Vladimir Putin, in his message to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, accused the West: “It was they who started the war. And we used force and are using it to stop it!”
Yevgeny Prigozhin said that the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defense is seeking to destroy the Wagner PMC and equated this to treason. According to him, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov prohibited helping PMCs with transport, ammunition and even sapper shovels.

It’s rude to go so far with a former president. This is how Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko addressed former Georgian colleague Mikhail Saakashvili. It doesn’t look good from the point of view that it was the president after all. Therefore, to come to such a degree as it turns out now is simply indecent», - said Lukashenko

Crimean Tatar political prisoners Timur Yalkabov and Eldar Kantimirov were placed in Dimitrovgrad prison in Ulyanovsk region. This is reported by «Crimean solidarity». 

Hasbik (Hasbullah Mohammedov) is recognized as a dollar millionaire. Forbes estimated that in the last three years Dagestan blogger of small growth made 2.2 million dollars. 

The Government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in Exile, together with representatives of the Vainakh diaspora in Europe, will hold events on 25 February on the forced deportation of Chechens and Ingush.

The Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov dedicated his new video, published on YouTube tonight, almost three months after the mysterious disappearance, to the sudden death of the coach of the sons of the Chechen President, the former vice-premier of the Republic’s Abdul-KarahKerima Edilova in late December 2022. and mocked on the health of Ramzan Kadyrov.

The Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case against a military doctor who refused to participate in hostilities in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden arrived in Kyiv. The Pentagon announced the allocation of another $460 million to help Ukraine.

Today supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili went to the Georgian Government Chancellery building for a protest rally. They again demanded the release of the ex-president of the country and his release for treatment abroad.

More than 30 people were detained in Ingushetia, North Ossetia and Moscow for theft in the Pension Fund. The damage is estimated at 2 billion rubles.