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He stressed that esports games are Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO), Dota 2, League of Legends — belong to private companies, so this is a «purely commercial story».

It was announced by the publisher Warner Bros. Games and developer TT Games.

Turkey plans to organize negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on the Minsk agreements, which should take place in Istanbul.

Former NATO Secretary General George Robertson said that Vladimir Putin, during one of the meetings of the Russia-NATO Council, joked in such a way that it horrified the Polish delegation.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that there is no difference between a small and full-fledged "invasion" of Russia.

On Thursday, January 20, First Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lower House of Parliament Oleksiy Chepa commented on the statement of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

Due to the fact that Russia continues to accumulate its troops near the Ukrainian border, in Poland they started talking about the need to be ready for the invasion of the Russian Federation.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace wrote in an op-ed for The Times that he revealed the "true intentions" of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Embassy of Kazakhstan in the United Arab Emirates did not confirm media reports that the former president of the republic, Nursultan Nazarbayev, is in the kingdom.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said that the EU plans to launch a mission to train officers for the Ukrainian army.

The United States wants to draw Russia into the war in Ukraine, for this they will try to disrupt negotiations with the Russian side on security guarantees.

Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance Jens Stoltenberg called the meeting of the NATO-Russia Council "a difficult but important discussion."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is pursuing too aggressive tactics towards Western states. This was announced by the ex-Minister of Finance Alexander Danilyuk.

According to Dmitry Kuleba, the West made it clear to Russia that "it does not have the right to vote" on the issue of Ukraine's entry into the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO).

The military in Alma-Ata opened fire on the instigators of the riots and cars in the Republic Square. This is reported by TASS with reference to eyewitnesses.