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Almost half of Ukrainians (45.1%) consider Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the disappointment of the year.

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet said that he considered it expedient to consider the issue of returning the death penalty in the country.

Over the past day, 21 119 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia. The total number of infected since the beginning of the pandemic in the country was 10,458,271.

Technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of the new omicron coronavirus strain have been worked out, said the head of the Ministry of Health Mikhail Murashko.

The ties that have survived since the times of the USSR play a role, this allows the CIS countries to pass through the difficult times of the pandemic better than some, says Vladimir Putin.

Public figure Chris Elston from Canada addressed Vladimir Putin via Twitter and thanked him for his advocacy of traditional values.

Russia does not intend to initiate a military operation against Ukraine, but has the right to promptly use its armed forces to protect Russian citizens abroad in the event of an attack on them.

The suspect uploaded a confession video to one of the social networks at 8:06 a.m. — 24 minutes before he was arrested on the territory of the monarch's residence.

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.

Russia is taking certain actions to move its troops on the territory of the country, and no one can dispute this sovereign right. This was stated by the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.

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.

All NATO exercises in Ukraine are anti-Russian, said Alexei Polishchuk, director of the Second Department of CIS Countries of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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.