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Police officers identify possible accomplices of the accused.

A special operation is being carried out in the city of Dnipro, the Interior Ministry reported.

The court should dismiss Ukraine's and the Netherlands' complaints in the case of the crash of Malaysian plane MH17 in Donbass in 2014.

Bulgaria does not want the presence of American forces on its territory, but is ready to receive the French military.

Russia should support the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics by sending certain types of weapons there. Such an appeal was made by the first Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak.

The Polish NGO WOT Foundation was involved in organising forums and seminars with Russian activists and journalists.

The Italian government has called on the country's company management to refuse to participate in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will have to be held in a videoconference format.

The Ukrainian authorities may be hatching plans to resolve the conflict in the southeast of the country by force.

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin are perceived by citizens as sanctions against the people, commenting on the statement by US President Joe Biden about the possibility of imposing sanctions against the Russian president.

The Russian concern Gazprom refused to change the terms of the contract with Moldova for the supply of gas and warned about the termination of supplies in case of non-payment. Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spynu called such actions "unfriendly".

US President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as well as leaders of several European countries, the European Union and NATO have discussed developments in the situation around Ukraine, including sanctions against Russia in case the conflict escalates.

Members of the foreign policy committees of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party have called on the government to impose economic sanctions on Russia if it "invades" Ukraine.

Head of Chechnya called human rights activist Kalyapin and journalist Milashina terrorists.

The increase in those infected with coronavirus over the past day amounted to almost 50 thousand in Russia.

The Omicron coronavirus strain has already been recorded in 55 regions of Russia. This was announced on Thursday, January 20, by the operational headquarters for combating coronavirus infection.