The day before, Vladimir Putin at the Council of Ministers awarded the first title of Hero of Russia and spoke about cash payments to the families of the dead and wounded. The delegations of Russia and Ukraine held a second round of negotiations, during which they reached an agreement on humanitarian corridors for the population to leave and a possible temporary cease-fire. Major brands and companies continue to withdraw from the Russian market. The U.S. and Britain imposed sanctions on Russian businessmen and their families.
5:03. Rammstein singer Till Lindemann announced the cancellation of concerts in Novosibirsk and Moscow.
4:47. Reuters: Google has suspended the sale of contextual advertising on its platforms, including YouTube, in Russia.
4:14. No threat of radiation spread has been detected, the radiation background at Zaporizhzhya NPP has not changed, said plant press service spokesman Andrei Tuz.
4:01. Panama Canal Authority ruled out possible closure of passage to Russian ships.
3:54. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany has begun buying gas bypassing Russia, but also receives Russian energy supplies.
3:36. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a temporary housing program for Ukrainian citizens.
3:16. Zaporizhzhya NPP press service spokesman Andrei Tuz said that there was a fire on the territory of the plant.
2:56. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz believes that former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder should resign from his positions in Russian state companies.
2:37. Czech government approves $731,000 worth of arms and ammunition donated to Ukraine.
2:07. Users in Russia complain about problems with access to the websites of Meduza (included in the registry of foreign agents), the BBC Russian Service, Radio Liberty (included in the registry of foreign agents) and Deutsche Welle.
1:42. Facebook users in Russia complain about problems in the work of the social network.
1:40. Ukraine has restricted calls from local mobile numbers to Russia, the country’s Gospezsvyaz said.
1:36. U.S. authorities grant the status of “temporarily protected persons” to Ukrainians in the country for 18 months.
1:15. About 20 thousand Russian tourists being abroad had problems to return home, said the head of Rostourism Zarina Doguzova. According to her, in most cases it is the countries of Latin America, where there are 19 thousand Russians. She specified that the problem arose because of the necessity to fly over the countries, which have closed their airspace for Russia. Tourists also stayed in Bulgaria, Portugal, and from there they were taken by humanitarian flights, which took time to be coordinated.
0:57. Russian diplomats are seeking explanations about the detention of the plane with Russians from the Canadian Foreign Ministry, where they do not yet have information, Russian Ambassador Oleg Stepanov told RIA Novosti.
0:40. A charter plane with Russians has been detained at an airport in northwest Canada, the head of Canada’s Ministry of Transport, Omar Algabra, said. He said the detention took place at Yellowknife Airport, but did not specify how many people were on board.
“We will continue to hold Russia accountable for the invasion of Ukraine,” the minister wrote on Twitter. He gave no other details.
According to the CBC television channel, there were two Russians on the plane, their names were not given. The airliner was detained on Tuesday, March 1. Its passengers planned to go to the village of Resolute, and from there – to leave on a cross-country vehicle for an Arctic expedition. Canadian authorities are investigating if the Russians have violated the flight ban. The plane will remain in Yellowknife until the inspection is completed.
0:30. S&P says it estimates that international sanctions have cut Russia’s available foreign exchange reserves by half.
0:24. RT America stops producing content.
0:12. S&P downgraded Russia’s credit rating from “BBB-” to “CCC-.”
0:07. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will hold a meeting Friday of the foreign ministers of member states with invited partners on the situation in Ukraine.
0:05. A bill on responsibility for spreading fakes will be considered by the State Duma on Friday, House Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday summarized the results of the first week of the “special military operation” in Ukraine: everything is going “in strict accordance with the schedule, according to plan,” and “all the set tasks are successfully solved.” At the same time, he ordered to order additional payments to the wounded soldiers and bereaved families (according to the Defense Ministry, there are 1,597 and 498 warriors, respectively). The Russian president also had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, after which Paris said: “The worst is yet to come. Against this background, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky once again called on Vladimir Putin for direct negotiations
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