Russia's revenue from oil and gas exports in January 2023 fell by almost 40% due to Western sanctions and price restrictions compared to January last year. It is reported by Reuters, citing data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). According to IEA data reviewed by the agency, Russia's revenues from oil and gas exports in January amounted to $18.5 billion. This is 38% less than the $30 billion Moscow received in January 2022.

Poland refused to provide international asylum to the Russian activist of Tajik descent Alexander Pekhkuka (Saidanvar Sulaimonov). He himself told about this on Facebook. Photo: social networks of Alexander cookie “I was a refusal to provide international asylum in Poland. We will appeal, ”said the activist. According to him, on the same day, local special services came to his parents several times in a row. They tried to find out where Alexander is now.

VK sent an internal message to its employees stating that remote work is now only allowed from Russia. It is reported by The Bell. The employer also offers to choose a suitable location for further work and coordinate it with the management. The report says that it is important for the company to “find a balance between the comfort of employees and business efficiency,” the newspaper writes. “VK is a Russian company, our products are more focused on the Russian market.

The Ministry of Defense of the unrecognized Transnistria, on behalf of the Russian peacekeeping contingent, announced the conduct of military training. This is stated on the official website of the department. Three-month fees will begin on March 1. Citizens who have submitted an application and passed a medical examination will be able to accept them. It is also noted that applicants must be men under the age of 55, fit for military service.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the protection of the Russian language from foreign borrowings, which amends the Federal Law "On the state language of the Russian Federation." The document is published on the official portal of legal information. The law prohibits the use of foreign words, with the exception of those that have no analogues in Russian. The list of permitted borrowings will be indicated in the normative dictionaries.

In the Moscow Kapotnya pre-trial detention center, the cellmates of the “fakes” about the Russian army (Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code) of 18-year-old Maxim Lykpan forcibly shaved him Iroquois on charges. This was reported by the OVD-Info with reference to the lawyer Alan Kachmazov. Maxim Lypkan. Photo: Sota According to the lawyer, psychological and physical pressure is exerted on the young man due to anti-war views.

A conversation with journalist Julia Starostina - for helping Ukrainian refugees and an administrative case about the "discredit" of the army for tattoos Since April 2022, journalist Julia Starostina helped refugees from Ukraine who fell into Russian temporary accommodation points (PVR). She collected and took humanitarian help - products, household appliances, clothes, toys and other things.

The Gulagu.net project published a video from the IK-6 colony, where Alexei Navalny is located. On it, to Navalny, they reprimand for short sleeves on the robe. The video recording dates from August 5, 2022. According to Gulagu.net, he was shot on the service DVR of the head of the department of educational work with convicts of Captain V.V. Zelentsova. In the video, the officer of the FSIN warns Navalny, which will make a report on him for violating the shape of clothing.

Vladimir Putin has signed the law suspending Russia’s participation in the New START, a nuclear arms reduction treaty with the US, the government website states . The decision to resume participation is up to the Russian president, the decree says. Putin declared his intentions to suspend Russia’s participation during his address to the Federal Assembly on 21 February. The law was adopted by both chambers of the Russian parliament the next day.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the termination of international treaties of the Council of Europe with respect to Russia. The document is published on the official portal of legal information. According to the new law, the Charter of the Council of Europe, the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the European Social Charter and 18 other documents cease to apply to Russia.

Four people were killed by Russia’s attacks in Ukraine’s Kherson region, five more were injured, says the regional government. One person was killed in the city of Kherson, while people also lost their lives in the localities of Kamyshany and Mykolaivka. The Office of Ukraine’s Prosecutor General also reports that Kupiansk in the Kharkiv region was also attacked this morning. A man, 63, was killed, and residential buildings, a kindergarten, and a leisure park were damaged.

In Switzerland, charges have been filed against four employees of the local branch of Gazprombank for servicing the accounts of “Vladimir Putin’s childhood friend,” cellist Sergei Roldugin. about it Spiegel writes . The alleged crime the bankers are accused of is "lack of due diligence in financial transactions." According to investigators, Roldugin was a client of the bank, despite the fact that his accounts should have been in doubt.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the suspension of the participation of the Russian Federation in an agreement to reduce strategic offensive weapons (DSNV). This was reported on the official portal of legal information. The decision to resume the participation of Russia in the contract will be able to make the head of state, follows from the text of the Decree.

Due to the fight of anime fans from the PMC Rodan group, security forces arrange raids on children. And in Ukraine the "new subculture" is considered the FSB project Photo from social networks At the end of February 2023, a wave of mass detentions was held in Russia, almost comparable in scale with anti -war or anti -mobilization protests, when several hundred people a day were delayed around the country.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation in the first reading adopted a bill that cancels the norm of the Criminal Code, according to which service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is an “aggravating circumstance” (clause “o”, part 1, article 63 of the Criminal Code). The corresponding draft is published on the website of the Parliament.