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State Duma deputy Sultan Khamzaev supported the initiative to expel surrogate alcohol dealers from Russia and deprive them of their citizenship.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that the country receives weapons from Western countries solely for defensive purposes.

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to strengthen the Russian world and make it attractive to the rest of the world.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin is certainly concerned about the likely sanctions from the United States.

About 80% of COVID-19 cases in Moscow and St. Petersburg are caused by the Omicron strain, sequencing data show.

Violation of human rights in Ukraine has become systemic. This was announced on February 1 by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The increase in the incidence of COVID-19 in Russia will continue for some time, the peak will come by mid-February.

Diplomats of the United States and other countries in Belarus are not in danger. This was announced on Tuesday, February 1, by the press secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Anatoly Glaz.

The possibility of provocations in the Donbass by the Ukrainian Armed Forces cannot be ruled out, but at present there are no signs of them.

The EU is discussing the possibility of excluding Russia from the SWIFT international bank payment system and completely putting a halt on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Moscow launches an invasion of Ukraine.

The Arctic Expeditionary Force and a detachment of Russian Northern Fleet warships practised anti-submarine tasks in the Norwegian Sea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss international issues in Beijing. This was announced on January 28, by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.

Russia does not rule out that someone would like to provoke Kiev to war, but Moscow does not want it, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

A criminal case against 11 people has been sent to the Supreme Court of Bashkiria.

The Russian Ilnur N. is suspected of passing materials on the development of the European Ariane launch vehicle to Russian intelligence.