Broadcast of the trial against former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, Seoul, South Korea, February 19, 2026 A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Seok-yeol to life imprisonment for sedition and abuse of power in connection with his failed attempt to impose martial law in 2024. The special prosecutor demanded that the former president be sentenced to death, on which South Korea has had a moratorium since 1997. Yoon, 65, denies the charges.

Anacondaz Musicians of the Russian group Anaсondaz spoke out against the war in 2022, were included in the informal list of “undesirable” artists, faced the cancellation of their concerts, but remained in Russia. They recently published a photo with colleagues who supported Russian aggression, and in response to reproaches because of this photo, they released a track in which they criticized the artists who left the country.

Former Prince Andrew and King Charles III The former Prince Andrew, the younger brother of Britain's King Charles III, who was detained on February 19 as part of the investigation into the late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, was released from police 12 hours later. Sky News reports this. The investigation into Andrew continues. Andrew's arrest was reported on the morning of February 19 by the BBC and The Telegraph. The police did not officially name the detainee.

We discuss relations between the United States and Russia, the possible easing of sanctions, as well as the progress of the negotiation process with political scientist Dmitry Oreshkin.

Disputes about Navalny's legacy. Negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva

Counterstrikes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces; comments on the Geneva negotiations; Andrey Zakharov: Putin is the beneficiary of the MAX messenger; project "System": where did Putin disappear; whether the US will strike Iran; crisis in Cuba; 10 years since the death of Umberto Eco

Vladimir Medinsky Information digest “Time of Freedom with Andrei Sharogradsky.” Thursday, February 19 Information digest “Time of Freedom with Andrei Sharogradsky.” Thursday, February 19 Counterattacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the junction of Zaporozhye, Donetsk and Dnepropetrovsk regions Vladimir Zelensky: negotiations on the military track are going faster than on the political one Dmitry Peskov on the results of the meetings in Geneva and the possibility of a new Russian-American

Nikolai Statkevich speaks to his supporters, Minsk, May 24, 2020 One of the leaders of the Belarusian opposition, Nikolai Statkevich, was released and allowed to remain in the country without deportation. This was reported by his wife Marina Adamovich. She added that Statkevich suffered a stroke and is now recovering; he has problems with speech. On the same day as Statkevich, the artist Natalya Levaya was also released, writes the telegram channel “Pul Pervogo”.

Soviet poster, 1954 What is the difference between denunciation and manifestation of civil liability and what will be the penalty for failure to inform? In 2025, Russian residents called the FSB hotline 146.6 thousand times. According to the department, this is a third more than in 2024. Most of the requests in 2025 were received by the “helplines” of the regional departments of the FSB. “Operationally significant information” contained only 15.2 thousand messages.

Since 2026, officials’ income declarations have been controlled by the closed state system “Poseidon,” to which only the FSO and the presidential administration have direct access. And the children of deputies and high-ranking officials earned more than 10 billion rubles from bank deposits during the three years of war, “Verstka” found out.

Participants in the first meeting of the Peace Council, Washington, February 19, 2026 The US President said that Azerbaijan and eight other countries contributed more than seven billion dollars to the Peace Council budget for the Gaza Strip. Donald Trump announced this while speaking at the first meeting of the organization in Washington.

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.

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On Thursday morning, police detained the brother of the British king, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on suspicion of abuse of power amid an investigation into his ties to American financier Jeffrey Epstein. This was reported by the BBC and The Telegraph . The detention took place on the former prince’s birthday – today he turned 66 years old.