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Explained: How life is inside Lefortovo prison where US reporter Evan Gershkovich is being held
•Inside Lefortovo prison, inmates are not permitted to see or speak with anyone other than their assigned cellmate. The FSB security service designed the detention facility, which has housed a long list of high-profile figures, to keep detainees in near-total isolation
'His duty to report': Evan Gershkovich, the dedicated US journalist imprisoned in Russia
•Evan Gershkovich is being held in Moscow's notorious Lefortovo Prison — the first foreign journalist arrested on spy charges since the Soviet era. He risks 20 years in jail with Russia accusing him of trying to obtain classified defence information for the US government
No weapons exports to parties in Ukraine conflict, says China
Fp Staff •China's foreign minister Qin Gang reiterated China’s willingness to help facilitate negotiations to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict and said all parties should remain “objective and calm.”
Hungary pulls out of Russia linked IIB, one day after US sanctions
Fp Staff •Under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who had strong connections with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the Ukraine conflict, the IIB relocated its headquarters to Budapest in 2019
Xi departs Russia but fails to achieve breakthrough in Ukraine conflict
•The talks failed to achieve a breakthrough in the Ukraine conflict, reported CNN
‘A new era’: 5 key takeaways from Vladimir Putin-Xi Jinping summit
•Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for dialogue, while Russian president Vladimir Putin praised China's peace initiative for Ukraine and said it could form the basis of any future settlement if both Kyiv and the West are ready for it
WATCH: Ukrainian tank uses Pakistan Army ammunition against Russian forces
Ajeyo Basu •A video has gone viral on social media, showing what is being claimed to be a tank crew of the Ukrainian army using 122mm artillery shells supplied by Pakistan during combat against Russian forces
G20: Ukraine conflict is affecting the Global South, says Jaishankar
•"The bulk of issues, we were able to get an outcome document. There was a chair summary because there were differences on the Ukraine issue which could not reconcile various parties who held differing positions," EAM said.
India’s G20 Presidency comes at ‘incredibly important time’: UK Foreign Secretary Cleverly
•Cleverly will travel to New Delhi next week for the G20 Foreign Ministers meeting and engage with partners from across the globe.
Russia expels Austrian diplomats in tit-for-tat move: ministry
•The foreign ministry said the expulsion of its diplomats had been an "unfriendly and unjustified step" and that four employees of Austria's embassy in Russia were "declared persona non grata" and given until February 23 to leave the country.