The head of the European Commission Ursula von der Lyaine allowed the use of income from blocked Russian assets for the production of weapons for Ukraine. She stated this during the Munich Security Conference, the broadcast of which was conducted on the event website, RBC reports . After the start of the war in Ukraine, the Western countries froze the Bank of Russia assets for about € 260 billion. Of this amount, more than two -thirds were placed in the European Union.

Already more than 100 people have been detained on the actions of Alexei Navalny in different cities of Russia, the Info police department reports . By this time, the detentions in eight cities are known: Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, Tver, Taganrog, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don and Murmansk. Here the Info police department publishes lists of detainees. Most detained in St. Petersburg are 52 people.

The German defense concern Rheinmetall plans to build a plant for the production of ammunition in Ukraine, reports Reuters. The company signed the corresponding memorandum with the “Ukrainian partner”, the name of which the agency does not specify, during the Munich Security Conference. It is assumed that Rheinmetall will belong to 51% of the company’s shares, and a partner - 49%. According to the agency, the plant will produce a “six -digit number” of 155 mm caliber ammunition per year.

Students of the Ural State Medical University (UGMU) and vice -rectors for educational work sent a message about the inadmissibility of participation in the memory of Alexei Navalny. The screenshots of the message were published by IT's My City. Students also publish them on social networks. In the message, it is recommended that employees of universities organize “other activity” for students so that they do not go to Navalny's memory.

In Vladivostok, the communal workers removed the spontaneous memorial in the square of faith and hopes in garbage bags. Those who come to build new flowers are waiting for the police who rewrite the data of those who came. Memorials disappeared in Ulyanovsk near the monument to the victims of political repressions. In Krasnodar, according to 7x7, on the evening of February 16, all the flowers were removed, but the inhabitants brought them again.

The United States transferred Estonia $ 500 thousand confiscated Russian funds to the aid of Ukraine, the American Ministry of Justice said . As the department clarifies, we are talking about funds that the US confiscated after suppressing in 2022 an illegal attempt to import to Russia a high-precision coordinate-grinding machine of American production, intended for use in the defense sector and in the field of nuclear weapons.

For many months, the Kremlin tried to discredit the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the eyes of the Ukrainian population and cause a split between him and the now former commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, writes The Washington Post. The newspaper claims that at its disposal there were more than a hundred internal documents from the Kremlin, which were obtained by European intelligence and verified directly by the publication.

In the regions of Russia, the detentions of those who entered the raises of Alexei Navalny's memory or simply went to the monument/stone to put flowers/stand. In the police department in St. Petersburg, there were not enough cameras for the detainees. At least 64 people were detained around the city. They are charged with a rally article on violation of the rules of the mass event. As a result, the detainees were divided into groups and carried through the sites.

Cover image: Screenshot, C-SPAN U.S. President Joe Biden has blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny , hinting that consequences for Russia could follow. Biden said he was “not surprised” but “outraged” by the opposition leader's death. He also warned that the world was watching and that Congress had to stand up to Russia and pass a long-stalled military and financial aid package for Ukraine.

The lawyer Alexei Navalny, who came to the Investigative Committee of Salekhard, said that "the cause of death was not established, a repeated histological examination was taken," said the press secretary of the opposition Kira Yarmysh. Until the audit is over, the body of Navalny will not be given to relatives, they said in the UK.

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Big Seven countries (Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Canada, France, Japan and the USA) agreed to hold blocked Russian assets in its jurisdictions until Russia has compensated for damage to Ukraine. They promised to continue the work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Finance of the Great Seven participating countries (G7) on this issue.

For two days of memory of Alexei Navalny, 231 people were detained throughout Russia. This is evidenced by the data of the ATS "Info". Some of them were released, but many still remain in autozaks and ATS. According to the project, 163 people remain detained. Most detained in St. Petersburg and Moscow (59 and 47 people, respectively). According to the publication "Paper", only in St. Petersburg the police detained more than 100 people.

Parents of fifth graders at school No. 644 of the St. Petersburg came a message from the director, in which they are asked to “strengthen control” for children in connection with the death of Alexei Navalny. The parents of one of the students told this Insider about this. “Dear parents, in connection with the death of the politician Alexei Navalny, I ask you to strengthen control over the location and pastime of your children on weekends and subsequent days.

On February 16, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) reported that Alexei Navalny had died, without specifying his cause of death.

The Rock Festival "Chernozem", planned in Voronezh for the summer, will not take place this year, the regional government said. According to unnamed informed sources, Kommersant-Black Earth Region, the reasons for the cancellation are high costs to ensure security and the lack of a large selection of rock groups that could be performed at the festival. The Rock Festival "Chernozem" has been held since 2015. Until 2021, the festival took place in the Tambov region.