On February 11, the Riga Bread enterprise was added to the register of terrorists and extremists. The reason for inclusion in the list was the statement of the Prosecutor General's Office that the owners of the company allegedly sponsored the Ukrainian army and the Azov military unit. Riga Bread produces a wide variety of baked goods: from chocolate muffins and crackers to vegan bread with green buckwheat.

Some considered him a devil, a Satanist and a madman. Others worshiped him and took part in the orgies he hosted in his villa. In the decades since his death, he has become a cult figure, with songs written about him and featured on music album covers. He was an esotericist, poet, writer and one of the most controversial celebrities of the 20th century. He was born into a rich family, but died in poverty.

15 years after the release of the last, season 9, ABC has released the first full trailer for the comedy series “Scrubs.” Key characters beloved by the public will return to the screens. However, the creators of the restart promised viewers that they would get to know new interesting characters. The trailer reunites Zach Braff as Dr. John Michael Dorian, Donald Faison as Dr. Christopher Turk, Sarah Chalke as Dr. Elliot Reed, John C. McGinley as Dr. Percival Cox, and Judy Reyes as Carla Espinoza.

As the Kremlin grapples with a growing state budget deficit, Russian companies are lining up for government aid and tax breaks, Bloomberg reports . The situation in the country is reminiscent of the global financial crisis of 2008 and the period after the annexation of Crimea in 2014. However, at that time, Russia was widely represented in Western markets, so it was able to survive both the fall in the ruble exchange rate and the support of business at the expense of federal reserves.

Russian streamers Anar Abdullaev and Renat Pashayev face up to ten years in prison in Kazakhstan after making sexualized statements about Kazakh girls. Local authorities have opened a criminal case against the men for inciting ethnic hatred, the Kursiv publication reports . On February 8, the interdistrict administrative court of Almaty sentenced Abdullaev and Pashayev to 15 days of administrative arrest for petty hooliganism.

Actress Anila Bisha has sued the Albanian government for using her appearance and voice to create the world's first AI minister Diella, Politico reported . Bisha said the government continued to use her image after the end of the contract, which expired on December 31, 2025. Moreover, the agreement only applied to the website of Albanian government services. In this regard, the actress demanded an injunction against the use of her appearance for Diella.

Over the past year, the US dollar has fallen by 9% against the currencies of other countries. Despite the fact that in January the dollar fell to its lowest level since March 2022, pressure on it continues unabated, which also affects the global economy, Bloomberg reports . The main factor negatively affecting the exchange rate of the US dollar is the unpredictable foreign policy of US President Donald Trump, the publication notes.

In the north of Moscow, a 25-year-old Russian drowned in his own bathtub, MK reported . According to journalists, the young man’s body was discovered by his girlfriend, who returned home in the evening. On the day of his death, the young man went to a medical facility with complaints of a high temperature - 39 degrees - and received a sick leave. After that, he returned home and, on the advice of his friend, decided to take a bath.

The WhatsApp messenger domain has been removed from the DNS servers of Roskomnadzor. Thus, the department completely blocks access to foreign services in Russia, reports the Exploit telegram channel. The day before, on February 10, Roskomnadzor blocked YouTube video hosting in a similar way. As telecom market expert Alexey Uchakin explained in a conversation with RBC, deletion from DNS servers indicates that the department is freeing up resources to slow down Telegram.

A breakthrough in the case of the kidnapping of the mother of American NBC television channel host Savannah Guthrie Nancy occurred thanks to Google, a source told CNN. Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped on the evening of January 31, and on February 10, the FBI released video from a camera installed at the entrance to the woman’s house. He was targeted by a possible kidnapper - a man, probably a man, wearing gloves and a mask.

Members of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are discussing a possible transition of power in the country behind closed doors. At the same time, the youngest son of the current president of the country, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Necmeddin Bilal, is being considered as a successor. The American agency Bloomberg writes about this, citing its own sources.

Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov proposed introducing a full VAT of 22% on foreign goods from January 1, 2027. He stated this during a meeting of the Duma Committee on Industrial Policy, TASS writes . “We are working on approaches to establishing fairer conditions for Russian and foreign sellers.

Zoos have begun to actively buy capybaras due to the fact that over the past three years Russians have become too fond of these animals. However, now the country is experiencing a shortage of the largest rodents in the world, Kommersant FM reports , citing Sergei Pisarev, a member of the presidium of the Union of Zoos and Aquariums of Russia. “Interest in the capybara grew spontaneously. Capybaras lived quite calmly in many zoos.

A native of the Crimean city of Kerch, Kirill Kostygov was accused of high treason. This happened after the man’s phone was searched at the airport, First Department reported . According to human rights activists, Kostygov was detained at Moscow Domodedovo Airport after FSB officers found transfers on his phone, which they considered grounds for persecution. This happened on July 14, 2025, when the man arrived at the airport to leave Russia, the publication “Caution, News” wrote .

Minister of Sports and head of the Russian Olympic Committee Mikhail Degtyarev said that Russians who have changed their sports citizenship may be prohibited from entering Russian territory. He stated this on the Central Channel program on VK Video. “We are fighting this. Now they have introduced standards, I signed such an order, even one chess player was deprived of the title of grandmaster for changing his sports citizenship.