Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law obliging telecom operators to stop providing services at the request of the FSB. The document was published on the official legal information portal. The amendments will come into force 10 days after signing by the head of state.

Eshsou Kakalia Abkhaz opposition politician Eshsou Kakalia was taken to the Central Republican Hospital of Sukhumi on Saturday with a gunshot wound. Details of the injury have not yet been provided. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the self-proclaimed republic, the circumstances of the incident are being clarified; Employees of the Sukhumi Internal Affairs Department were alerted and an interception plan was announced.

In Udmurtia, on Saturday night, the military Votkinsk plant, which produces missiles, was attacked. The head of the region, Alexander Brechalov, wrote on social networks that at night the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked “one of the targets.” According to him, the attack was carried out by drones. Brechalov noted that there was damage and casualties. The local Ministry of Health reported that 11 people were injured as a result of the attack on the republic.

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Consequences of the night attack on Odessa, February 21, 2026 On the night of Saturday, February 21, the Russian military attacked Ukraine with one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 120 drones, the Ukrainian Air Force reported . A missile hit and 13 attack UAVs were recorded in 11 locations. As a result of the drone attack, there is destruction in two districts of Odessa.

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During protests in Iran, January 8, 2026 In Iran, at least 30 activists face the death penalty in connection with recent mass protests in the country, DPA reported on Saturday, citing data from human rights activists from Amnesty International. The agency notes that a day earlier, Amnesty International reported that death sentences had already been imposed in eight cases. Among the defendants in 22 other cases still pending are two minors.

Yuri Drakokhrust Shouts from Moscow On February 9, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warned that the West, including the United States, is preparing a “new color revolution” in Belarus.

Trump announces import tariffs at the White House, April 2025 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that the vast majority of import tariffs on products from nearly all of the United States' trading partners imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump last spring were unconstitutional. The Supreme Court's decision could have significant economic and political consequences. The claim before the Supreme Court was quite simple.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Saturday put into effect a decision of the National Security and Defense Council on new sanctions, in particular against 225 captains of the so-called shadow fleet that export Russian oil products. His press service reports this. Zelensky signed decrees on two new packages of restrictions. They imply the blocking of assets on the territory of Ukraine, a ban on flights over the country, as well as on the acquisition of land plots.

Vladimir Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, Paris, 2019 Why talk about the baptism of Rus' should be taken seriously This material (information) was produced, distributed and/or sent by a foreign agent Mumin Shakirovich Shakirov, or concerns the activities of a foreign agent Mumin Shakirovich Shakirov. 18+ Inconclusive negotiations in Geneva. How did a good Ukrainian actor eventually become the main opponent of the irreplaceable Russian president?

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Peter Szijjarto Hungary intends to block the EU loan package for Ukraine in the amount of 90 billion euros ($106 billion), which was previously approved by the European Commission. Budapest links its approval of the package with the resumption of Russian oil supplies. “We are blocking the EU loan to Ukraine until oil transit to Hungary via the Friendship pipeline resumes,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó wrote on social network X.

Nico Lange Nico Lange is a German security and defense expert. He is a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis and a former official at the German Ministry of Defense. Lange has worked in Ukraine for a long time and understands Russian strategy well.