NATO began to exchange secret information related to weapons, with the European Union, Bloomberg writes with reference to sources. The standards in question are aimed at the “harmonization” of the armed forces of the alliance members and the achievement of operational compatibility between the allies. They can include, for example, weapon calibers or general military terminology, writes Bloomberg.

In Belarus, polling stations for voting in the presidential election were closed. The data of the first ecuts show that Alexander Lukashenko has 87.6% of the vote, BelTA writes . The option “against all”, according to exit fields, scored 5.1% of the votes of the surveyed voters. The rest of the candidates participating in the elections, the results are as follows: Sergey Syrankov - 2.7% Oleg Gaidukevich - 1,8%; Anna Kanopatskaya - 1.6%; Alexander Hizhnyak - 1.2%.

In the Baltic Sea on the morning of January 26, an underwater fiber optic cable belonging to the Latvian State Radio and Television Center (LVRTC) was damaged, the center itself reported . Interruptions were recorded on the Ventspils-Gotland section between Latvia and Sweden. Based on the results of its inspection, LVRTC believes that external factors caused “significant damage” to the cable.

For the 2024 Russian champion in rhythmic gymnastics, 20-year-old Lala Kramarenko, doctors removed a healthy meniscus instead of a damaged one, said the head coach of the national team, Irina Viner. “Why did Lala undergo such an operation that her healthy meniscus was removed? There are two horns, one horn was damaged, and the second horn was beautiful.

The office of the President of Ukraine called the publication “a hoax that legalizes Russians” Piotr Sobik/Anadolu/Getty Images The Ukrainian publication Strana.ua published a plan drawn up by the team of US President Donald Trump to end the war in 100 days, which, as the publication writes, has been “actively discussed” in “political and diplomatic circles of Ukraine” in recent days.

Russian troops took control of the village of Velikaya Novoselka in the Donetsk region, the Russian Ministry of Defense said. The military department reported that taking control of Velikaya Novoselka was the result of “active offensive actions” by units of the 5th Guards Separate Tank Brigade of the 36th Army and the 40th Guards Marine Brigade of the Vostok group of forces.

Alexander Lukashenko offered the BBC correspondent to Steve Rosenberg, who asked him the question of the Belarusian political prisoners, to go to the colony to Maria Kolesnikova and look at her. In November, Kolesnikova’s father was able to see her for the first time after the connection was interrupted with her in February 2023.

Interview with Sasha Skochilenko about art in pre-trial detention center Stephane de Sakutin / AFP / Scanpix / LETA The Berlin gallery All Rights Reversed and The Moscow Times are releasing a book about protest art, “Artists against the Kremlin.” The almanac includes works by Linor Goralik, Slava PTRK, Philippenzo, Victor Melamed, the Yav art group and other Russian-speaking artists opposing the war, including anonymous authors who remain in Russia.

One thousand sixty-eighth day. American diplomats asked to urgently exclude programs related to Ukraine from the 90-day freeze Genya Savilov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA A car of the evacuation group of the Ukrainian police “White Angels” in Pokrovsk, January 25, 2025 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. In our daily materials, we dwell in detail on several stories that are affecting the course of the war right now.

Krasnoyarsk artist Vasily Slonov, who was sentenced to correctional labor in September 2024 in the case of demonstrating AUE symbols, will serve his sentence in one of Zakhar Prilepin’s foundations. State Duma deputy Dmitry Kuznetsov spoke about this. According to him, as part of his correctional work, Slonov will make “art bears that support traditional values” and Kuznetsov’s bill on joint custody after divorce. “We must protect our children, women and country,” the deputy added.

And such a detailed story about uncensored Soviet poetry has never been The project about Russian literature “Polka” published the book “The History of Russian Poetry.” It was written by philologists, critics and publicists Alexander Arkhangelsky, Alina Bodrova, Alexander Dolinin, Dina Magomedova, Lev Oborin and Valery Shubinsky. This is the first publication in almost sixty years that conceptually talks about Russian poetry from the Middle Ages to the present day.

The US presidential administration Donald Trump is working on the Tiktok Rescue Plan, which implies the transfer of control over the Oracle application and the investor group, NPR writes with reference to two sources. Among potential investors involved in negotiations, NPR sources also call Microsoft. As National Radio notes, in fact, this will mean that American investors will own the Tiktok stake control package.

In Krasnodar on the evening of January 25, three restaurants caught fire - “MyasoLove”, “Gus” and “Bumbarash”. A 19-year-old local resident was detained on suspicion of arson; during police interrogation, he stated that he acted on the instructions of a “Ukrainian specialist.” According to eyewitnesses in one of the restaurants, the fire started after a man wearing a mask entered the establishment and threw a backpack, which instantly caught fire.

Jordan and Egypt should accept more Palestinian refugees from the Gaza Strip, US President Donald Trump said while answering questions from reporters aboard the presidential plane Air Force One. “I told him I wish you would take in more [refugees] because I look at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a complete mess. This is a real mess,” Trump told reporters, citing his phone call with King Abdullah II of Jordan.

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