Ukraine’s State Security Service raids multiple officials’ homes and discovers evidence of corruption, including hand-written dreams of mink coats and more On January 31, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned about upcoming “staffing changes” in the Ukrainian government. The following day, Ukraine’s State Security Service and other law-enforcement agencies conducted a series of searches targeting prominent officials and businesspeople suspected of corruption.

NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady has announced his retirement. The 45-year-old athlete posted his message on social media. "I'm retiring. Definitely," said the player, who had already announced his retirement a year ago but then returned to the field. Brady thanked his family, friends, teammates and opponents for helping him "live a real dream." Tom Brady is considered the greatest player in the history of American football and one of the greatest athletes in the United States.

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) raised the base rate by 25 basis points - from 4.25-4.5% to 4.5-4.75% per annum. The decision following the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) was adopted unanimously and coincided with the expectations of the vast majority of analysts. In an accompanying press release, the Fed stressed that the war in Ukraine "causes tremendous human and economic hardship" and contributes to global uncertainty.

Dmitry Rogulin / TASS in Volgograd on February 1, on the eve of the anniversary of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, opened the monument to Joseph Stalin. The ceremony was attended by senior officials and regional deputies. Stalin’s bronze bust is located in the square in front of the Stalingrad Battle Museum-Panorama-just 120 meters from the memorial to victims of political repression.

Israel does not exclude the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated this in an interview with CNN. Asked if Israel could provide military support to Kyiv, Netanyahu said he was "definitely considering" such an option. BBC Russian Service notes that earlier Israel officially insisted that it would be limited only to humanitarian aid to Kiev.

On January 31 in St. Petersburg, an exhibit of Yelena Osipova’s work opened in the offices of a branch of the Yabloko political party. The exhibit displayed the 77-year-old artist and activists’s anti-war posters. On February 1, the day after the exhibit opened, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs cordoned off the exhibit premises, said they’d received information about a bomb threat, and seized the posters.

The future peace treaty that will be concluded following the war in Ukraine should include a clause on the withdrawal of Russian forces from Abkhazia and South Ossetia. This idea was put forward by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili in a conversation with Bloomberg. "Russia must know where its borders are. Georgia's issues must also be taken into account, and no one should think that this war can end without Russia retreating from all occupied territories," Zurabishvili said.

On the example of the New Year in one Moscow family, the director tells how the Russians are accustomed to constant violence CTB Film Company At the Rotterdam Film Festival - one of the most prestigious in the industry - was shown by the new full -length film by the scriptwriter "Arrhythmia" Natalia Meshchaninova "One Little Night Secret". This is a picture of one day (more precisely, New Year's Eve) from the life of the family from the outskirts of Moscow.

The criminal record was removed from him, but now he is afraid of revenge on the part of the mercenaries Ivan Noyabrev / TASS fighters of the Wagner PMC in Soledar, January 2023 Since the middle of the summer of 2022, businessman Evgeny Prigozhin travels to Russian colonies and offers prisoners to join the ranks of Wagner PMCs - in exchange for pardon and cash payments.

He was judged as the culprit of the largest catastrophe in the history of the air show, and after the outbreak of war they suspected that he fought on the side of Russia Vladimir Toponar during the announcement of the sentence in the Military Court of Appeal in Lviv, June 26, 2005. Vitaly Grabar / TASS In January 2023, former Ukrainian pilot Vladimir Toponar died in the annexed Crimea.

In St. Petersburg, on January 31, an exhibition of Elena Osipova opened in the premises of the Yabloko party branch. The 77-year-old artist is an active participant in protests; her anti-war posters were collected at the exhibition. Initially, they planned to exhibit the artist’s paintings, but due to the limited space of the hall, they decided to leave only posters, the artist told the publication “Paper”.

Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko encouraged the senators to consider a freeze on enforcing Russia’s state budget and purchasing regulations until the end of the “special military operation” in Ukraine. “Considering the current conditions and the new reality we live in,” she said, “I would suggest not clinging to some dogma.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the government where they discussed, among other things, the restoration of infrastructure damaged by shelling in the regions on the border with Ukraine, said that “the priority task is to eliminate the very possibility of shelling.” “But this is a matter for the military department,” he said, without going into details.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Kadyrov reproached the West for not supporting Ichkeria in the fight against Russia. Why did he say that? And who then considers himself, is it really a fighter for the independence of Chechnya? On January 26, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Moravesky said that Chechnya deserves to be an independent state. His words were criticized by Ramzan Kadyrov.

Igor Demin, the spokesman for Transneft, a state-owned Russian oil pipeline operator, has told TASS about a Ukrainian “shelling attempt” on a pumping station in the Bryansk region. “No casualties resulted from the shelling. The damage is being repaired by the crew. The Druzhba oil pipeline is operating normally,” Demin said. Earlier, the Telegram news outlet Mash reported that the Ukrainian military had launched a Tochka-U tactical missile at the Druzhba pipeline.