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Efremov in 2012 An ally of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, former head of the Party of Regions faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Alexander Efremov, received Russian citizenship, writes the project of the Ukrainian service of Radio Liberty “Schemes”. According to investigators, he was issued a Russian passport on December 22, 2022. Before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, Efremov, as the project previously found out, traveled to Moscow several times.

Oksimiron Smolninsky District Court Petersburg arrested rapper Oksimiron (Miron Fedorov) in absentia in the case of evading the duties of a “foreign agent”. The Russian Ministry of Justice declared the musician a “foreign agent” in October 2022. In February 2024, a criminal case was opened against Oksimiron, and in May of the same year he was put on the federal and interstate wanted list.

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Those detained in the case of the assassination attempt on the first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Federation (military intelligence, formerly known as the GRU), General Vladimir Alekseev, admitted guilt, the FSB reported.

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The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Jimmy Lai A Hong Kong court has sentenced 78-year-old billionaire and media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of the opposition newspaper Apple Daily and critic of the Chinese Communist Party, to 20 years in prison.

JD Vance and Pashinyan in Yerevan US Vice President J.D. Vance arrived in Armenia on February 9. This is the first visit to the country by such a high-ranking US administration official in history. WATCH: Vice President JD Vance is wheels down in Armenia, where he will meet with Armenian leaders later today.

In versions of the assassination attempt on General Alekseev, we will deal with investigative journalist Denis Korotkov and military expert Yuri Fedorov.

The 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia will presumably include 30 people and 64 organizations. Brussels considers them involved in undermining the sovereignty of Ukraine, supporting the war and circumventing the sanctions already imposed. This was reported by the investigative project of Radio Liberty and Current Time "System", which obtained a draft of the proposed measures.

Adam (left) and Ramzan Kadyrov The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the reports about a car accident in which his son Adam got into in Grozny “a hoax that came from somewhere.” The head of Chechnya announced this at a meeting with the republic’s prosecutor Arsan Adayev; the video was published on Kadyrov’s telegram channel. “With the help of artificial intelligence, you can deceive any person.

Nikita Mikhalkov The Slovo literary prize, established by the Russian Book Union and the Union of Writers of Russia, has announced the winners. The ceremony was led by director Konstantin Bogomolov at the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya. The awards were presented by Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, deputy head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's assistant Vladimir Medinsky and president of the book union Sergei Stepashin.

Collage for Lx Who is behind the assassination attempt on General Alekseev? General Vladimir Alekseev is in serious condition after an attempt on his life, and the FSB said it had detained the main suspect, Lyubomir Korba, a 65-year-old Russian citizen. He was extradited from Dubai. Two more Russian citizens are also involved in the case: 66-year-old Viktor Vasin and 54-year-old Zinaida Serebritskaya.

Russia is preparing a new offensive against Ukraine this summer, focusing its efforts on the southern and eastern directions, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reports. It is noted that for this, the Kremlin uses the strategic reserve, which has been formed since July 2025.