Key Takeaways from the ISW : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov continued to explicitly blame the United States on February 10 for the lack of progress in ending Russia’s war against Ukraine and reinvoked the Spring 2022 Istanbul talks to justify Russia’s rejection of Ukraine receiving meaningful security guarantees. The Kremlin throttled Telegram on February 9 and 10 – a significant intensification of Russia’s three-year campaign to reassert control over the Russian information space.