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Russian Senator Pushkov: NATO does not intend to fight for Ukraine millions of refugees in the event of a Russian invasion. In his Telegram channel, he called this an attempt to intimidate the West. This is a statement by the minister, which he made to an article for the American media. According to him, in the event of a full-scale conflict, three to five million refugees will pour into Europe, which will become a “major problem” for the European Union. The senator believes that NATO does not intend to fight for Ukraine. According to him, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made this clear, recalling that Ukraine is a partner, but not a member of the alliance. “This means that Article 5 of the Washington Treaty is inapplicable to her, and the alliance has no obligation to defend Ukraine. Therefore, its Ministry of Defense is trying to intimidate the West at

Vladimir Putin: Polish border guards add herbicides to water to disperse migrants Red Cross and Red Crescent ”Francesco Roccoy said that Polish border guards add herbicides to the water used to disperse migrants on the border with Belarus. This is reported by TASS. “Well, you cannot water people not only with water, but also mix herbicides and pesticides into this water in order to cause burns and other serious consequences for these migrants, including , in women and young children, ”the Russian leader said. Putin added that “this does not at all fit with the principles of humane treatment of migrants.” The Russian President urged Rokka to pay attention to Poland's behavior in the situation with migrants. “How many people have already died at the border. Buried there already. They are buried there almost every day. Well, this is just a disaster, “he said. During the same conversation, Vladimir Putin

The head of the Munich conference Ischinger said that it was too late to stop Nord Stream 2 Handelsblatt said that the time has passed for the shutdown of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Ischinger added that the project remains a problem not only with regard to Ukraine, but also in relations between Germany and the United States. When asked if the project's suspension by the FRG would make life easier for American leader Joe Biden, Ischinger replied: “Yes, but for this [stopping] it is obviously too late now.” According to the head of the Munich conference, even if Berlin decides to abandon coal after leaving nuclear energy after 2030, Germany's gas demand will not decrease in the medium term. Of course, we should not depend on the American domestic politics, but we must ensure that our politics in America continues to be properly understood and taken seriously Wolfgang

VTsIOM: every fifth Russian associates the USSR with stability and faith in a bright future Russians have listed the main associations with the Soviet Union. Every fifth inhabitant has positive memories of this period, the VTsIOM poll showed. So, 21 percent of Russians said that they associate the USSR with such concepts as belief in a bright future, stability, calmness or confidence in tomorrow. More often than others, servicemen and people with higher education, as well as Russians 45-59 years old (28 percent) and over 60 years old (23 percent) spoke about this. 11 percent associate the USSR with their own childhood and adolescence, or with the youth of the parents. These answers are more popular among older and middle-aged people, and are more common among women than among men. Only 1 percent of Russians associate the USSR with repressions and the GULAG, and 5 percent with deficits and queues.

Columnist Daniel Goure invited the US to place a large army near the Russian borders Security expert Daniel Goure suggested the US to place the borders of Russia a large army to gain an overwhelming advantage. He wrote about this in his article for 19Fortyfive. Gur believes that the United States should move its army headquarters from Germany to Poland, stationing it in Warsaw, and also send a heavy armored corps there to be there on permanent basis. The author of the article also suggested equipping Poland with the latest American weapons and adapting its troops for joint operations with the United States. According to the observer, the United States needs to strengthen NATO's eastern flank in advance due to the lack of sufficient capacity to transport people by sea during war. So, in all the front-line NATO states, it is necessary to deploy significant military forces and long-range artillery