In the Republic of Kalmykia, a member state of the Russian Federation, a meeting of the Congress of the Airat-Kalmyk People, the national representative body of the Kalmyks, took place.

The top state secret of the Russian Federation is a number of bodies of Russian soldiers kicking around the Ukrainian fields and forests, streets and villages. That is to say, the number of killed “liberators” is security restricted and undisclosed. 

Visa and Mastercard suspended its operation in Russia.

Volunteer fighters continue to arrive in Ukraine to fight against Russian aggression. There are many nations enslaved by Moscow among volunteer fighters in Ukraine, including Erzian people (Erzya is one of the most populous Finno-Ugric nations of the Russian Federation). 

The Kremlin is seriously concerned about the growing discontent among oligarchs and big businesses. Special services warn Putin about a possible conspiracy of oligarchs, whose condition is rapidly declining under the pressure of sanctions.

Significant shifts occur in the rhetoric of the self-proclaimed President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko.

Since Russia declared war against Ukraine, the Russian elite started moving their assets, including valuable paintings, to the United Arab Emirates.

The official propaganda continues to reassure the Russian population that “the sanctions will have a beneficial impact which will stimulate economic modernization and growth.” At the same time, even the pro-government media of Tatarstan, the richest republic of the Russian Federation, reveals the actual state of affairs.

Russian occupation forces have used at least 95% of their battalion tactical groups, has reported Oleksiy Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. A number of Russian mass media have reported about a great probability that Putin will announce general mobilization in the country this Friday.

Russian forces did not manage to capture Kharkiv, Chernigiv, Sumy, Poltava, Kyiv and other large cities of Ukraine. Having suffered serious losses, Russian could not gain a foothold in the cities. Instead, they have switched to rocket strikes on residential districts and bombarding of civilian infrastructure objects. Moscow bets on killing the large number of civilians in this way demoralizing the adversary.

The political and socio-economic situation in the Russian Federation is becoming worse. Unparalleled sanctions introduced not only for Russian political leadership but also for Russian business caused considerable damage to Russian economics. Frustration is also growing among the wealthiest individuals of the Federation and Tatarstan, which is famous for its will to save its sovereignty and Tatar identity.  

Today, on March 2, Ilnur Sibagatullin was buried in Nizhnekamsk. Tatarstan citizen died in the war in Ukraine, although Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov didn’t specify this in his condolences. Experts drew attention to the disproportionately large number of non-Slavic names among the dead soldiers and prisoners.

In Ulan-Ude (the Republic of Buryatia, RF), mother of a missing in captivity contractor Sergey Ochikrov went for an individual anti-war demonstration near Lenin’s monument with a poster “No to war”, journal “Baikal People” informs.

At least four citizens of Ingushetia have died in the course of Russian invasion in Ukraine. This announcement was made by the government press office. The information contradicts the data collected by the human right activists and journalists. Based on the data provided by the Fortanga publisher on their Telegram page, 10 Putin’s military men from Ingushetia were killed and 12 – were injured. Some relatives of the deceased military men confirmed this information to the media. According to Kavkaz.Realii, puppet military units of Ingushetia were shot dead by the weapon system Grad when they were asleep. 

The Armed Forces of Ukraine can make a preventive air strike on Belarus, the military ally of the Russian invader, supporting the invasion of Ukraine.