The Russian embassy in Estonia has suspended accepting applications for renunciation of Russian citizenship. This was reported on the website of the diplomatic mission in the section on consular issues. What is the reason for this decision and for how long the acceptance of applications was suspended, is not specified.

Draftees from the Yaroslavl region fighting in Ukraine released a video, in which they say their superiors are trying to accuse them them of deserting, when they left their combat positions on the orders of the company commander. The local publication Pro Gorod posted the soldiers’ video. Journalists got the clip from the wives of some of the draftees. In text accompanying the video, Pro Gorod notes that the video is addressed to President Vladimir Putin.

In Miami, 40-year-old Russian Anatoly Legkodymov, the founder of the Hong Kong-registered crypto exchange Bitzlato, was arrested on charges of money laundering, the US Department of Justice reported. The Russian, also known by the nicknames Gandalf and Tolik, was arrested on the evening of January 17. He is expected to be arraigned in a Florida district court on Wednesday, the agency said in a press release. According to U.S.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on allies to speed up the decision-making process to help the country during the war with Russia. this He stated while speaking via video link at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Tragedies precede life. Tyranny is ahead of democracy. It took Russia less than one second to start the war. It took days for the world to impose the first sanctions for this. The time the free world spends thinking, the terrorist state spends killing...

Mobilized from the Yaroslavl region, who are fighting in Ukraine, recorded a video message where they said that they wanted to be accused of desertion for retreating from combat positions on the orders of the company commander. The video of the servicemen was published by the Yaroslavl edition "About the City". The journalists received a video from the wives of the mobilized.

Valery Fadeyev, chairman of Russia’s Presidential Council on Human Rights requested that the Prosecutor General review the validity of the detention of journalist Alexandra Bayazitova, reports a Human Rights Council press service. Bayazitova has worked for Kommersant, Izvestiya, and Life. She specializes in finance and economics, and also runs the YouTube and Telegram channel “Adskiye Babki” (“Infernal Grandmas”). “Conditions in jail can aggravate many of her chronic illnesses.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Why write about the palaces and businesses of officials in Russia while there is a war? We speak with those who have been engaged in business journalism all their lives Soon after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in March 2022, the Bell business publication decided to refuse to cover the war so as not to expose the risk of journalists of the publication. These risks appeared after the adoption of the so -called “fake laws” law.

The Ukrainian government has appointed Ihor Klymenko, the head of the country’s National Police, as provisional head of the Internal Affairs Ministry, reports Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. Shmyhal added that “a new department head will be presented after a discussion in parliament.” On the morning of January 18, a helicopter crashed in the city of Brovary, in the Kyiv region.

A court in Macau has sentenced Suncity Group Holdings founder Alvin Chau, whom the media dubbed Macau's "gambling king", to 18 years in prison on charges of fraud and illegal gambling. It is reported by Reuters and BBC News . The 48-year-old Chau's company has been involved in organizing trips for wealthy clients from mainland China to Macau casinos, providing them with loans, managing high-end gambling halls, and also helping the casino collect debts from losing guests.

Chairman of the Human Rights Council under the President of the Russian Federation (HRC) Valery Fadeyev sent an appeal to the Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov with a request to check the validity of the detention of journalist Alexandra Bayazitova in a pretrial detention facility. This was reported by the press service of the HRC. "In the conditions of the pretrial detention facility, many of her chronic diseases may worsen.

Locals bring flowers, stuffed animals, and candles to landmarks symbolizing Ukraine to commemorate the Dnipro missile strike victims Ekaterinburg, January 18, 1922 Makeshift memorials are springing up in Russian cities as locals commemorate the victims of a January 14 missile strike on a nine-story apartment building in Dnipro, which killed at least 45 civilians, including six children.

The bill, which provides that December 31 of each year will be an official holiday, and January 6 the last day of the New Year holidays, has not received government approval. The draft of the relevant law was submitted by a group of deputies from the Liberal Democratic Party back in December 2020, in October 2021 the conclusion of the legal commission was received.

The Minsk City Court sentenced five administrators of the Telegram channel "Black Book of Belarus" to 12 years in prison. The prosecutor's office had previously requested such a term, the state agency "Belta" reports. The defendants in the case are Yanina Sazanovich, Daniil Bogdanovich, Olga Vyskotskaya, Valeria Zanemonskaya and Sports.ru co-founder Dmitry Navosha. They were found guilty of inciting hatred and illegally collecting personal data.

Since the beginning of the war, thousands of Russian citizens left for Turkey. But now many of them are refused to obtain a residence permit. "Medusa" found out what is happening Francisco Seco / AP / Scanpix / Leta From January to September 2022, almost four million Russians arrived in Turkey. Over the past year, 153 thousand citizens of Russia received a Turkish residence permit - more than representatives of any other country.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The world economy is moving to a recession, economists say. How serious is everything? Will the West have enough funds to help Ukraine? And Russia - to fight? Most economists and business leaders are confident in the onset of a global recession in 2023. This was written by Bloomberg with reference to the results of polls published before the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos.