President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko thanked Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the support provided to the republic in the "difficult time of sanctions."

Almost half of Ukrainians (45.1%) consider Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy the disappointment of the year.

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation from the Crimean region Mikhail Sheremet said that he considered it expedient to consider the issue of returning the death penalty in the country.

Over the past day, 21 119 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Russia. The total number of infected since the beginning of the pandemic in the country was 10,458,271.