Veteran Russian nationalist politician had been hospitalized since early February due to Covid-19 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the long-serving firebrand leader of Russia’s parliamentary opposition LDPR party, died on Wednesday in Moscow, aged 75. He had spent over two months in hospital, suffering with coronavirus.
){kind=link}
Russia won’t be seeking gas payments from “unfriendly states” in rubles immediately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, noting that the switch is likely to be a “gradual process.”
){kind=link}
Washington will continue to help Kiev on the battlefield by supplying it with anti-tank missile systems The US announced on Tuesday that it will send additional anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine. The country will supply Kiev with an additional $100 million worth of anti-armor systems, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
){kind=link}