russia, the results of russian parliamentary elections, no recognition of legitimacy of state dumas has been elected. something very painfulfor putin. the world was discussing alexei navalny s poisoning. there was a request of 55 countries, led by great britain, in the 0pcw, the chemical weapons organisation, targeting russia, threatening sanctions, asking questions about navalny s poisoning. there was a lot of buzz around alexei navalny s new trial and his persecution, and also persecution of independent ngos and independent media in russia. that s all gone.