Events

US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US had not received official information about Russia's retaliatory sanctions.

More than 500 thousand residents of Donbass have received Russian citizenship under a simplified scheme.

The Ukrainian military told how the Armed Forces of Ukraine plan to act in the event of a war with Russia.

The head of the US diplomatic mission in Russia, John Sullivan, will meet in America with the staff of the new US administration and will soon return to Moscow.

Czech Foreign Minister Jan Hamacek plans to appeal to partners in the European Union and NATO with a request to expel Russian diplomats.

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer questioned the use of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

The Belarusian parliament, against the background of preventing an attempted rebellion in the republic, calls on the international community to refuse to support the forces that are destabilizing the situation in the country.

Chadian President Idris Deby died of front-line injuries in clashes with insurgents.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for medical assistance to the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In India, the furnaces of local crematoria began to melt. This is due to the amount of corpses being burned.

The District Court of The Hague does not plan to issue sentences to the defendants in the case of the crash of the Malaysian Boieng 777, flight MH17, in the Donetsk region until the end of 2021.

Easter in Orthodox Greece is celebrated on May 2 this year. The Resurrection of Christ in Greece this year will take place two hours earlier - at 22.00 local time.

In May 2021, two ships of the British Navy, separated from the Royal Navy's carrier strike group in the Mediterranean, will go to the Black Sea through the Bosphorus.

Individuals working in the UK on behalf of foreign governments will be required to register their presence in the kingdom under the new law to protect the nation from hostile states such as China and Russia.

The heirs of Elizabeth II, Prince Charles and Prince William, will hold negotiations during which the fate of the British monarchy will be decided.