Putin: Biden Better for Russia Than Trump, ‘More Predictable’

"Russian President Vladimir Putin said President Joe Biden would be better for Russia than Donald Trump, calling him “old school” and “predictable.”

Putin expressed his feelings about Biden during an interview with broadcaster Rossiya 1 TV.
“[Biden] is a more experienced, predictable person. He is a politician of the old school. But we will work with any leader of the United States, who is trusted by the American people,” Putin said." Breitbart

Russians using phosphorus bombs in battle for Avdiivka

"The Russian army is using phosphorus munitions in the battle for Avdiivka, setting fuel oil tanks at a coke plant on fire." Ukrin

Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Dies In Jail

"Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in a maximum-security prison in the country's far north, the Interfax news service reported Friday, citing the Federal Penitentiary Service.

47 year old Navalny, a major critic of President Vladimir Putin, vanished in December from a prison in the Vladimir region where he was serving a three-decade term for extremism and fraud charges that he had called political payback for his anti-Kremlin stance a decade ago. He had no expectations of getting out of jail as long as Putin was in power.
He later emerged in a remote Arctic prison camp, ending nearly three weeks in which his whereabouts were unknown, after he was moved from a prison outside Moscow." ZH