Delegations from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States held joint peace talks in Abu Dhabi on Friday, marking the first known trilateral meeting since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in 2022. Speaking to NBC News after the first round of talks, a White House official described the trilateral meeting as “productive” and said it is set to continue tomorrow, January 24. The Russian state news agency TASS also reported that the parties plan to resume talks on Saturday.

The administration of US President Donald Trump is considering the possibility of introducing a naval blockade of Cuba to stop oil supplies to this country, the American publication Politico reported on January 23, citing sources. As the publication notes, a final decision has not been made; there are opponents and supporters of such measures in the administration. In particular, Secretary of State Marco Rubio supports the naval blockade.

The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees denied asylum to Russian citizen Georgiy Avaliani, who was mobilized, ended up in the “torture cellar of the Ministry of Defense” and escaped from the army three times. This was announced on January 23 by a military analyst of the “Farewell to Arms!” project. Alexey Alshansky. “A mobilized serviceman wanted for desertion was denied asylum because !!! ATTENTION!!!: Shoigu declared in October 2022 THAT MOBILIZATION IS OVER!” - Alshansky said .

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer called US President Donald Trump's words about the actions of US allies in Afghanistan "insulting" and "outrageous". “I find President Trump's remarks offensive and, frankly, outrageous. And I’m not surprised that they cause such pain to the loved ones of those who were killed or injured,” Starmer said during a call with reporters on January 23.

The first day of negotiations between the US, Ukrainian and Russian delegations in Abu Dhabi has ended, a White House spokesman told NBC News . According to him, the meeting was “productive.” Negotiations will continue on January 24, the channel’s interlocutor added. A source in the White House reported this to the Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne. Russian state agency TASS reports that the parties agreed to resume negotiations the next day.

Former snowboarder Ryan Wedding, who represented Canada at the 2002 Winter Olympics, has been arrested in Mexico on drug trafficking charges, FBI Director Cash Patel said. Authorities in Mexico, where Wedding had been hiding for more than 10 years, detained him on January 22 and handed him over to US representatives, the official said . Wedding, 44, is one of the 10 most wanted fugitives in the United States. The FBI offered a $15 million reward for help in his capture.

But don't rush to panic The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation has prepared a draft federal law “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.” The agency proposed amending four existing laws: About citizenship of the Russian Federation Consular Charter of the Russian Federation About acts of civil status About insurance pensions The main innovation is the obligation of Russians who have left the country to report to embassies or consulates about the

In the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria, the Progress tanker, which is classified as part of Russia’s “shadow fleet,” is drifting, Bloomberg reports, citing ship tracking data. The ship is carrying approximately 730 thousand barrels (about 100 thousand tons) of Russian Urals oil, the agency claims. The tanker was following the coast of North Africa towards the Suez Canal, but on January 21 it suddenly turned north and left the shipping lanes.

Mikhail Voskresensky / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA The Mashenka bakery near Moscow became famous in December after its owner Denis Maksimov asked Vladimir Putin a question about raising taxes for business during a “direct line”. Putin promised him that everything would be fine and asked him to send some pies. A month later, Maksimov said that Putin’s attention increased sales of Mashenka, but did not solve the tax problem. He admitted that in a couple of months the bakery would close.

The price of silver exceeded $100 for the first time, continuing the rapid growth that began in December 2025, Bloomberg writes. During trading on January 23, silver rose in price by 4.74%, to $101.11, according to COMEX data. At the same time, gold also rose to a new record, approaching $5,000 an ounce.

Sean Gallup / Getty Images Donald Trump’s push for U.S. control of Greenland has triggered a fresh round of instructions from the Kremlin on how Russian state media should frame current events. According to media guidelines obtained by Meduza, state-run and pro-government outlets were told to present the standoff as evidence of a weakening West, a fractured NATO, and an American president borrowing from Vladimir Putin’s playbook.

The trilateral negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States that began in Abu Dhabi are being held in a “maximum closed” mode. TASS writes about this with reference to a source. “The location of the negotiations is not named, the press is not provided. At least this evening, this regime is strictly in effect,” the agency’s interlocutor said. A TASS correspondent reports that none of the major hotels “have heard” about the meeting of delegations.

In several regions of Russia, legal entities of the Chitai-Gorod bookstore chain have been charged with administrative cases of “LGBT propaganda” (Part 1 of Article 6.21 of the Code of Administrative Offences) for selling novels that are not officially prohibited for distribution in the country, the press service of Read-Gorod reported to Mediazona.

A US court sentenced pilot Sergei Nechaev to 41 months in prison for attempting to smuggle private planes into the Russian Federation in circumvention of sanctions. The Moscow Times writes about this. As the court found, in the period 2022-2023, Nechaev tried to export two Cessna light aircraft worth a total of $170 thousand from the United States to Russia.

The full amount of bail was paid for the leader of the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction, Yulia Tymoshenko, Transparency International Ukraine reports, citing the High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine. It is not specified who paid the bail. Sources of the publication “Schemes” claim that 10 people contributed bail in payments from 180 thousand to eight million hryvnia. Among them is Batkivshchyna MP Konstantin Bondarev, who is called one of the party’s main sponsors.