The Ministry of Finance of Karelia came up with a challenge called “February without spending.” The agency suggested that Russians save on everything except food and utility bills. Residents of Karelia greeted the initiative with irritation, reports 7x7. According to officials, saving can be turned into a game if priorities and goals are set correctly.

Today this seems incredible, but in the 2000s the “lesbian” duet tATu (“Tatu”) was very popular in Russia - the soloists kissed right on the stage of the Kremlin. And although it quickly became clear that they were not real lesbians, their legend captivated the whole world. Now abroad the songs “Tatu” are again at the peak of popularity, but the singers already have little to do with this. They perform in annexed Crimea and censor their compositions so that they are not banned.

The Russian company Neiry Group has implanted chips in the brains of pigeons and says it has created the first “biological drone” that can be controlled remotely. However, the team's achievements may be significantly exaggerated, reports T-Invariant. Chinese scientists have accumulated the greatest experience in experiments on creating “biodrons”. They also learned to make the bird fly up and turn left and right on command.

The kidnapper of 9-year-old Pasha was detained in Pskov. 38-year-old Pyotr Zhilkin has already admitted to killing the boy. The criminal indicated to the investigative authorities the place where he drowned the child, the press service of the Investigative Committee of Russia reported. At the moment, as Fontanka notes , the investigative team has gone to the indicated place to find the boy’s body.

The early warning system recorded the coincidence of several factors pointing to the start of a banking crisis in the country. True, economists add that this crisis is so far “moderate”, as follows from the report of the Center for Macroeconomic Analysis and Short-Term Forecasting (CMAF). For the past five months, the TsMAKP analysis system has predicted the occurrence of an economic recession in Russia.

In order to reduce the flow of tourists, the city authorities of Rome decided to introduce a fee for throwing coins into the Trevi Fountain. This measure should also help fill the budget spent on preserving the famous monument, Reuters reports . Now the time for visiting the fountain will be limited. On weekdays, tourists will be allowed to approach the monument from 11:30 to 22:00. And on weekends - from 9:00 to 22:00 on weekends.

The eldest son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway, Marius Borg Heiby, was arrested in Norway. He is suspected of causing bodily harm, threatening with a knife and violating a ban on visiting. Trondheim 24 reported this. Police asked the royal family member to remain in custody for four weeks due to the risk of further crimes, department spokesman Andreas Kruszewski said. Habie's lawyer, Ellen Andenas, confirmed her client's arrest without disclosing where it happened.

Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg allegedly has access to all personal data of WhatsApp users, Telegram creator Pavel Durov said on social network X. He published a screenshot of correspondence that dates back to 2004. In it, 19-year-old Zuckerberg tells an unnamed college friend that he can send him the data of the four thousand Harvard students who managed to register on the Facebook platform launched that year.

From February 4, new security measures will take effect in the Moscow metro. Thus, in addition to those already available, passengers of the capital’s metro will begin to have their phones selectively searched, the press service of the Moscow Metro told the Moscow City News Agency. At the same time, the department’s press service did not explain how the search would be carried out and who exactly would conduct it—police officers or metro security officers.

A hospital in the French city of Toulouse was evacuated due to a World War I shell that surgeons removed from a patient's anus. This was reported by Le Figaro. The man went to the emergency department of Rangei Hospital with complaints of pain in the rectum on the night of January 31 to February 1, the material says. He said that he inserted an object into his anus, but did not specify which one. The patient underwent emergency surgery.

Five people, including four minors, were killed in an accident in the Rybinsk municipal district of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the telegram channel. The accident occurred on the 965th kilometer of the federal highway R-255 “Siberia”. The Iveco truck was transporting a modular house and was heading from Kansk to Krasnoyarsk.

The third episode of the series “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” a prequel to “Game of Thrones” from HBO, again surprised viewers with an unusual beginning. This time the episode opens with a scene of a horse defecating. The network is drawing attention to the fact that the creators of the series seem to be deliberately using a technique that has already become a reason for discussions and memes. Each of the three released episodes begins with a deliberately physiological scene.

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg found Orthodox blogger and participant in the war with Ukraine Claud Rommel guilty of raping a minor. The man was sentenced to 15 years of strict regime, reports the joint press service of the courts of St. Petersburg. Rommel, 33, was detained in 2024 after he returned from the front with a shrapnel wound to his leg.

Five people were arrested in Germany in connection with the illegal supply of Western technologies to Russia in circumvention of EU sanctions. Among them are German citizens, including those with Russian and Ukrainian citizenship. The Financial Times writes about this with reference to German law enforcement agencies.

Ruth Lowes, who lives in London, quit her job, could not find a new source of income and tried several “simple” part-time jobs that were recommended to her on social networks. However, what brought her happiness was not selling photos to stock repositories and trying to create her own store, but looking after other people's cats. Lowes told her story to The Guardian. She and her partner love cats, but cannot have them in their apartment - the terms of the lease interfere.