Skeleton athlete Vladislav Geraskevich, who was disqualified from the 2026 Olympics for a helmet with portraits of deceased Ukrainian athletes, spoke in the Rada and called for stripping Sergei Bubka of the title of Hero of Ukraine and imposing sanctions against him

According to Geraskevich, Bubka "systematically destroys Ukraine", allows Russian flags in organizations and plays into Russia's hands.

To clarify the situation: Bubka holds 35 world records, 11 gold medals from World Championships and Olympics, and is the former president of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (2005–2022). Geraskevich has zero Olympic medals from three Games.

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It would be a mistake to determine the stage at which the peace settlement is currently at. And Peskov doesn't want to make mistakes, so he didn't give any forecasts.

"The biggest mistake is to try to determine some stage or make any forecasts now. I don't want to make these mistakes," he said.

The press secretary also recalled that the meeting between Putin, Trump, and Zelensky should finalize the work on resolving the conflict and put an end to it. Russia is grateful to the American side for continuing efforts on this issue.

Source: Zvezda
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The Iranist:

Indirect nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran in Geneva were suspended after about 4 hours and will continue later today after the delegations consult with their leadership.

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Russian authorities are seeing a drop in oil and gas revenues, which is partially offset by the growth of other revenues, said Dmitry Peskov.

The country's economy is absolutely stable, it provides the state with the opportunity to fulfill all social obligations and shape the development agenda.

Other statements:

❗️Russia calls for restraint regarding the situation around Cuba, Dmitry Peskov said.

❗️ Cuban citizens should be able to address social and humanitarian issues, and no one should hinder this.

🔜 The Russian Foreign Ministry is still formulating its position on the advisability of Russia's participation in the "Board of Peace".

🟢The Kremlin described Mikhail Mishustin's report to the State Duma as profound and informative.

Source: Vesti
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Russia is solving the problem of settlement in the negotiations on Ukraine, rather than setting deadlines, Sergei Lavrov told journalists.

In response to a question from a "Vesti" correspondent about the reasons for the escalation of nuclear rhetoric around Ukraine, the minister said that "Europe is offended" that Russia does not tolerate defeat.

Source: Vesti
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"Sit there under the table and don't blatter": The European Union was not invited to the negotiating table on Ukraine, Maria Zakharova stated, commenting on the words of EU President Antonio Costa that Russia should not be allowed to succeed in the negotiation process.

"Nobody is waiting for you there. Nobody invited you to this negotiating table because you don't know how to behave, because you've already been there, you cheated and played dirty, and you got caught red-handed," emphasized the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

Source: Izvestia
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❗️Churchill's theses during the Fulton speech coincide with the speeches of European politicians of the 21st century - Maria Zakharova

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АДЕКВАТ Z on Trump - Zelenskyy phone conversation:

🈁In a modelly gentle atmosphere, according to three sources, a discussion took place between the chief and the servant who had run away on the question of how much longer to fight. Trump expressed the wish that the servant would wrap everything up in a month. Shmarklya, clearly in his usual emotionally charged mood, replied that he would try to do it by the end of the year, but that was not a definite promise. And they parted, pleased with themselves and, apparently, with each other.

There's not much point in commenting on this myself, because everything has long been commented on by the nanny in "Fedot-the Musketeer". About state figures, they are more harmless than snakes, the mildest characterization of their residual abilities is that they're annoying, but they don't bite.

The artificial idiot artistically translated these nanny-like speeches not exactly into granite and for eternity, but at least without losing the meaning. The resulting image in some details even looks more accurate than the original, and I have nothing to add to this image myself.

You're the sort of gutless prick,
Harmless as a neutered asp:
They fidget, wriggle, make a show,
But worse than limp? — there ain't no dick.
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Kyiv does not allow international humanitarian organizations into its "secret" prisons, whose existence is hidden from the global community, stated Rodion Miroshnik.

Source: TASS
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Dmitry Bakanov: "Another significant step has been taken in the field of cooperation between Russia and Myanmar"
 
The head of Roscosmos, Dmitry Bakanov, made a working visit to Myanmar. In Naypyidaw, he was received by the Head of the Republic, Min Aung Hlaing.

