Abu Muhammad al-Julani. Photo: Giuseppe Lami / EPA-EFE The leader of the Khayyat Tahrir al-Sham group and the head of the Syrian administration Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Muhammad al-Julani) became the president of the country for the transition period. This was reported by the Syrian State Agency Sana. The new authorities of Syria congratulated the citizens of the country on the victory of the revolution and declared on December 8 a national holiday.

In the kindergarten in Yekaterinburg, parents were asked to bring building materials for war participants in Ukraine. What else was called to buy "for the needs of his own"? In the Yekaterinburg kindergarten, parents were asked to bring building materials - spatulas, screwdrivers, lamps, sockets and wires - for war participants in Ukraine.

Gagik Grigoryan. Photo: Alexandra Astakhova / Mediazona A Moscow court has sentenced an 18-year-old Russian left-wing activist to seven years in prison over an alleged plot to kill a Russian military officer, independent news outlet Mediazona reported on Wednesday. Gagik Grigoryan, a native of Kursk in western Russia, was arrested in October 2023 at the age of 17 and subsequently added to the Russian government’s list of “terrorists and extremists”.

The new authorities of Syria during negotiations with the Russian delegation announced their readiness to restore relations with the Kremlin, provided that the Russian Federation recognizes its mistakes and agrees to pay compensation. This was reported by the Syrian State Agency Sana. “The Russian side confirmed the support of positive changes in Syria.

Economics news from Novaya Gazeta Europe At the beginning of the release, we analyze your answers to the question of whether it is possible to save and put off and how exactly you do it. Also in this video: Overheating of the economy continues - why is it dangerous? The expenses of the budget at the peak - what will happen to inflation? The mortgage collapsed at the end of the year, why do people buy expensive apartments?

The materials of the audit to resolve the issue of initiating a criminal case on calls for terrorism against the "coach" Arsen Markaryan were sent to the Investigative Committee.

Galina Ivanova. Photo: Rotonda / Telegram A court in St. Petersburg has sentenced a 76-year-old woman to 10 years in prison for setting fire to a car parked near a military recruitment office after being told to do so by phone scammers, local news outlet Fontanka reported on Tuesday.

How the first Museum of the blockade of Leningrad was destroyed and restored Illustration: "New Gazeta Europe" “A thousand nine hundred and forty -nine years. Leningrad. In the courtyard of the defense museum, bonfires are burning. Burning invaluable, unique exhibits, genuine documents, relics. Tourb of numerous photos. Children of the blockade are similar to small old men - wrinkled faces, thin ones, the eyes of martyrs. In the halls of the museum, sculptures are broken with a hammer.

American climatologist Daniel Tom-about the causes and consequences of the catastrophe in Los Angeles for the whole world California, USA, January 22, 2025. Photo: Ringo Chiu / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Fires in Los Angeles subside, leaving the ash-they became the most destructive in the entire history of the region. From January 7, the fire destroyed about 15 thousand houses. At least 28 people were killed, almost 200 thousand were evacuated. Preliminary damage is estimated at $ 250 billion.

Photo: Rospatriot Counsers and employees of children's camps in Russia will teach pupils of “adherence” to the state and “traditional family values”. This follows from the project of a single educational work program, which was published by the Ministry of Education. The document "Vedomosti" drew attention to the document. The basis of the program is the traditional spiritual and moral values ​​of Russia, follows from the project.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference in Warsaw, Poland, on 15 January. Photo: EPA-EFE/PAWEL SUPERNAK Every move Vladimir Putin makes is aimed at making the war in Ukraine “endless”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X on Tuesday night in response to Putin calling Zelensky “illegitimate” and ruling out direct negotiations with him earlier that day.

It’s still unclear if Moscow or Kyiv will accept any vision Donald Trump has for peace in Ukraine Fire tears through a factory in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv following a Russian drone strike, 28 January 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE / SERGEY KOZLOV We are now well beyond the 24 hours that Donald Trump had promised it would take him to secure an end to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

On January 28, the Russian Prosecutor General filed a lawsuit against Domodedovo Airport, Kommersant reports with reference to the case card on the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region. According to Kommersant, shortly before filing a lawsuit, a check of the procedure for privatizing objects at Domodedovo Airport was tested. Then one of the deputies of the prosecutor general filed a lawsuit.

Why you can’t miss “Partenope” - Paolo Sorrentino’s new film about Naples, female beauty and the mysteries of the universe Still from the film "Partenope". Photo: screenshot The poetic melodrama of the modern Italian classic Paolo Sorrentino “Partenope” is being released in Russia - about a young beauty who captivates the whole of Naples and the surrounding area. She herself grows up surrounded by admiring men, but all her life she searches for answers to the main questions of the universe.

The aftermath of the strike on Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region on Wednesday. Photo: ASTRA Ukraine launched a barrage of over 100 drones at Russia overnight, targeting the country’s energy infrastructure and killing two people, Russian authorities reported on Wednesday morning.