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The Turkish newspaper "Karar" wrote that 10 Russian regions are autonomous Turkic republics that do not have independence. Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria were among them.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Russia is conducting military exercises, as Ukraine is "pumped up with weapons."

Moscow will insist that NATO publicly announces its refusal to accept Kiev into its ranks.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss reiterates that Russia is allegedly preparing a "false flag operation" in Ukraine, while the minister does not provide any evidence.

David Arakhamia, head of the pro-presidential Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, said that there would be no "full-scale attack" by the Russian Federation on Ukraine in the near future.

Ukraine has banned entry for all male citizens of the Russian Federation of military age.

The District Administrative Court of Kiev will consider on Wednesday, February 16, the claim of the former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych about the illegality of his removal from power.

Two drafts on the recognition of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR) will be sent to the State Duma Council on Tuesday, February 15.

The Ministry of Culture has suspended discussion of the draft law on the foundations of traditional Russian values due to a wave of criticism.

The choice of Libyan parliamentarians should be respected. This was announced on February 14 by the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Maria Zakharova.

Remote registration of sick leave has led to the fact that some Russians lie about the coronavirus for a week's rest, said the Minister of Health of the Nizhny Novgorod region, David Melik-Huseynov.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will pay a visit to Ukraine on February 14. It is planned that he will meet with the country's president Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev.

The leaders of the Taliban movement* have transferred ten thousand militants to the provinces bordering Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan Ruslan Kazakbayev was summoned for questioning to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic.

The European Union plans to include Russia in the gray list of countries for tax purposes. State Duma deputy Chepa called this decision "frivolous".