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* Protests in Russia. In Russia, on Saturday, about 3.5 thousand people were arrested during mass actions in dozens of cities in support of the detained Kremlin critic Alexei Navalna. protesters, riot police clashed with protesters in Moscow. The St. Petersburg prosecutor’s office launched an investigation into possible acts of violence by law enforcement officers. The United States and other Western countries have condemned the detention of peaceful protesters and journalists, while Russia has accused the United States of interfering in the country’s internal affairs.
Campaigns in support of A. Navalnas were also carried out in Vilnius, Tallinn and some other cities. The leaders of the Baltic countries called on the EU to impose sanctions on those responsible for the arrests. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda called the actions of the Russian authorities “a return to the Stalin era”, and Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis claimed that this showed the weakening of the regime. EU foreign ministers intend to discuss the situation in Russia on Monday.
* Action in Minsk. The militia reportedly arrested about 100 people during protests by opposition supporters in Minsk on Saturday.
Coronavirus situation:
* 1774 new cases of coronavirus were detected in Lithuania on Saturday and Sunday, 48 more people died. In total, nearly 15,000 were surveyed over the weekend. samples. The COVID-19 vaccine has already been vaccinated in Lithuania. 39 people, 8997 people in both doses. Vaccination rates have slowed: 253 people have been vaccinated with the first dose and 9 with the second.
* Almost 1,5 thousand patients are treated in Lithuanian hospitals. COVID-19 patients, 166 of whom were in resuscitation. In addition, 1,085 patients are supplied with oxygen and 104 people are given artificial lung ventilation.
* The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca has announced that reduced production capacity will have to limit the supply of the COVID-19 vaccine to Europe, which has caused outrage in EU countries. The company informed Lithuania that it would supply only a fifth of the promised quantity of vaccine in the first quarter. President Gitanas Nausėda says this will not affect Lithuania’s goal of vaccinating 70 percent. population in midsummer.
* Representatives of the State Drug Control Agency reported that several dozen adverse reactions have been reported since the start of vaccination with COVID-19, mainly with the second dose. The European Medicines Agency is investigating deaths after vaccination, but says the data does not allow it to be linked to the vaccine.
* In France, new border controls came into force on Sunday, adopted by the authorities to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus infection and prevent a third national quarantine.
* UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reported that a new strain of coronavirus, first detected in Britain, is not only more contagious, but also leads to higher mortality among those infected.
* General Miguel Angel Villarroya, Chief of the Spanish Defense Staff, resigns after a scandal in Spain about officials and politicians who in turn have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
* The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection worldwide has exceeded 98.7 million since the start of the pandemic, and the number of COVID-19 victims has risen to 2.12 million.
* The crisis of the Social Democrats. Following the resignation of Gintautas Paluckas, a member of the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party, following criticism from the parties, the party council should decide before noon on Monday whether to appoint MEP Vilija Blinkevičiūtė as interim president. Elections for the new leader are scheduled for April.
* Death of the legend. Television legend Larry King, who has spoken to world leaders, movie stars and ordinary people on his shows for half a century, died in Los Angeles on Saturday in the United States.
* Short lined. The impeachment against former US President Donald Trump will begin in the Senate the second week of February, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said.
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