In the Kazakh city of Atyrau, a high school English teacher, Zhadyra Muratova, attempted suicide after her colleague, a Kazakh language teacher, accused her of fraud during a teachers' meeting. Orda.kz reports this. According to the publication, at the teachers' meeting, employees of school No. 37 planned to discuss the behavior and performance of students, but the Kazakh language teacher said that an unnamed man allegedly came to her and gave her incriminating information about Muratova.

In 2025, students born during the second term of Vladimir Putin's presidency will graduate from schools, a period characterized by the nationalization of the economy and the rollback of reforms, pressure on the media and freedom of speech.

Russian online cinemas cut out a scene from the Canadian comedy “The Nature of Love,” in which the main character calls the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, “beloved dictator.” The author of the telegram channel “Commandant of the Cinema Fortress,” Timur Aliev, drew attention to this. Also, scenes mentioning homosexuality and drugs were cut from the Russian version of the film. In one scene of the film, the main characters are walking through the forest, discussing the dictatorship.

An unnamed Australian woman has had her marriage annulled after discovering that a fake wedding ceremony she attended to help her husband increase his Instagram following was actually real. The BBC and The Guardian write about this. According to the BBC, the woman's partner was a "social media influencer" whom she met through an online platform in September 2023. At that time, the woman was about 25 years old, and the man was about 35. I am finishing school and want to leave Russia.

The Vilnius District Court sentenced eight Lithuanian military personnel in the case of the theft of 1,176 boxes of dry rations, the value of which is 121 thousand euros. The rations were intended for military personnel of a US Army battalion stationed in Lithuania. This was reported by the Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT). The Lithuanian Defense Minister considers the presence of the American military necessary against the background of the risk of military aggression from Russia.

The Norwegian government plans to oblige developers to equip new buildings with bomb shelters in case of war. This idea was put forward by the country's Minister of Justice and Public Security, Emily Mehl, broadcaster NRK reports . According to NRK, this practice existed in Norway until 1998. After this, no bomb shelters were built in the country. “There is more and more uncertainty around us.

Meta and Amazon announced the end of their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. This was reported by the BBC and CNN .

In 2023, American companies that continued to operate in Russia after the start of the war in Ukraine paid the country $1.2 billion in taxes. This makes the United States the largest foreign taxpayer, Newsweek reports , citing a study by the B4Ukraine group and the Kiev School of Economics (KSE). According to the publication, in 2023 the total revenue of American companies in Russia amounted to $30.5 billion. Moreover, in pre-war 2021 its volume amounted to $50 billion.

A decade ago, the Internet was freer and memes were funnier, or at least more durable. Many of them are still widely heard, and some have become so popular that they have long been used in speech without any connection to Internet communication. We remember the memes that are celebrating their anniversary this year and talk about their fate - what happened to their authors and heroes. Feel old with “Cold”. 2025 is the anniversary year for many legendary memes.

A nuclear reactor was launched on the Russian heavy nuclear missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov. The ship has been under repair since 1999, its reconstruction has not yet been completed. TASS reports this with reference to an unnamed source in the military-industrial complex. According to the agency, the planned launch of the reactor was carried out in December last year. The TASS source added that specialists also completed demagnetization of the vessel.

British actor Jude Law will play the role of Vladimir Putin in the political thriller by French director Olivier Assayas “The Kremlin Wizard”. Deadline reports this. According to the publication, Lowe's role will be secondary. He will play Putin at the beginning of his political career. “I say this hesitantly because I haven’t really started working on the role yet.

American scientists conducted a first-of-its-kind study and found that people who were exposed to PFAS at an early age were less likely to graduate from college and earn less in the future. The Guardian reports this. According to the publication, scientists compared earnings, college graduation rates, and birth weights of two groups of children: the first included those who grew up near military installations where firefighter training grounds were located.