An intrahospital infection that arose due to non-compliance with sanitary and epidemiological standards could have caused the death of ten newborns in maternity hospital No. 1 of Novokuznetsk, the Investigative Committee of Russia reports . The agency notes that during the inspection, Rospotrebnadzor discovered a bacterium in the maternity hospital that can cause pneumonia, bronchitis, otitis media and meningitis.

European Union countries are discussing the possibility of blocking all cryptocurrency transactions associated with Russia. Thus, the European Union plans to move from targeted bans to comprehensive ones, reports the Financial Times, citing an internal document of the European Commission. The publication notes that the Kremlin uses cryptocurrency to circumvent economic sanctions. Because of this, Brussels proposed to ban any interaction with Russian crypto services.

Photographer Dmitry Markov, thanks to whose Instagram hundreds of thousands of people discovered the beauty and melancholy of Russia outside the big cities, grew up in the atmosphere of devastation of the 1990s. His biography could have turned out completely differently if he had not met the official Natalya Zadvorochnova. She was not afraid of hooligans, bandits, or work without money. The story of her project reads like an adventure novel.

The ranking of the ten most welcoming and welcoming cities was based on more than 370 million verified reviews. The list was topped by the winners of the platform's fourteenth annual Traveler Review Awards, TimeOut reports . Thus, San Martin de los Andes in Argentina took third place in the ranking of the most hospitable cities. In second place is Magong, which is located on the largest island of the archipelago, about 50 kilometers from the west coast of Taiwan.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, published a video on his telegram channel in which he is having dinner with his youngest son Adam. The video appeared after Kadyrov Sr.

The head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, will propose a list of concessions that Europe should demand from Russia as part of resolving the conflict in Ukraine. She told reporters about this, Reuters reports . “All participants in the negotiations, including the Russians and Americans, must understand that [to make a decision] the consent of the Europeans is necessary. And we also have conditions for this.

The creator of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov said that restricting the freedom of citizens is never the right decision. Therefore, his platform advocates freedom of speech and privacy, regardless of political pressure. Durov wrote about this in his Telegram channel. “Russia is restricting access to Telegram in an attempt to force its citizens to switch to a state-controlled app designed for surveillance and political censorship.

The deep discounts on oil that Russia is forced to make to keep exports at relatively stable levels have dealt a serious blow to the Kremlin's revenues, Bloomberg reported . As journalists found out, in January Russia produced an average of 3.33 million barrels per day - this is 540 thousand barrels per day less than in December 2025. At the same time, the Kremlin's oil revenues fell to their lowest level in more than five years in January, the agency noted.

Russian authorities have begun to permanently block the YouTube video hosting service using the National Domain Name System (NDNS). It was implemented back in 2021 after the law on the “sovereign Runet” came into force, the Agency reports . As Leonid Yuldashev, a specialist in the technical support service “On Connection” and coordinator of eQualitie projects in Russian, told the publication, DNS requests stopped passing to YouTube through NSDI.

Former president of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) Valentin Balakhnichev was killed on February 2 at the age of 76. The main suspect in the case is his son Alexander, reports the telegram channel “112”. The incident occurred near the city of Noginsk, Moscow region.

British neuroscientist Joseph Gebelli studied the neurobiological underpinnings of rest and came to some surprising conclusions. In his book Do Nothing: A System for Long-Term Productivity, he provides scientific evidence for doing nothing and regular rest, which he says are key to productivity and creative productivity. Excerpts from his book are given by the Bee publication. “We have been taught all our lives that idleness means self-indulgence, unprincipledness and even irresponsibility.

A service has appeared on Gosuslugi with the help of which Russians can check their debts, as well as the debts of other people. This was reported by the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) of Russia. In particular, the service allows you to check the presence of debts on loans, alimony, taxes and fines. It displays the debts of both individuals and legal entities.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, “entrusted” his eldest son Akhmat to “supervise” the education sector in the republic. Akhmat himself announced this in his Telegram channel. “The Hero of Russia Ramzan Akhmatovich Kadyrov has set the task of improving the quality of all levels of education and science so that the region can take its rightful place and be competitive.

The Russian military is using threats to force the families of Ukrainian prisoners to register Starlink satellite communication terminals in their name, the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said . “In search of a way out of the difficult situation in which they found themselves, the occupiers turned their attention to the families of prisoners of war. Cases of threats and demands to officially register Starlink terminals to oneself have been recorded.

The sharp rise in prices for cucumbers in Russia at the beginning of the year caused a wave of discontent among buyers. As follows from the Forbes material, in a few months the cost of the vegetable has more than doubled, and many consumers were not ready to pay such amounts. Users of social networks complained that in a number of cities prices for cucumbers reach 500, and sometimes up to 1000 rubles per kilogram.