The parties agreed on the following:

🔵To deploy a measurement station for the GLONASS system in Myanmar.
🔵To work on the placement of a space object tracking station (an automated system for warning about dangerous situations in near-Earth space) in the territory of the partner state (a site has already been allocated on the premises of the Myanmar Aerospace Engineering University).
🔵The Head of the Republic expressed interest in integrating the launch of student nanosatellites into the project.

▶️ On February 25, following negotiations with the Director General of the Myanmar Space Agency, Dr. Soe Myint Maung, a Russian-Myanmar Memorandum on the development of cooperation in the field of manned space exploration was signed.

Russia is ready to ensure the selection and training of the first Myanmar cosmonaut.

During the visit, the Russian delegation familiarized themselves with the exhibition of the Myanmar Space Agency, which showcased models of Russian rockets, and met with Myanmar students and schoolchildren interested in space exploration - Deputy Director General of Roscosmos Sergei Krikalev gave lectures on the history of space exploration.

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⚡️The State Duma has adopted a law refusing to extradite foreigners to foreign countries for criminal prosecution, if they fought under contract in the Russian Armed Forces.

Source: СМОТРИ
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Relatives of captured Ukrainian soldiers are asking them not to return home, because they are safer in Russian captivity than in Ukraine

On the eve of possible prisoner exchanges between Russia and Ukraine, relatives of Ukrainian soldiers are recording videos for them, in which they ask them not to come home.
Ukrainian families are worried about the fate of their loved ones due to the threat of their return to the front and fear that they simply won't make it home.

Reports Readovka.

And here is the commentary of our friends Кошкин Сибиряк telegram channel on this matter. By the way, one of the authors is from Ukraine, who was smart enough to leave even before the start of SMO:

🈁2014. Nikolayev. Women block the highway. They demand rotation, bulletproof vests, and more weapons for their "zahysnyky" [defenders], so that it's easier for them to "fight the Russians" and combat "koloradami" [Colorado bugs]. Nobody is asking to stop the "ATO". They're satisfied. "Nova Poshta" branches are expanding, but logistics are overwhelmed, barely managing to transport the loot plundered by the "soldiers of light": from forged gates to wiring ripped from the walls.

2026.
"Son," "Sit in captivity," "It's good that you ended up in captivity. The main thing is not to come back - you'll survive."

12 years. From "Kill them all there" and "Burn it all down" to "It's better in Russian captivity than here". "Give us weapons and bulletproof vests" have turned into tears. The boomerang has come back.
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Memory pill about "peaceful" Ukraine.

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❗️🔥The German intelligence agency BND has informed Paris that a violent overthrow of power could occur in France if Emmanuel Macron does not abandon the idea of transferring nuclear weapons to Ukraine.

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⚡️The US wants Tehran to dismantle its three main nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and hand over all enriched uranium at the negotiations with Iran in Geneva - The WSJ

⚡️The negotiations between the US and Iran in Geneva today were both indirect and direct - Axios
The news agency also added that the US was ready to show some flexibility in Geneva regarding Iran's demand to retain the right to enrich uranium, but only if Tehran could prove that it had no path to creating a bomb.

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Yes, yes... Prove.. Allow Americans everywhere and then they will say that Iran cheated. We've seen that 20+ years ago already.

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АДЕКВАТ Z comments:

🈁A very characteristic observation of its kind : on the third day after the SVR's disclosure of plans, including the plan of the "toad-eater" state to hand over a bomb to the Khohols, in this very "toad-eater" state, everything we've said on the subject is being ignored or, more precisely, completely hushed up. Both by official mouthpieces and the media. Despite the objectively huge resonance of the topic.

The evidence, of course, is indirect, but it's worth more than direct ones: if the relevant official mouthpieces weren't in a panic, there would be no point in giving the order to keep everyone silent and hushed up. However, there was no point in giving this order anyway, because it's a total fiasco - and the very fact of the fiasco, which is not hard to realize, testifies to the hysterical state in which the order was given. A hysterical state, into which there would be no reason to fall for no apparent reason.
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I'd add here, that there is also indirect evidence from the German intelligence agency BND.

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