In Primorsk, Leningrad Region, a military memorial in memory of 102 Finnish soldiers buried here during the Soviet-Finnish and World War II was completely destroyed, IltaSanomat reported. The monument was hastily dismantled immediately after Vladimir Putin's words about the "multinationality of the occupying forces", which he uttered on the anniversary of the breaking of the blockade of Leningrad on January 18. Details.

The United States and Germany on Wednesday announced a decision to send dozens of tanks to Ukraine. Taking into account deliveries from other countries, Kyiv will receive a total of more than 150 cars. This is half of the number that, according to Ukrainian military estimates, the country needs for a large-scale offensive planned for spring. Details. According to Joe Biden's statement, the United States will send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has declared admissible two complaints from Ukraine and one from the Netherlands concerning the events in Donbas, including the downing of flight MH-17 in 2014. This will affect thousands of other complaints filed against Russia. Details. The decision demonstrates that the ECHR believes that Russia can be held accountable for violations in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions since 2014, writes Reuters.

Students who came on Wednesday to meet with Putin went through a week-long quarantine before talking to the president. Two of them told the Agency about this. Quote. “We had a week-long quarantine – after all, the president. Well, I must say, they served the highest level: they fed, watered, they answered any, so to speak, our whims. They took PCR tests, of course. They also donated blood twice for antibodies, as I understand it, this is also important.

Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with students on Wednesday, promised, as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Moscow State University named after M.V. Lomonosov to attend the celebration of the 270th anniversary of the university in 2025. In order to keep his promise, Putin will have to remain in power in two years, since the board of trustees of Moscow State University includes officials and businessmen close to power. Quote.

Russia is trying to put pressure on the supply of military aid to Ukraine through strategic offensive arms (START) talks with the United States, Republican Mike Rogers, chairman of the US House of Representatives Committee on Armed Forces, told the Financial Times. Quote. “Russia is trying to use START III (a treaty on further reduction of strategic offensive arms, signed in 2010, was extended for five years in 2021 - approx.

Actor Nikita Kukushkin said that he was offered a contract, which included a ban on media comments on what was happening in Ukraine. He stated this in an interview with journalist Ekaterina Gordeeva. Quote. “Recently I abandoned one project - it was written right there in the contract: “DNR, LNR - do not speak, Ukraine - do not speak.” At the time of filming in the media and a year after, ”says Kukushkin.

Veterinarian Dmitry Karavaychik, who was sentenced to 17 years for trafficking in amphetamines and was released after serving in the Wagner PMC in Ukraine, said he decided to return to fight. Quote. “To work further in the PMC. Improve, learn new types of combat, new weapons. So everything is still ahead of me, I’m only 39, ”said Karavaichik about his plans in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda.

Officials of the presidential administration will begin to publish income declarations "in a generalized form," Vedomosti writes, citing sources. The basis is the decree of Vladimir Putin of December 29. Commenting on it, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in December that the decree applies only to those who are in Ukraine. Details. Vedomosti writes that not only the Kremlin, but also the government may refuse to publish declarations.

The number of burials in the cemetery in the village of Baku Krasnodar Territory, in which the fighters of the “PMC Wagner” are buried, has grown seven times in the last two months. This is evidenced by satellite pictures published by The New York Times. Details. The satellite image made on January 24 shows about 170 burials in the cemetery. On November 24, the grave picture was seven times less, writes Nyt.