The Iranian director Jafar Panahi temporarily went free from Evin's prison in Tehran. This was reported by his wife Taheerekh Saidi on her Instagram. “Today, on Friday February 3, on the third day of the hunger strike, Jafar Panahi, he was temporarily released from Evin’s prison with the efforts of his family, solid lawyers and representatives of Khane Cinema,” she wrote. Jafar Panahi with his wife after liberation from prison.

Canada imposed sanctions against the Russia Today media group and against Russian pop singers who supported the Russian war in Ukraine, including Nikolai Baskov, Mikhail Boyarsky and Nadezhda Babkina. This is stated on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country.

Patriarch Kirill personally banned the clergy of the Church of Andrei the First -Called in Lublin, Jeanne Koval. This was reported in the decree, the attention to which SOTA drew . John Koval. Screenshot: YouTube channel “Priest John Koval.

RT DE Productions has decided to stop its journalistic activities in Germany. The statement was published on the channel's website. “RT DE Productions regrets to announce the decision to terminate the company's journalistic activities in Germany. However, RT DE content and reporting will remain available to you on this website.

Finland started an investigation after it was found out that Boris Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko, oligarchs with dual Russo-Finnish nationality, received their citizenships bypassing checks by the country’s security agency SUPO, STT reports . The media outlet says both applied for fast track Finnish citizenship in 1998. This resulted in Timchenko receiving his Finnish passport after only one year, which is unusually fast for such a procedure.

Russian nationals have beaten a five-year record for entry into Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Mongolia. The data published by the border service of the FSB was calculated by Novaya Gazeta Europe. Russians left their country for neighbouring states and CIS countries 8.4 million times, 4.7 million times more than in 2021 when there was COVID. Russian nationals crossed the border on the way out 24.3 million times in total last year, 2.9 million times more than in 2021.

EU countries have agreed on a price ceiling for Russian oil products at the level of $100 per barrel. This is reported by Bloomberg and Reuters , citing sources. The Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU Twitter account also reported that diplomats today approved cap prices for oil products from Russia.

The list of “foreign agents” includes blogger Nikolai Sobolev, coordinator of the Free Ingria movement Pavel Mezerin, host of the Popular Politics YouTube channel Alexander Makashenets, and Yekaterina Dudko and Elena Prokasheva, authors of the book Summer in a Pioneer Tie. This is reported on the website of the Ministry of Justice.

Why modern Russia lacks the resources for a sustainable dictatorship Vladimir Putin. Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images Let us not deceive ourselves and instead look at things plainly. All of us — both those who have remained in Russia and those who had to leave — live in a hope for a prompt downfall of Putin’s regime.

What did Ukraine say about the Ukraine summit in Kyiv. Olga Musafirova reports the special corner of the New-Europe President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, Chairman of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyain and Chairman of the EU Council Charles Michelle arrive at a press conference as part of the Summit of the European Union and Ukraine, Kyiv, February 3, 2023.

The Pentagon has announced a new $2.175 billion military aid package for Ukraine. This was announced by the representative of the US Department of Defense Patrick Ryder at a briefing. The agency has published a list of weapons that will be included in the new aid package.

In Moscow, security forces came to search the home of local resident Oleg Seliverov. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to his relative. According to her, Seliverov managed to report that we could be talking about a criminal case about public calls for terrorist activities (205.2 of the Criminal Code) or about a terrorist act (205 of the Criminal Code). According to human rights activists, the young man’s equipment was confiscated.

In Finland, they began checking after it turned out that Russian businessmen Boris Rotenberg and Gennady Timchenko received citizenship of this country bypassing the Security Police (SUPO) check. It is reported by STT. According to the publication, both businessmen applied for Finnish citizenship in 1998 and asked for an expedited review process. As a result, Timchenko received a new passport the very next year, which is uncharacteristically fast for such a request, the journalists say.

The Russians have broken a five-year record for entry into Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Mongolia. The data published by the border service of the FSB was calculated by the journalists of Novaya Gazeta Europe. In the first year of the war, Russians left for neighboring states and CIS countries 8.4 million times, which is 4.7 million more than in the covid 2021. In total, Russian citizens went abroad 24.3 million times last year. This is 2.9 million times more than in 2021.

Russian political strategists connected with the Kremlin had been spending dozens of thousands of dollars on a campaign in support of Crimea’s annexation among European MPs for at least three years between 2014 and 2017. This was revealed in a joint investigation by IStories, Eesti Ekspress, OCCRP, Italia’s IRPI and Austria’s Profil. Journalists have studied the leaked emails of Sargis Mirzakhanyan, a PR expert employed by Russia’s State Duma, published by Ukrainian hackers.