Adviser for helping Putin come to power

Valentin Yumashev, the son-in-law of former Russian President Boris Yeltsin, who has helped President Vladimir Putin come to power, has resigned from the position of adviser in the Kremlin.

Yumashev was an unmarked adviser with limited influence in Putin's decision-making, but his departure removes one of the last links to Yelsin's rule within Putin's administration, Reuters reports,

Utti ordered his armed forces to attack Ukraine on February 24th in an invasion that NATO's military alliance says is an act of unjustified aggression and that Russia calls a special “x1> necessary to protect Russian-speaking people in eastern Ukraine.