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The West uses the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, as a pawn in its interests. This was announced on March 1 by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Bashar Jaafari.

Kazakhstan calls on Russia and Ukraine to find a common language at the negotiating table and is ready to become a mediator for this.

The volume of cash in circulation in Russia for February 25 increased by a record 1.39 trillion rubles.

If Georgia joins the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West, it will damage the national interests of official Tbilisi. This was stated by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, RIA Novosti reports.

Russian tourists who cannot leave European countries that have closed the airspace for Russian aircraft are going to be returned home by transit through third countries.

A referendum on amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic was held in Belarus. 65.16% of Belarusians voted for this step, and 10.07% voted against it.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on the indexation of military pensions by 8.6 percent. The document is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

The Federated States of Micronesia announced the severance of diplomatic relations with Russia due to the situation in Ukraine.

The military leadership of Ukraine was warned about the possibility of hostilities, but did not take any steps. This was stated by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko.

State Duma Speaker Maria Butina stressed that, in general, she agrees with Trump about his statements about Putin's genius in relation to the Donbass.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the statements of UN Secretary General António Guterres on the situation in Ukraine do not correspond to his status and powers under the Charter of the World Organization.

China always opposes illegal unilateral sanctions, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said.

Russian Minister of Health Mikhail Murashko said that two strains of coronavirus, omicron and delta, are circulating in Russia, their ratio is 1 to 2.

The losses from the water blockade of Crimea by Ukraine on the peninsula were estimated at 150 billion rubles.