Two residents of Chukotka, who fled by boat to St. Lawrence Island (Alaska), spent three months in the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center, were released and will soon be eligible to work in the US. Sergey and Maxim (surnames are not disclosed for security reasons) told The Economist about this. Details. The Russians landed in the town of Gambell in October, after which they were detained.

Washington and Berlin decided to send M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal report on the dispatch of American tanks. About sending German - Spiegel magazine and Reuters. Details. The Joe Biden administration is about to announce that it will send M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine, sources told Bloomberg.

Even with a ceiling on Russian oil and a $300 billion freeze on Central Bank reserves, Vladimir Putin still has enough money left to wage war in Ukraine for several more years, according to Bloomberg calculations. Details. According to the agency's model, with the Urals oil price at the current level of about $50, Russia can cover the budget deficit with its available yuan reserves for another three years.

The United States and its allies have been urging Ukraine's leadership in recent weeks to shift focus from fighting for Bakhmut in the Donetsk region to preparing an offensive in the country's south, CNN reported, citing US and Ukrainian officials. Details. Bakhmut, according to Western officials, is not of great strategic importance for Ukraine, and it can reduce its losses in this direction.

Muscovites began to complain in social networks of calls from unknown numbers. Calring warns about the return of the pardoned fighters of the Wagner PMC to the capital. The Agency found 11 similar cases and talked with several of those who received such calls. Details. Everyone who called, judging by their profiles on social networks, lived or live in the metropolitan region.

Yevgeny Prigozhin used a network of undocumented companies to circumvent sanctions, according to a Financial Times investigation based on an analysis of corporate records, leaked correspondence and documents. Details. To circumvent the sanctions, Prigozhin in 2018 used the services of the Russian law firm Capital Legal Services (CLS), which coordinated the actions of shell companies.

The Caesar fighter with the call sign, who calls himself a representative of the Warming on the side of Ukraine “Legion of Freedom of Russia”, was associated with the Russian right-wing nationalist organization “Imperial Legion” in the early 2010s, and the agency’s analysis showed. This organization is the combat wing of the Russian Imperial Movement (RID), declared by the United States with a terrorist organization.

After six months of service in the Wagner PMC in Ukraine, Alexander Tyutin, a St. Petersburg businessman, was released from the colony, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2021 for ordering the murder of four people. According to 47news, after his release, he flew to Turkey. Details. According to 47news, 65-year-old Tyutin was recruited in early July in a Karelian colony. Six months later, he returned to St. Petersburg, and on January 17, the man flew to Turkish Antalya.

The Joe Biden administration has expressed concern to Beijing that Chinese state-owned companies may be helping Russia in the war in Ukraine, Bloomberg writes, citing sources familiar with the negotiations. Details. The White House is still trying to find out whether the Chinese authorities know about the participation of state-owned companies in helping Russia, writes Bloomberg.

People leaving Russia by car may be required to reserve the date and time of crossing the border in advance. An amendment on this to the draft law proposed by the government was introduced by the head of the State Duma Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development Yevgeny Moskvichev, most of whose initiatives in recent years have been adopted. Details. The amendments will affect both cargo carriers and individuals.