In Ukraine, 33-year-old citizen of Tanzania Nemes Tarimo, who fought as part of the PMC "Wagner", died. It is reported by BBC with reference to the family of the deceased. According to relatives Tarimo, in October he told them that he was going to join the PMC. Since January 2021, a man was in custody in the drug criminal case. Earlier, he came to Moscow to study in a magistracy in information technology at the Russian Technological University.

The White House announced plans to designate the Wagner PMC as a transnational criminal organization next week. This was announced by US National Security Adviser John Kirby at a briefing. Additional sanctions will be imposed on Wagner PMCs next week, Kirby said. Sanctions will also be imposed against companies that cooperate with a private military company founded by businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. “Finally, now PMC Wagner and the Americans are colleagues.

The prosecutor’s office of Berlin began an investigation against the “Russian House” in the capital of Germany due to a probable violation of the EU sanctions law introduced against Russia because of the war in Ukraine. This was reported by Berliner Zeitung, citing a representative of the Berlin law enforcement agencies.

The authorities of the Chechen Republic are negotiating the launch of the production of a light military vehicle on the basis of the Chechenavto plant. It is reported by TASS with reference to the government of the region. On January 19, Chairman of the Government of Chechnya Muslim Khuchiev and Minister of Industry and Energy of the region Adam Khakimov held meetings with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Why is the only way to the world in Europe lies through assistance to Ukraine The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky speaks out of video communication with participants in the third meeting of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine at the US air base in Ramstein, Germany, January 20, 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/Ronald Wittek The main disappointment of the last days - the participants in the meeting in Ramstein could not agree on the supply of Ukraine Leopard 2 tanks.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added Russian singer Monetochka (Elizaveta Gyrdymova) and founder of the Gulagu.net website Vladimir Osechkin to the “foreign agents” list. The list was posted on the Justice Ministry website. New “foreign agents” also include activist Ibrahim Yaganov, blogger Vadim Kharchenko, Navalny LIVE host Anton Ustimov (Anton Pikuly), and the Moscow State Duma deputy Daria Besedina.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation introduced the singer Monetochka (Elizabeth Girdymov) and the founder of Gulagu.net Vladimir Osechkin to the register of “foreign agents”. The list is published on the Ministry of Justice website. Also, the “Ino -Agents” were recognized as activist Ibrahim Yaganov, Blogger Vadim Kharchenko, the leading “Navalny Live” Anton Ustimova (Anton Pikuli) and the deputon of Moscow City Duma Daria Besedina.

The Russian human rights activist and journalist Yekaterina Yanshin, who left 15 days of administrative arrest in Minsk, was deported to Moscow from the temporary detention center to the surroundings to the surroundings. It is reported by Memorial. Ekaterina Yanshina. Photo: "Memorial" “Now Yanshina at the airport in Moscow. From there, she contacted a relative, ”the post says. According to a human rights organization, the Belarusian security forces left Yanshina at home.

Governor of Russia’s Zabaykalsky region Alexander Osipov has promised to return to Russia all fathers of multiple children previously mobilised in the region, as per his socials. “I made a decision: fathers of multiple children mobilised in the Zabaykalsky region will be returned home. There’s no need for any action or appeals from the mobilised servicemen or their relatives when it comes to this issue. Draft offices are already working on the lists with the fighters’ commanders,” Osipov writes.

On the territory of the Voronezh region, it was forbidden to launch civilian drones. This was announced by the governor of the region Alexander Gusev in his telegram channel. From now on, according to Gusev, only "separate authorities" and law enforcement agencies can do this. Citizens and businesses will only be allowed to launch drones “on a case-by-case basis” after proof of justification.

In Russia, more than 104 people have died and at least 310 people have been burned as a result of utility accidents on worn-out heating networks over the past 10 years. This is stated in the study "Important stories". When calculating, the journalists took into account only the cases mentioned in the media and the statistics of the Pipe Industry Development Fund.

Human rights defender Abubakar Yangulbaev has proposed to be exchanged for his mother Zarema Musaeva to Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov. He has posted a corresponding video recording. Yangulbaev says that it has been a year since his mother’s arrest. According to the human rights defender, Kadyrov has “proven that he’s a terrorist and uses terror methods”. He also accuses the Chechnya leader of kidnapping relatives of political opponents, critics, and social activists.

Cinema "Saturn IMAX" in Yalta, which belongs to the former Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk, intend to nationalize. This was announced by the head of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov in his telegram channel. Konstantinov said that a temporary administration would be introduced in the cinema.

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings will step down as the company's CEO and become chairman of the board. This is stated in the statement of the streaming service. “I am very proud of our first 25 years and look forward to the next quarter of a century. Our board of directors has been discussing succession planning for years (even founders have to evolve!).

Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has called for stricter conditions of stay for Russians in the country and come out against restoring air traffic with Russia, as per an official statement. “I do not welcome restoring flights to Russia! While all of our partner countries are expressing deepest solidarity with Ukraine’s selfless fight via words or actions, the government and the leading party’s position is unclear to me and, I’m certain, to the majority of people,” Zourabichvili states.