People walk past Lenin's Mausoleum on a snowy Red Square in Moscow, Russia, 4 March 2026. Photo: EPA / SERGEI ILNITSKY Russian negotiators will not be present at the planned Ukraine peace talks to be held in the US on Saturday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed at a press briefing on Friday.

Views of pro-government channels fell by 23%, and opposition ones by only 10%. Photo: Novaya Gazeta Europe In recent days, authorities have stepped up blocking of Telegram. The media wrote that telegram practically stopped working in Russia over the weekend. Since Sunday, according to Mikhail Klimarev, telegram availability has dropped to 80%.

Photo: Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EPA American actor and martial artist Chuck Norris has died at the age of 86, his family announced on Facebook. Chuck Norris. Photo: Ricardo Maldonado Rozo/EPA Norris's relatives said that the actor died the night before, surrounded by his family. Relatives intend to keep other details secret. “To the world he was a martial artist, an actor and a model of strength.

The State Duma intends to allow Putin to send the army to other countries to “protect” Russians from “illegitimate” courts. This is how Russia wants to intimidate the initiators of criminal cases A passerby outside the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, March 11, 2025. Photo: Robin Utrecht/EPA The government has submitted to the State Duma a bill expanding the grounds for using the army abroad.

And why is this a dangerous trend not only for Russia, but for the whole world? Dealing with journalist Ksenia Luchenko In a new video on our YouTube channel, we look at how religion becomes part of political rhetoric. What is behind the concept of “holy war” and how is it used today?

Photo: European Union/EPA The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island to force the Islamic Republic to resume shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Sources told Axios about this. Khark Island. Photo: European Union/EPA 90% of oil exports from the Islamic Republic pass through Khark, which is located 24 kilometers from the coast of Iran, journalists noted.

Photo: Olivier Matthys/EPA Human rights activists are concerned about the participation of Vladimir Putin’s former translator Daria Boyarskaya in the parliamentary elections in Hungary. The OSCE instructed her to organize monitoring. This was reported by the Austrian magazine Falter , investigative media VSquare and Reuters .

Freed prisoners. Photo: Viasna Belarus freed 250 political prisoners on Thursday, Belarusian human rights group Viasna announced , after negotiations in which the US agreed to drop sanctions on several Belarusian companies. According to Viasna, 15 of the prisoners were deported to Lithuania, while the remaining 235 will stay in Belarus.

Photo: wikimedia Patriarch Filaret. Photo: wikimedia Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine Filaret died at the age of 98, reported Metropolitan Evstratiy Zorya of Belotserkovsky, as well as the Primate of the OCU, Metropolitan Epifaniy . “Today in my heart, as in the hearts of many Ukrainians, there is deep sorrow and sadness, for today the earthly journey of His Holiness Patriarch Philaret ended,” wrote the Primate of the OCU.

Russians enlisting to fight in Ukraine have become the country’s most generously funded social group A billboard in St. Petersburg advertises generous signing bonuses for those who enlist in the Russian military, 20 February 2026.

Turchak and Gref lobbied for a new gaming zone in Altai, and online casinos are preparing for legalization Illustration: Rina Lu / “Novaya Gazeta Europe” Last week, the State Duma approved in the first reading a bill on the creation of a gambling zone in the Altai Republic. This will be the sixth such zone in the country; another one has been operating for more than ten years in the neighboring Altai Territory.

Mikhail Borisov. Photo: SOTAvision Former regional lawmaker and opposition party leader Mikhail Borisov was released from jail on Friday, after serving a nine-day sentence for attending a memorial to assassinated Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, independent Russian news outlet Mediazona has reported .

Photo: Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation The Ministry of Education asked to include educational resources and digital services in the “white lists”, to which access will be maintained during Internet shutdowns, Kommersant writes .

Russian university students are being agitated and forced to sign military contracts. We tell you how this is happening across the country The building of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov during sunset in Moscow, February 28, 2025. Photo: Maxim Shemetov / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Students of Russian universities and colleges began to be actively encouraged to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense - most often to serve in the troops of unmanned systems.