More than 100 Wagner PMCs recruited from the Russian colonies returned from Ukraine to Russia. It is reported by RT. These prisoners completed a half -year contract. For participation in the war, they received a pardon and medals “for courage”, writes RIA FAN. The Agency was able to establish the identity of one of the fighters - Vladislav Globa from Tver.

German defense minister Christine Lambrecht decided to leave the post. This was reported by Bild, citing several sources. Photo: Facebook Christine Lambrecht According to sources, the initiative to abandon the post comes from Lambrecht, and not from the office. Now the issue of the exact date of resignation is being resolved. Bild also writes that there is already a discussion who will become a successor to the post of head of the German Ministry of Defense.

The Investigative Committee has completed a preliminary investigation into the case of embezzlement from the storage facilities of military units in St. Petersburg and the Moscow Region. This was stated by the head of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The Bryansk Regional Court has sentenced Russian citizen Ilya Kutsev to seven years in a strict regime colony over charges of attempting to participate in an armed group on the territory of a foreign country with an objective that goes against the interests of the Russian Federation, the regional courts press service reports . Photo: the Bryansk region courts press office Kutsev was also sentenced to restriction of freedom for 1.5 years. He pleaded not guilty.

An explosion occurred on a gas pipeline in the Pasvalsky district of Lithuania. This is reported by the Lithuanian TV channel LRT. The police reported that a fire pillar about 50 m high appeared at the explosion site. At the moment, the fire has been localized. According to LRT, the local authorities decided to evacuate the village of Valakelai located near the gas pipeline. Also blocked the road near this settlement. According to preliminary data, no one was hurt.

Photo: Evgen Kotenko / Ukraine / Future Publishing / Getty Images Alexei Antyvtovich sums up the results of 2022 in an interview with Yulia Latinina. -I propose to summarize the 2022nd, after all, you are almost a person of the year. “Well, they haven’t called me yet.” In general, to summarize the year of the year is a vile occupation, because you need to say something smart and substantial, but I like to speak specifically. Maybe there are any questions? - There are questions.

In the Saratov school No. 11, the first memorial plaque in Russia was opened in Russia in honor of the prisoner recruited in the Wagner PMC and who died in the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the Russian BBC service. “Ensign Kovirzin Denis Aleksandrovich was awarded the medal“ For Courage ”and died during the fighting while participating in a special military operation,” the board says.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added music critic Artemy Troitsky, actor Artur Smolyaninov, defrocked priest Sergey Kirsanov, ex-head of Navalny HQ in the city of Perm Sergey Ukhov, lawyer Anatoly Fursov, TV host Alexander Shelest, and a limited liability company TENES to the list of “foreign agents”. On Monday, 9 January, Alexander Bastrykin, head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, gave instructions to open a criminal case against Smolyaninov.

The Ministry of Justice brought to the register of “foreign agents” musical critic Artemia Troitsky, actor Arthur Smolyaninov, priest Sergey Kirsanov, lawyer Anatoly Fursov, ex-head of the Perm headquarters of Navalny Sergey Usevov, TV presenter Alexander Shelest and a limited liability company Tenes.

A car exploded in the occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region. This was reported by the representative of the pro-Russian "authorities" of the Zaporozhye region Vladimir Rogov. “According to preliminary information, in the city of Berdyansk, at about 20:05, a car exploded along Michurin Street, followed by a fire. Information about the victims is established. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working on the spot, ”he wrote.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence has “clarified” the participation of different units in the fight for Ukraine’s city of Soledar. According to the ministry’s official statement, posted on Telegram , fighters of private military company (PMC) Wagner took part in the assault on the city.

Nikolay Ovchinnikov - about the collection "After Russia" Illustration: Instagram / afterrussia_100 Famous Russian emigrant musicians recorded a collection of songs on verses of little-known Russian emigrant poets of the past. It is called "after Russia." His curator was philologist Roman Liberov. Nikolai Ovchinnikov tells why this attempt to lay a bridge between two emigrations is an amazing example of a successful tribute - because they are not in fact. Tributs are sick.

The Bryansk Regional Court sentenced the Russian Ilya Kutsev to seven years in a maximum security colony on charges of attempting to participate in the armed group in the territory of a foreign state for purposes that contradict the interests of the Russian Federation (part 3 of article 30, part 2 of article 208 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the courts in the region.

The Russian Ministry of Defense issued a "clarification" on the participation of various units in the battles for Soledar. In the message of the department in the official telegram channel, it is said that fighters of the Wagner PMC took part in the assault on the city.

Supporters of the ex-president Bolsonar defeated government buildings in order to "save the country from the left." What is behind the split of the Brazilian society? Properial protest in San Paulo. Photo: Tuane Fernandes / Bloomberg / Getty Images On Sunday, January 8, 2023, in the capital of Brazil, the thousands of supporters of the former President Zhira Bolsonaru made a monstrous pogrom in the buildings of the National Congress, the Presidential Palace Planult and the Federal Supreme Court.