The conductor of the Russian Railways train, which was traveling from Yekaterinburg to St. Petersburg, threw out a cat named Twix, who was traveling on a ticket with an accompanying person. This happened on January 11, writes NGS.ru. Fontanka notes that Twix was traveling to St. Petersburg with the owner’s stepfather. While he was sleeping, the cat got out of the carrier and began to walk around the carriage.

Russia is preparing for a large-scale offensive in Ukraine in the summer of 2024. this with reference to unnamed Ukrainian officials The Financial Times reports . The publication's interlocutors believe that Russia will try to seize the remaining parts of the four Ukrainian regions, the annexation of which was announced by the Russian authorities - Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. Officials also do not rule out attempts to capture Kharkov and even Kyiv.

Timber truck driver Ruslan Zinin was found guilty under articles of a terrorist act (clause “c” of Part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code), storage (Part 1 of Article 222 of the Criminal Code) and manufacturing (Part 1 of Article 223 of the Criminal Code) of weapons for shooting at the military registration and enlistment office of the city of Ust-Ilimsk, Irkutsk areas. He was sentenced to 19 years in prison, reports the Solidarity Zone .

The court sent the president of the Uzbek community, Usman Baratov, to pre-trial detention on charges of inciting hatred. This was reported by the Moscow Investigative Committee. Baratov did not admit his guilt during interrogation. Several forensic examinations were ordered in the criminal case, including linguistic and computer-technical examinations. On January 16, a post appeared on Baratov’s Odnoklassniki page in which he discussed the situation with eggs in Russia.

The prosecution requested 28 years in prison for Daria Trepova. The prosecutor requested for Daria Trepova, accused of murdering the war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, a sentence of 28 years in a general regime colony and an 800 thousand ruble fine, as well as restriction of freedom for two years, “Paper” reports from the courtroom.

A state of emergency has been declared in Novosibirsk due to heating problems. This was announced by local governor Andrei Travnikov. It's about 20 degrees below zero in the city right now. “Unfortunately, in the zone of the accident in the heat supply system of the Leninsky district, events are developing according to a bad scenario. While filling the system, a new pipeline defect was discovered on Petropavlovskaya Street.

The Baymaksky District Court ordered administrative arrest for nine participants in the rally in support of convicted activist Fail Alsynov. This was reported by the joint press service of the courts of the Republic of Bashkortostan. They were found guilty of disobeying the order of a police officer (Part 1 of Article 19.3 of the Administrative Code) and sentenced to administrative arrest for a period of 8 to 15 days. Ufa1 published a list of those arrested.

In Ufa, on the square near the monument to Salavat Yulaev, a rally is taking place in support of the convicted activist and defender of Mount Kushtau, Fail Alsynov. Several hundred people gathered there, reports . the telegram channel “NeMoskva Says” Security forces detained a girl with the inscription on her back “Kara Halyk”, which is translated from the Bashkir language as black or common people. This was reported by Sotavision.

The government has approved a migration policy plan that includes mandatory consular registration for Russians living abroad. about this RBC writes with reference to the document. Officials plan to introduce this standard by June 20, 2025. The responsible department is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The killer was free with the help of Wagner PMCs. He wanted to fight further, and then fell in love and his wife forbade him In January 2023, Kholod told the story of Stanislav Bogdanov, a 35-year-old Novgorod, who received 23 years in a colony for the brutal murder of a judge, went to fight in Ukraine as part of Vagner PMCs and returned without a leg. The sister of the deceased judge learned that the killer of her brother at large, from a video where Bogdanov was talking with Evgeny Prigozhin.

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Khakassia sentenced 61-year-old civilian pilot Igor Pokusin to eight years and one month in prison. He was found guilty of “preparing for treason in the form of going over to the enemy’s side,” reports First Department. A pensioner who has prostheses instead of two joints and a stent in his heart will serve his sentence in a maximum security colony.

The governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz , reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces tried to attack the oil depot in Klintsy. “An aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicle was suppressed by electronic warfare equipment of the Ministry of Defense. When an air target was destroyed, ammunition was dropped onto the territory of the Klintsov oil depot,” he wrote in his Telegram channel. After this, a fire started. According to Bogomaz, no one was injured.

The defense ministers of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania signed an agreement to create a single line of defense on the border with Russia and Belarus. This is stated on the website of the Estonian Ministry of Defense. Department officials clarified that we are talking about the construction of hundreds of bunkers.

The Bundestag has passed a law making it easier for foreigners to obtain citizenship. Now you can apply for a German passport not after eight, but after five years of living in the country. With “special achievements” this can be done in three years, writes Süddeutsche Zeitung. Germany also allowed not to renounce a second citizenship when acquiring a German one.