News Europe builds bunkers on the border with the Russian Federation withstanding the hit of the artillery shell, but forgets about “smart” bombs - experts The Insider February 21, 2024 The Baltic countries create the so -called “Baltic defense line”, which will include a thousand concrete bunkers for resistance in the event of the alleged invasion of the Russian Federation. Strengthens its border and Poland.

OPINION Casualties of the budget battle: Dysfunction in Washington is weakening America’s military might at precisely the wrong moment 21 February 2024 Colby Badhwar Independent analyst Over a year into its term, the 118th United States Congress has been one of the least productive in American history. Only a handful of bills have been passed so far, with dysfunction and partisan infighting between Republicans and Democrats continuing to throw the legislative process into chaos.

Antifacked The mysterious thrombus, the disappearance of the body and the murder of the West by agents. How the Russian state and propaganda were lied about the death of Navalny The Insider 21 February 2024 Messages of the official bodies and the Kremlin media about the causes and circumstances of the death of Alexei Navalny look implausible and often contradict each other.

The Moscow Court of St. Petersburg decided to transfer all the shares of the Rolf group of companies to the state, the joint press service of the courts reports . The lawsuit was filed by the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to the founder of one of the largest car dealers in Russia Sergey Petrov. According to Kommersant, the total cost of the holding assets of the holding is estimated at about 60 billion rubles.

Former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov, accused of giving false testimonies against US President Joe Biden, said he received false information from Russian intelligence. This follows from the materials of the case that the US prosecutor’s office sent to the court, CNN reports. Smirnov claims that he had extensive contacts with representatives of foreign intelligence. In particular, it was about contacts with four Russian officials.

Starting almost immediately after the death of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in a penal colony in the Russian Far North, Russian government agencies and Kremlin-controlled media began issuing implausible, contradictory speculation as to how Vladimir Putin’s chief political rival could have possibly met his demise in a remote facility administered by Vladimir Putin’s oppressive state apparatus.

The FSB on the border with Estonia demands to answer the question of "attitude to the actions of the EU leadership, which maintains the nationalist regime in Ukraine." This was reported by "Mediazona" with reference to the source that the editorial office of the questionnaire - it is required to fill out Russian border guards. According to the source, the questionnaires are given selectively, he associated this with the presence of both Russian and European citizenship.

The manufacturer of Danone's dairy products intends to sell its Russian assets of the Tatarstan company from Tatarstan with a 56-percent discount on the market price, the Financial Times reports , citing a letter to the Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev from a potential buyer. Danone refused to comment on this. Danone announced that it would leave Russia, in October 2022. The transaction on the transfer of assets was to be approved by the commission.

The Lebanon pronounced an acquittal to a Russian woman by the name of Chaikin, who took place as an accomplice in the case of espionage in favor of Israel. This was announced by the Russian State Agency for RIA "Novosti" a source familiar with the case. On weekends, Tchaikin left Lebanon with his daughter and returned to Russia safely. “For the first time we are observing that the diplomats of a state at this level defend the interests of their compatriots, saving the baby.

The Supreme Court recognized the refusal to register Nadezhdin to register the presidential elections. This was reported in the Telegram channel. Nadezhdin noted that the number of signatures recognized as invalid varies in the final verification protocol and in the statements of the CEC check. “According to the recount of the statements of such signatures, there were 9102. In the final protocol of such signatures already 9209.

News The number of dissertations written in the Russian Federation for a year decreased by 22%. Scientists blame this war and the depreciation of science and education in Russia The Insider February 21, 2024 The number of dissertations written in Russia in 2023 decreased by 22% compared to the previous year.

POLITICS The doomed city. What lies ahead for Rafah as Israel gears up for an assault in the southern Gaza Strip? Yuriy Matsarsky 21 February 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has flatly rejected Hamas’s proposed terms for a temporary ceasefire, instead issuing orders to prepare for an offensive in the southern Gaza Strip. The plan would specifically target the Rafah area, which has become a haven for many Palestinians fleeing the conflict.

The European Union agreed on the thirteenth from the beginning of the war a package of sanctions against Russia. This was reported on the official page in X (Twitter) of Belgium - the country - chairman of the Council of the European Union. New restrictive measures will officially enter into force on February 24 - on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions list includes 193 individuals and legal entities.

In Dolgoprudny near Moscow, a nine-grader tried to set fire to the hosting department of United Russia, says Baza Telegram channel. The United Russia itself said that the arsonist did this to take revenge on Alexei Navalny. According to the channel, the arson attempt occurred in the evening of February 16. The unknown went to the building on Tsiolkovsky Street and threw a bottle of incendiary mixture on a visor with the name of the party. The fire was extinguished by passers -by.

At least six residents of St. Petersburg, detained for bringing flowers to spontaneous memorials Alexei Navalny, received summons to the military registration and enlistment office right in the temporary detention center (IVS). This was written by the Petersburg edition of Rotonda with reference to its own source. The summons were awarded by police officers who specially arrived in the isolation ward on Moskovsky Prospekt, where the detainees were serving administrative arrest.