman Demurchiev “Schemes” and “System” - investigative projects of Radio Liberty in Ukrainian and Russian - on February 19 published an investigation based on the archive of correspondence of Major General, Deputy Commander of the 20th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Federation, Roman Demurchiev.

More than eight months after the death of Zambia's sixth president, Edgar Lungu, his body remains at the funeral home in South Africa where he died, the Associated Press reports. A grave has been dug in a cemetery in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, where the country's current president, Hakainde Hichilema, hoped to bury Lunga with state honors. However, Lungu is not buried because before he died, he told his family members that Hichilema should never go near his body.

Two aircraft carrier groups and dozens of aircraft are enough to fight a long war US Navy/Anadolu/Getty Images USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group in the Arabian Sea, February 6 The US has almost as many troops in the Middle East as it did when it invaded Iraq in 2003. The accumulated forces will allow them to wage an air war against Iran for many weeks - if the decision to start it is made.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Donald Trump violated federal law when he unilaterally imposed tariffs on most countries around the world. The court agreed that the duties exceeded the limits of the law. Six judges voted for this decision, three opposed it, CNN reported on February 20. “The President asserts that he has extraordinary power to unilaterally impose tariffs of unlimited size, duration and scope,” Chief Justice John Roberts said, speaking on behalf of the justices.

Meduza found another chain of letters indicating the financier and sex offender’s interest in the Russian President Brian Losness / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Nathan Myhrvold, 2021 “did you take poutine on your boat?” — Jeffrey Epstein asked his friend, former Microsoft technical director Nathan Myhrvold, this question. On the same day, October 27, 2010, he received a short answer: “His wife and daughter. Nathan".

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents”. The department included political scientist Alexander Kynev and journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky on the list.

One thousand four hundred fifty-eighth day. WSJ: Zelensky instructed his advisers to prepare for three more years of war, because negotiations failed. Kyiv: this is a “stupid fake” The Presidential Office of Ukraine Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?