Interstate relations

Kadyrov made his statement after the businessman challenged Vladimir Putin to a «duel» on March 14, in which Ukraine would be the stake.

The politician was sure that a high concentration of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine was required for negotiations.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian side may consider the Swedish version of the demilitarization of Ukraine as a compromise.

The Council of Europe has begun to lose its meaning, because recently it has devoted itself to criticizing the Russian Federation and putting pressure on it, said State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.

Russia has imposed personal sanctions against US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, putting them on a stop list prohibiting entry into the Russian Federation.

Under the sanctions, the economy of the Russian capital and the country as a whole will be aimed at import substitution and job preservation.

The Ministry of Economic Development has prepared a draft resolution temporarily prohibiting the export of a number of foreign-made goods from Russia.

Only Kazakhstani scientists work in the Central Reference Laboratory in Alma-Ata, built with the support of the United States, Deputy Prime Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Mukhtar Tleuberdi said.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan did not come as a revelation to Moscow, Zakharova said.

The list of countries unfriendly to Russia is not final, it may change.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the ban on the import of Russian oil and gas to the United States, which was introduced by President Joe Biden.

The West is to blame for the deaths in Ukraine, refusing to close the sky over the country and help Kiev with planes, said Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky answered the question about the possibility of recognizing the Russian ownership of Crimea.

US intelligence has called Russia the country's main future rival in the field of weapons of mass destruction.

The special demilitarization operation can end at any moment, provided that Kyiv complies with Moscow's conditions.