While Russian President Vladimir Putin mocked the Ukrainian army’s “chaotic escape” from Avdiyivka, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army, General Valery Gerasimov, visited troops engaged in military operations in Ukraine and decorated soldiers who distinguished themselves in the battle that brought victory to Moscow. a month before the president. elections in the Russian Federation. The United States says it will adopt a package of “major sanctions” against Moscow this week following the death in prison of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the White House announced.

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07:43 The head of the Russian General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov, visited the troops participating in the hostilities in Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, state media reported, Reuters noted.

At the command post, Gerasimov presented awards to servicemen who distinguished themselves in Avdiivka, RIA reports.

07:28 Donald Trump on Tuesday compared his problems with American justice to political persecution and compared his fate to that of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, who died in prison last week, AFP noted.

05:43 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed on Friday in a prison north of the Arctic Circle. Blame games are useless when a political prisoner dies, writes Garry Kasparov in an editorial for The Wall Street Journal.

There are no natural causes in the Gulag, there are no accidents in the Gulag. This is a crime committed by a dictatorship, as obvious as if Vladimir Putin himself pulled the trigger.

A brief retelling of the last events of the war:

• Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian army to advance deep into Ukraine after the “absolute success” near Avdiivka
• “Dead Navalny may be even more dangerous for Putin”, interview with historian Armand Gauchu
• The United States will adopt a package of “major sanctions” against Moscow on Friday following the death in prison of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the White House announced on Tuesday.
• Sweden announces record military aid to Ukraine in the amount of more than 600 million euros
• Putin says he is “categorically against” nuclear weapons in space
• Bulgarian journalist Kristo Grozev, who coordinated the investigations that in 2020 identified a group of assassins put on the trail of Alexei Navalny by the FSB, says he rules out only one possibility for his death: that it was a surprise to the Kremlin.
• Putin ridicules the “chaotic escape” of the Ukrainian army from Avdiivka
• Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, who has been criticized since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine for his ties to Vladimir Putin’s party, has been called for order after controversial claims about the death of Oleksii Navalny.
• Spain: the mystery surrounding the death of a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine on an Mi-8 helicopter

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