Interstate relations

Ensuring legitimacy was named as the main task.

According to the State Minister, these states also conduct information operations and participate in it «in many different ways».

The corresponding appeal was made on the eve of the plenary session of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party of the DPRK.

The US State Department has allowed its consular officers not to conduct face-to-face interviews with applicants for certain types of work nonimmigrant visas.

Kiev's statements about its desire to de-escalate the situation in Donbass sound false, the authorities are sabotaging the Minsk agreements, said Maria Zakharova.

The Russian side will not tolerate any preconditions imposed by the United States to further formalise the security guarantees offered by Russia.

Before discussing a face-to-face meeting between Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, it is necessary to understand what the US and EU response will be to the draft security guarantee agreement that Russia sent them in December.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has held a telephone conversation with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in which he assessed the actions of the Ukrainian authorities.

Western countries, outwardly admitting that they could not stop the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project, moved to a different kind of action.

Ukraine has additional transit capacities, but Gazprom does not want to use them, Kiev said.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) has contacted the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over possible objections to the 2022 World Short Course Swimming Championships in Kazan, which are due to start immediately after the ban on organising major competitions in Russia expires.

A US congressional delegation has visited Kiev to discuss the situation on the border with Russia.

Relations between Moscow and Washington resemble those of the Cold War, with the US continuing to perceive Russia as an "evil empire".

New sanctions against Russia over the situation around Ukraine should be aimed at the countries' immediate leaders.

The detainee faces life imprisonment.