Representative of Kazakhstan Mikhail Shaydorov became the winner in men's single figure skating at the 2026 Olympics in Italy. Shaidorov took first place in the free program and won the gold medal with a score of 291.58 points. After the short program he was fifth, behind the main favorites. Gabriel Bouys / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Mikhail Shaidorov after the award ceremony Silver went to Japanese Yuma Kagiyama, who scored 280.06 points.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky spoke with Politico reporters on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 13. During the conversation, Zelensky noted that at 48 years old, he is much younger than Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is 73. According to him, the Russian leader “doesn’t have much time.” “God grant that there is not too much time,” Zelensky added ( quoted by The Guardian).

French President Emmanuel Macron said that European countries should participate in negotiations with Russia to end the Russian-Ukrainian war. He said this while speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Le Monde reports on February 13.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio missed a meeting with European leaders on the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Financial Times reports, citing sources. According to the publication, Rubio was supposed to join negotiations between the leaders of Germany, France, Poland, as well as the leadership of the European Commission in Munich on February 13.

Actor Mikhail Efremov appeared on the stage of Nikita Mikhalkov’s Workshop “12” theater for the first time after his release from prison at the pre-premiere showing of the play “Without Witnesses,” Mikhalkov’s representative told RBC. Photos from the performance were published by the Moscow agency. In the play based on Sofia Prokofieva’s play “Conversation without a Witness,” Efremov plays together with Anna Mikhalkova.

An Irkutsk blogger recorded a video about the (nightmarish) conditions in which bodies are stored in the morgue in the city of Tulun. A criminal case was opened against him. And when he was detained, he was beaten In the Irkutsk region, a criminal case was opened for violation of privacy (Part 1 of Article 137 of the Criminal Code) against a blogger from Tulun, Artem Pavlechko, who published a video about unsanitary conditions in the local morgue, said lawyer Anna Anufrieva.

The Moscow Regional Court released businessman Vasily Boyko-Veliky from punishment in the case of organizing a criminal community and illegal acquisition of land, TASS reported on February 13, citing one of the participants in the process. The businessman's defense confirmed this information. Previously, Boyko-Veliky was sentenced to 15 and a half years in a criminal case.

OpenAI has stopped supporting “its most engaging chatbot,” GPT-4o, The Guardian reports. The company announced its decision at the end of January, and it came into force on February 13. According to TechCrunch, thousands of users opposed this decision. For them, “the passing of a 4o is like losing a friend, romantic partner or spiritual mentor,” the publication notes. “He was more than just a program.

Misogynist blogger Arsen Markaryan asked to consider his case in a special manner, Mediazona reports, citing information on the Moscow City Court website. A court hearing in his case is scheduled for February 19. A special procedure for consideration is assigned when the accused fully admits his guilt in a crime of mild or moderate gravity, the publication notes. In this case, the court does not examine the evidence, and the sentence cannot exceed two-thirds of the maximum term.

Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Lyudmila Pchelintseva criticized a participant in the trial who came with a passport in a cover with an image of a skeleton, the Mash telegram channel and the REN TV channel reported. “So you came to the Supreme Court with such a document. You are a citizen of the Russian Federation on your passport... You have an outrageous image,” the judge said. It is unclear from media reports who she approached.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stopped requiring people with whom he meets to comply with preliminary quarantine. This was reported by Faridaily, citing four sources familiar with the Kremlin protocol. “In wartime Russia, personal meetings with the president are an extremely important political commodity, and now they have become easier to organize,” journalists Farida Rustamova and Margarita Lyutova write in the newsletter for Faridaily subscribers.

Journalist Simon Schuster conducted another long interview with Vladimir Zelensky. Here's what the president thinks about the situation at the front and compromises for the sake of peace The Presidential Office of Ukraine American journalist Simon Shuster, author of the book “Showman” about Vladimir Zelensky, published material based on a new large interview with the Ukrainian president.

The heroine is trying to find at least one “good man” in Kabul, while the city is being captured by the Taliban. Virginie Surday The 76th International Film Festival began in Berlin. The opening film is “No Good Men” by Sharbanu Sadat, a director from Afghanistan who has been living and working in Hamburg since 2021.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents” to include the website “Agentura.ru,” which covers the activities of Russian intelligence services. Also included in the register of “foreign agents”: journalist Maria Latsinskaya, pro-independence activist of Chuvashia Mikhail Oreshnikov (Mishshi Oreshnikov), journalist Marina Okhrimovskaya, journalist Galina Sidorova, human rights project “Open Space” supporting activists and political prisoners.

Meduza readers experienced the full range of emotions from the increase in housing and communal services tariffs at the beginning of the year. Compare your bills with your neighbors' ones in the results of our survey Vladimir Smirnov / TASS / Profimedia Meduza readers took part in our survey about how the prices of utility services in their cities increased after the tariff increase in January 2026.