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Alcohol consumption will not help protect against infection with coronavirus of a new type, said the official representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tarik Yazarevich RIA Novosti. The use of strong alcohol or any type of alcohol is not an effective measure to prevent COVID-2019 infection, he said. Yazarevich added that currently the most effective method for disease prevention is personal hygiene and ventilation of premises. According to the news agency, previously the adviser to WHO Ayru Longini did not rule out the possible infection of coronavirus of a new type by about two thirds of the population of planet Earth in the most disadvantaged scenario. In his opinion, strict quarantine measures in China were taken too late, and the virus was able to penetrate from the PRC to other states. ...

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his party Servant of the People will not consolidate the special status of Donbass in the Constitution of Ukraine, First Deputy Head of the faction Servant of the People Alexander Kornienko said, Interfax-Ukraine said on February 13. "Our position and that of President Vladimir Zelensky is a special status in the Constitution, he said. The MP noted that in both versions of the law on decentralization, there is no mention of the special status of Donbass. We are waiting for a foreign policy signal from the president, Kornienko said. According to the news agency, earlier in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that the April summit of leaders of the Normandy Four countries may fail due to Ukraine's failure to comply with the decisions of the previous meeting in Paris, which took place in late 2019. Read also: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation: Normandy summit in April may fail ...

Moscow adheres to the Russian-Turkish agreements reached in Sochi, Russian President Dmitry Peskov's spokesman told reporters on February 12, commenting on the statement of Turkish President Reg Taip Erdoğan. Peskov recalled that, within the framework of the Sochi agreements, Turkey had undertaken to neutralize terrorist groups in the province of Idlib. However, militants continue to target the SAR army and Russian military targets in Syria, the spokesman said. He added that this went against the agreements. On February 12, Turkish President Rekeep Taip Erdoğan accused Russia and Syria...

The Montenegrin Electronic Media Agency reported that several broadcasts of Serbian TV channels Pink M and TV Happy had been suspended for three months. These are Dobro jutro Srbijo, Čirilica, Posle ručka, Novo jutro. The reason for this decision was the propaganda of hatred, intolerance and discrimination against people of Montenegrin nationality in these broadcasts, the CDM portal reports. Considering that this is a violation of the standards to which Montenegro and Serbia are committed, the agency concluded that the content of the programmes encourages hatred, intolerance and discrimination against members of Montenegrin nationality. They used derogatory, offensive expressions that generate strong negative emotions, express hostility or desire for discrimination, and humiliate Montenegrins by denying their nationality, the agency said in a statement. ...

Two Lebanese soldiers were killed and three others wounded while chasing a stolen car in the northeast of the country, Xinhua reported, citing national media. The incident took place in the town of Hermel, where Lebanese Army personnel were involved in the search for the stolen vehicle. Five soldiers were wounded in the shooting from a car being pursued by soldiers, two of them dead. The gunman criminal was eliminated by retaliatory fire. The driver is arrested. The attack on the Lebanese army was confirmed by Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab.