Alexander Bortnikov, a 28-year-old deputy of the municipal council of the Nekrasovsky rural settlement, suspected of organizing a drug laboratory, was detained in the Yaroslavl region. This is reported by "76.ru".

Mercenaries from Poland arrived on the territory of Donbass controlled by Kiev. This was stated by the People's Militia Department of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic.

The unification of most of the post-Soviet space into a close union with an emphasis on collective security and economic integration is inevitable in the next 15 years, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said in an interview for the YouTube channel "Solovyov Live".

The Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) "Energia" (part of "Roscosmos") has patented a method that allows a spacecraft to reach the International Space Station (ISS) in about two hours, the head of the corporation's ballistics department, Rafail Murtazin, told TASS.

Romania is not interested in Kiev's policy and will not participate in a military conflict with the Russian Federation. This was announced on February 6 by Romanian Defense Minister Bogdan Aurescu, the Bucharest television channel "Prima TV" reports.

Far-right Japanese organizations are holding protests on February 7 on the "Day of the Northern Territories" — this is how the southern islands of the Kuril Ridge are called in the country.