⚡️ Lavrov: Moscow ready for second round of talks with Kiev but Ukrainian side playing for time in line with US instructions

⚡️ Russia will not allow Ukraine to acquire nuclear weapons, Lavrov says

⚡️ Russian foreign minister: West refused to fulfill Russian demands on formation of new European security architecture

⚡️⚡️ Lavrov: Third world war would be nuclear and destructive

⚡️ Russia was ready for sanctions but did not expect them to target athletes, journalists, representatives of cultural sector – FM Lavrov

❗️ Kremlin on whether Nord Stream 2 is 'dead': Infrastructure ready to operate

The infrastructure of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is ready to operate, it will not disappear, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"As for the death of this project, the infrastructure is ready, technically, technologically, logistically, and so on, this infrastructure will be in place, it will not go anywhere. Common sense and economic feasibility clearly indicate the need to launch this facility as soon as possible," Peskov told reporters.

Current hysteria makes it impossible to launch the pipeline, it is difficult to make forecasts now, the spokesman said but expressed hope that over time, a sober assessment of the situation will replace the hysteria.

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⚡️ German chancellor says along with his Israeli counterpart in favor of earliest possible resumption of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine

⚡️ Nord Stream 2 does not confirm media reports that it began bankruptcy proceedings

"The company only informed local authorities about the forced termination of contracts with personnel due to US sanctions imposed on Nord Stream 2 AG", the firm stated.

The report about bankruptcy was initially made by Swiss broadcaster SRF.

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⚡️ Germany, NATO, other countries do not plan military intervention in connection with events in Ukraine - German chancellor

⚡️⚡️ Rossiya Segodnya considers Google Discover, Google News restrictions of its resources 'censorship'

⚡️ NATO expansion threatens global stability, may lead to new arms race – Syrian foreign minister

❗️ China will not join sanctions against Russia, banking authority says

China will not join the unilateral sanctions against Russia, and will continue to maintain normal financial cooperation with all parties, Guo Shuqing, the head of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Committee (CBIRC), said on Wednesday.

"We will not join such [unilateral] sanctions, and we will continue to maintain normal trade, economic and financial ties with the relevant parties," the official said at a press conference.

According to him, the impact of anti-Russian sanctions on the Chinese economy is not very obvious at the moment but it will not be significant in the future.

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❗️ Kremlin offers to help Yad Vashem officials willing to visit mass graves sites in Donbass

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⚡️ Russian ambassador to London says severing relations with UK is possible

❗️ Johnson, Zelensky agree on need to continue sanctions against Russia - Downing Street

❗️ Rossiya Segodnya says Meta has disabled all its resources' apps

⚡️ Zelensky’s office says 2nd round of negotiations with Russia will take place on Wednesday evening, delegations’ composition will be the same

⚡️⚡️ EU switches off seven Russian banks from SWIFT

VTB, Rossiya, Otkritie, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank, Sovcombank, and VEB are among those excluded.

⚡️⚡️ EU bans work of Sputnik news sites, broadcasting of RT TV channel in the community from 2 March

The ban comes as the Rossiya Segodnya media group, which includes the Sputnik news agency, said that Google News and Google Discover have restricted access to the group's resources online, calling the move a case of "censorship".

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The first foreign mercenaries have arrived in Ukraine to take part in the hostilities against Russian troops - Vice published an interview with a former British military air defence specialist and showed a video of him passing through a checkpoint in western Ukraine