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The EU is discussing the possibility of excluding Russia from the SWIFT international bank payment system and completely putting a halt on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if Moscow launches an invasion of Ukraine.

The Arctic Expeditionary Force and a detachment of Russian Northern Fleet warships practised anti-submarine tasks in the Norwegian Sea.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will discuss international issues in Beijing. This was announced on January 28, by the press secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov.

Russia does not rule out that someone would like to provoke Kiev to war, but Moscow does not want it, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

A criminal case against 11 people has been sent to the Supreme Court of Bashkiria.

The Russian Ilnur N. is suspected of passing materials on the development of the European Ariane launch vehicle to Russian intelligence.

Police officers identify possible accomplices of the accused.

A special operation is being carried out in the city of Dnipro, the Interior Ministry reported.

The court should dismiss Ukraine's and the Netherlands' complaints in the case of the crash of Malaysian plane MH17 in Donbass in 2014.

Bulgaria does not want the presence of American forces on its territory, but is ready to receive the French military.

Russia should support the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics by sending certain types of weapons there. Such an appeal was made by the first Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Andrei Turchak.

The Polish NGO WOT Foundation was involved in organising forums and seminars with Russian activists and journalists.

The Italian government has called on the country's company management to refuse to participate in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which will have to be held in a videoconference format.

The Ukrainian authorities may be hatching plans to resolve the conflict in the southeast of the country by force.

Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin said that sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin are perceived by citizens as sanctions against the people, commenting on the statement by US President Joe Biden about the possibility of imposing sanctions against the Russian president.