Новости за 19.02.2021

Previously, Moscow’s Lefortovo Court disclosed that Voronin was arrested until April 13; he is charged with treason and faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to 500,000 rubles

Lavrov pointed out that on the eve of Borrell’s visit, Russia had sent to European experts a draft statement on the Middle East settlement, as "both the Russian Federation and the European Union have almost identical positions" on the issue

He stressed that Russia is an Eurasian country and has "closest contacts with Europe"

According to the Russian top diplomat, Western countries "need the Ukrainian regime only for one thing - to keep on irritating Russia and find new pretexts for the Russophobic policy"

The head of the Russian International Affairs Council, Andrey Kortunov, believes that sanctions against one of the crucial sectors of the Russian economy, for instance, the energy industry or the financial system, would be the most unpleasant scenario, but at the same time the least probable one

The Court press service confirmed arrest of Voronin Demuri Ilyich until April 13, he faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to 500,000 rubles

On Friday, the IOC published a document, outlining conditions for Russia’s implementation of the December 17, 2020, Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) ruling in the wake of dispute between the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and its Russian counterpart (RUSADA)

Antonio Guterres repeated his call on G20 nations to establish an Emergency Task Force to prepare a global vaccination plan

Particular attention will be paid to financing of Russian projects in this region and to the political and diplomatic support, according to the Association of Economic Cooperation with African States

He stressed that this step would furnish the basis for the United States’ return to other international treaties it had quit under Trump

However, if presidential election took place next Sunday, Zelensky could potentially reach second round with 25.6% of votes, along with former president Pyotr Poroshenko, who enjoys support of 19.4% of respondents

Heavy snow fell in Crimea and the Krasnodar Region, including in the city of Sochi, located in the subtropical belt

As of 19:38 Moscow time, bitcoin accelerated growth to 5.8% and reached $54,612

Yevgeny Timakov, chief physician of the Leader of Medicine medical center and specialist in infectious diseases and vaccines, recalled that the virus was mutations and could soon be transmitted to people with low viral load

The diplomat confirmed that several EU countries had submitted initiatives to the Council of the European Union, calling on sanctions against Russia over human rights violations in the Navalny case

The Russian Interior Ministry’s Main Department for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region reported earlier on Friday that a knife-wielding man attacked a staffer of the Ukrainian consulate general located in Bonch-Bruyevich Street

The number of coronavirus-associated deaths amounts to 100,273, with 444 fatalities registered in the past 24 hours

The price gained 3.22% during the trading session on Friday

Tehran will use a variety of vaccines, including Russian, Indian and Chinese ones, said head of the presidential office, Mahmoud Vaezi

North Korean exports to Russia fell by 76.5% to $714,000

The parents were preparing documents to return to Russia before the incident happened

The emblem of the Russian Olympic Committee should include the colors of the Russian tricolor on a white background

The accused were taken into custody until their extradition to Belarus

The satellite will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and delivered into a highly elliptical orbit by a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket and a Fregat booster