The White House mistakenly included Belgium in the list of countries that agreed to join the Peace Council, created on the initiative of US President Donald Trump, NBC News reports. According to his information, the White House distributed a list of more than 20 countries that, allegedly, signed the charter of the Peace Council established on the same day in Davos on the morning of January 22.

Update. The Kremlin announced that negotiations between Vladimir Putin and Steve Witkoff have ended. The meeting lasted three and a half hours. Kirill Dmitriev, commenting on the meeting, said that “important negotiations between Russia and the United States” took place in the Kremlin. Negotiations between Russia and the United States to end the Russian-Ukrainian war began in the Kremlin on the evening of January 22, the Kremlin said.

First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy of Ukraine Denis Shmygal said that an “extremely difficult situation” has developed in the country due to attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukrainian energy facilities. “Today in Ukraine was the hardest day for the energy system since the blackout in November 2022.

Germany is expelling the deputy military attache of the Russian Embassy, ​​who was suspected of working for Russian intelligence services, Der Spiegel reported on January 22. The embassy employee must leave the country within 72 hours. In this regard, the Russian ambassador was summoned to the German Foreign Ministry.

The 2nd Western District Military Court, located in Moscow, disclosed information about those killed on the cruiser Moskva, but soon deleted its publication, Mediazona reported on January 22.

Guess which one of them was the first to call the other an idiot? Madhuri Karia / PA Images / Scanpix / LETA Michael O'Leary at a press conference in Dublin on January 21. Behind him is a poster in honor of the “idiot sale” that Ryanair announced amid the dispute between O'Leary and Elon Musk. Attention! There is one swear word in this text. It is mentioned twice - in the eighth and tenth paragraphs. If you choose not to read them, you may miss some of the meaning.

Zelensky accused Europe of only talking and doing nothing. A brief summary of his speech at Davos Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg/Getty Images What kind of text is this? This is a retelling of the speech of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky at the International Economic Forum in Davos. The text is not a collection of exact quotes; the speaker's statements may be reformulated, shortened, or rearranged to provide coherence. The essence and meaning of the statements are completely preserved.

What intrigue is there in this, says Anton Dolin Warner Bros. Candidates for the 98th Academy Awards have been announced in Los Angeles. The nominees for Best Picture are Bugonia, F1, Frankenstein, Hamnet, Marty the Magnificent, Battle After Battle, Secret Agent, Sentimental Value, Sinners, and Train Dreams. Meduza film critic Anton Dolin talks about these and other favorites of the upcoming ceremony.

A trilateral meeting involving U.S., Ukrainian, and Russian delegations will be held in the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said while answering questions after his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday. The talks are scheduled for January 23–24, Zelensky said, adding that this would be the first such meeting at a technical level. He also said that U.S. negotiators are traveling to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The writer sums up his life, and at the same time his literary career In Russia, simultaneously with the whole world, the novel “Exodus(s)” was published - the farewell book of Julian Barnes, perhaps the most famous living British writer. It is impossible to determine its genre: chapters about fictional characters alternate with essays and memoirs.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has added poetess Vera Polozkova to the federal wanted list, Mediazona drew attention . The fact that a criminal case was opened against Polozkova in absentia became known in February 2025. Then the poetess was added to the list of “terrorists and extremists” of Rosfinmonitoring. Next to her name there was an asterisk - this is how those who are prosecuted under articles of terrorism are marked. What exactly Polozkova is accused of is still unknown.

UN replacement? Rich countries club? Or just a bunch of Trump fans with an extra billion dollars? Gian Ehrenzeller / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Donald Trump surrounded by members of the Peace Council at the signing ceremony of the organization's charter, January 22, 2026 Listen to the audio version of this text on Radio Medusa The original name of the “Council of Peace” is Board of Peace. It is noteworthy that it does not use the word council, traditional for political bodies.

A trilateral meeting of the American, Ukrainian and Russian delegations will take place in the United Arab Emirates, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said, answering questions after his speech in Davos. According to him, negotiations will take place on January 23-24. This will be the first such meeting at a technical level, as follows from Zelensky’s words. The President of Ukraine said that US negotiators are going to Moscow for negotiations with Vladimir Putin.

On the morning of January 22, French naval forces detained an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea coming from Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said on social network X. From the words of the French leader it follows that we are talking about a tanker of the so-called shadow fleet of the Russian Federation. He was detained in international waters.

A meeting between the Presidents of the United States and Ukraine, Donald Trump and Vladimir Zelensky, took place in Davos. According to Zelensky's press service, the negotiations lasted almost an hour, including the presidents briefly talking one-on-one. Kyiv rated the meeting as “good.” Trump, in turn, told reporters that the negotiation process is ongoing and much remains to be done. “ Tomorrow is a meeting with Russia, with President Putin.