New cars on the Russian market have risen in price by 1-5% since the beginning of the year. The price increase affected not only imported cars, but also Russian-made cars. Kommersant writes about this with reference to data from dealers and analysts.

18-year-old Volodar Murzin, who won the World Rapid Championship in New York last year, told the Championship publication that as a child the chess player and his sisters were beaten by his father. According to Murzin, his family “escaped” from his father and left Nizhny Tagil for Khimki near Moscow as soon as the opportunity arose. A chess player at the age of 11 was invited to Sergei Nesterov’s Prof Chess Club.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas called on Ukraine's allies to lower the price ceiling on Russian oil in order to deprive the Kremlin of revenue. She voiced this proposal after the introduction of one of the largest US sanctions against the Russian oil industry. The chief European diplomat is quoted by Bloomberg. Since December 2022, Russia has no right to sell its oil for more than $60 per barrel.

Volunteers discovered in a St. Petersburg hospital a military man from Chita, who was declared dead almost two months ago. After temporary memory loss, he was able to name the names of his relatives, reports the Chita newspaper “Vechorka”. In January, volunteers found Aleksey from Chita in the hospital, Bair Bazarzhapov, a representative of the Buryat Community of St.

Three officers from Lancashire Police in North West England have been charged over the suicide of Keena Dawes. A 23-year-old woman took her own life after police refused to accept her complaint against her partner, whom she accused of domestic violence. “Scythe” drew attention to the story. In the summer of 2022, Keena Dawes was hospitalized after being attacked by 30-year-old Ryan Wellings.

In two cities in the Saratov region, school classes were canceled due to an attack by Ukrainian drones. This was announced by the head of the region, Roman Busargin. “Classes in schools in Saratov and Engels today will be held remotely. Local government authorities, together with the relevant ministry, have been tasked with quickly conveying all information to parents,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.

The tourist flow from Russia to the Maldives set a historical record - in 2024, Russians made more than 225 thousand visits to the islands. The last record was recorded even before the start of the war in Ukraine. The Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR) writes about this with reference to calculations by the Maldives immigration service. Overall, more tourists visited the Maldives in 2024 than the year before.

Another submarine cable connecting Sweden, Lithuania, Germany and Finland has been damaged in the Baltic Sea. Swedish Minister of Civil Defense Karl-Oskar Bohlin announced this, as reported by SVT television. According to him, the incident is related to the Chinese bulk carrier Yi Peng 3. At the moment when the cable was damaged, the ship was reportedly at anchorage 160 kilometers from the coast.

In most parts of Russia, very warm weather is expected until the end of January. Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center, told RIA Novosti about this. “The temperature this January will certainly be very high, not record-breaking, but still high,” the forecaster said. Vilfand also noted that over the 12 days of January, the air in Moscow warmed up more than five degrees above normal.

Russian Roman Shogdzhiev became the youngest chess player in the world to achieve the first norm of an international master, reports the Chess.com portal. Shogjiev received his International Master score at the age of nine years, 10 months and seven days at the RadnickiChess IM tournament held in Belgrade. According to the chess player himself, he intends to receive the title of international master this year.

FSB officer Vladimir Feshchenko was found dead on January 13 in a building in the center of Moscow. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to security officials. “The body of Vladimir Feshchenko was discovered in a building in the center of Moscow . “Preliminarily, he was killed,” the agency’s interlocutor said. RBC, citing its own source who is familiar with the progress of the investigation, adds that Feshchenko served in the counterintelligence department of the FSB and was shot dead.

A patient died in a private clinic in the center of Moscow. The woman became ill during a cosmetic procedure, the capital's prosecutor's office reported . The security forces did not provide any other details. According to telegram channel 112, the patient died at the Titania clinic, which is located on Rubtsovskaya embankment. The publication’s anonymous interlocutor said that after one of the procedures, 40-year-old Maria developed an acute allergic reaction to the drug.

In the Dalnerechensky district of the Primorsky Territory, an Amur tiger attacked and killed a man. A message about this appeared in the telegram channel of the regional Ministry of Natural Resources. “On the morning of January 14, the hunting department received a message that a tiger attacked a person in the Dalnerechensky municipal district near the village of Zimniki. Hunting inspectors and police quickly moved to the scene.

The bilingualism of Ukraine, constant data leaks in Russia and the cessation of cooperation between the intelligence services of the two countries have led to the fact that Russians have become the main target of attacks by Ukrainian telephone scammers. Under these conditions, Ukraine has become the “world leader” in telephone fraud, writes The Economist magazine, citing the upcoming Mediazona investigation and sources in Ukrainian law enforcement agencies.

The authorities of Kazakhstan have established a limit on the validity period of payment cards issued by banks of the republic to foreigners. Russians issued Kazakh cards to pay for foreign services after the introduction of sanctions. This was reported by the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market. Now a card that was issued to a non-resident in Kazakhstan will be valid for a maximum of 12 months.