The International Doping Agency has confirmed that trimetazidine was found in the doping test of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva.. The athlete passed the test back in December, before the Beijing Olympics. RUSADA allowed the Russian woman to compete at the Games. The International Olympic Committee is appealing this decision to the Sports Arbitration Court.
Political advisers to Normandy Four leaders meet in Berlin, it lasted almost 9 hours. Dmitry Kozak, deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, said that the negotiations failed to overcome the differences on the Minsk agreements, and laid the blame on Kiev. The Ukrainian delegation claims that all parties have confirmed the need to implement the Minsk agreements. More about the meeting
State Department urges Americans to leave Ukraine immediately. US President Joe Biden refused to send the military to help with the evacuation. According to him, “if the Americans and Russians start shooting at each other, there will be a world war.”
The European Union intends to include Russia in the gray list of countries for tax purposes, Vedomosti reports. The dissatisfaction of the EU was caused by special administrative regions (the so-called “Russian offshores”). The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation is already in talks with the EU to resolve the differences.
Russians issued a record number of credit cards in 2021 — 12.6 million in the amount of 963 billion rubles, according to Equifax credit bureau. Over the past five years, credit card issuance has grown by 92% in terms of quantity and by 163% in terms of money.
“United Russia” found that in its mobilization base, consisting of about 25 million people, only 40% are loyal to the government. According to Kommersant’s sources, by 2024 there should be 30 million real supporters of the party and President Vladimir Putin in the database.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba compared Russia’s demands for security guarantees with a loaded revolver placed on the table. In his opinion, in order to strengthen security in Europe, it is necessary to strengthen the existing blocks – for example, the European Union and NATO, as well as develop a “stun gun” of sanctions, including anti-Russian ones.
On February 12, the government intends to discuss with manufacturers and consumers of Russian electronics the risks of a ban on deliveries to the Russian Federation photolithographic installations needed to start the production of microcircuits, learned “Kommersant”. It will be about adjusting measures to support manufacturers, as well as the prospects for import substitution in the segment of laptops and servers.
In Kamchatka, an An-2 private light aircraft crashed with two passengers, both died. The ICR opened a case under Part 3 of Art. 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (violation of traffic safety rules and transport operation). What caused the incident is unknown.
About the upcoming events on February 11 – in the announcements of “Kommersant”.