russia's central bank. moscow says it has met its obligation to pay $117 million in interest on its dollar—denominated bonds. the payment means that, for now, russia has managed to avoid defaulting on its foreign debt. arnold schwarzenegger has called for an end to a "senseless war" in ukraine in a video appeal to russians and russian troops, using russian subtitiles. he warned them not to fall into the same trap as his father, who fought for the nazis, as he said that broke his father's will, physically and mentally. the austrian—born bodybuilder said the world's turned against russia. as a long—term friend of the russian people i hope that you will hear what i have to say. it is a humanitarian crisis. because of its brutality, russia is now isolated from the society of nations. you are not being told the truth about the consequences of this war on russia itself. i regret to tell you that thousands of russian soldiers that have been killed. you can reach me on twitter —