Matthias Varnig-ex-officer of the Stasi, the former head of Rusala and the managing director of Nord Stream AG-lobbying for the restart of the Northern Stream 2 with the involvement of American investors. It is reported by Financial Times with reference to sources.

Badra Gunba was declared the winner in the second round of the presidential election in Abkhazia with 54.73% of the vote. His opponent Adgur Ardzinba received 41.54%. The second stage of voting took place on March 1, and, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC), the turnout of the voters amounted to about 70%, which is a thousand people more compared to the first round.

The Russian Federal National Affairs Agency warned that Dagestan was on the “facets of the social explosion”, and expressed concerns about increasing Islamization in the republic. This is stated in a document sent to Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova after a double terrorist attack in the republic. This document was at the disposal of the Der Spiegel publication.

Lithuania will continue to support Ukraine in the defense sector and invest € 20 million in the development of the Ukrainian defense industry and the creation of joint production capacities for weapons. The Ministry of Defense of Lithuania announced the intention to actively support the Ukrainian defense sector.

The Norwegian oil company HaltBakk Bunkers will stop the supply of fuel to the US military, and Kystens paid attention to. The decision was made after a dispute between US President Donald Trump, the Prime Minister of Jay Di Wans and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. The company announced its refusal to cooperate with the US Armed Forces on its Facebook page.

There was an arrest from the Eagle S tanker, writes the Finnish edition of Yle with reference to the police, there are no obstacles to the ship’s exit from territorial waters. The border service monitors his movement. The arrest was lifted on February 28, the Helsinki police department said. According to the central criminal investigation, the investigative actions on the ship are completed and there are no grounds for further detention. However, part of the crew remains under investigation.

The three-time Olympic freestyle wrestling champion Buvaisar Saitiev died at the 49th year of his life. This was reported by TASS with reference to the president of the Russian Federation of Russia Mikhail Mamiashvili. The official cause of death has not yet been disclosed, but Shot writes that on March 2, Saitiev was hospitalized in one of the Moscow hospitals with a suspicion of poisoning. According to BAZA, the official cause of death is cardiac arrest.

US President Donald Trump announced plans to create a cryptocurrency reserve in his social network Truth Social. He promised to do everything possible so that the United States would become a global cryptostostol. At the same time, Trump referred to his decree on digital assets, published on the White House website on January 23, but the reserves are not mentioned in this decree. Initially, Trump said that the crypto -cutter will include Ripple (XRP), Solana (SOL) and Cardano (ADA) tokens.

In the Sakhalin region, in a antenatal clinic, mules of embryos are shown to women planning to terminate pregnancy. Embrion dolls were handed over to the doctors of the anti-abortion movement of the Union of Orthodox Women.

The authorities of Great Britain expressed support to Ukraine after a scandal in the White House.

Russia, China “and other opponents of the United States” instructed its intelligence services to intensify the recruitment of American civil servants, who were recently fired by order of the US Presidential Administration or who may lose their jobs. This was reported by CNN with reference to four sources familiar with the recent American intelligence data, as well as a document of the US Navy criminal investigations.

In the Kursk region, priest Vladimir Boyarsky, rector of the church of the Archangel Michael in the village of Lyustyan, Bolsesoldatsky district, was deprived of the dignity of Metropolitan of the Kursk and Rylsky German. This was reported on the temple page in "Odnoklassniki".

The Lunar Blue Ghost module of the American company Firefly Aerospace sat on the moon in the sea of ​​crises on the visible side. The Blue Ghost M1 mission is part of the NASA Artemis program and the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, which delivers lunar research equipment. It is expected that scientific devices will function for one lunar day, which is about 14 earthly days, before the cold lunar night, when their food is exhausted.

Books The Insider 2 march 2025 Freedom Letters published the book “I - Deserter” by journalist Irina Novik. Her heroes are those who were supposed to fight with weapons in their hands against Ukraine, but managed to get out, escape from the front and survive. The author, through its detailed conversations with the heroes, spoke about war crimes, ridiculous victims, and the mockery of their own soldiers and executions of Ukrainian prisoners.

According to WCAX, Vance's visit caused a wave of indignation due to the policy of the administration Donald Trump. The reason for the protests was also the recent dispute of the Vice President with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the oval office of the White House. “I am a federal employee, I saw how the eleven of our federal civil servants were illegally dismissed.