The United States and European Union are expected to take coordinated action against Russia as soon as March 2 over the nerve-agent poisoning and imprisonment of opposition leader Aleksei Navalny.
The Pentagon has announced a $125 million military aid package for Ukraine that includes two armed patrol boats to help the country defend its territorial waters.
Slovakia has received its first shipment of 200,000 Sputnik V doses, the second European Union member state to obtain the Russian-made coronavirus vaccine.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee says it has registered 329 nominees for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, including Belarusian opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya as well as Russian anti-corruption campaigner and Kremlin foe Aleksei Navalny.