Delcy Rodríguez is sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president in Caracas, Venezuela, 5 January 2026. Photo: EPA / Miraflores Palace The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement of support for Venezuela’s newly-appointed interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, and for Venezuela's efforts to “maintain state sovereignty” following the unprecedented military action taken by the United States to remove the country’s former president Nicolás Maduro on Saturday.

The Telegram logo is displayed on a mobile phone. Photo: EPA / MATTIA SEDDA Telegram bonds estimated to be worth around $500 million have been frozen in Russia’s National Settlement Depository (NSD) due to Western sanctions on the country, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Tuesday.

Why doesn’t Trump rely on the Venezuelan opposition after the overthrow of Maduro? Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado sits on top of a truck during a rally against the official results of the presidential election in Caracas, Venezuela, August 17, 2024.

Who nominated to participate in the platform of Russian democratic forces PACE President Theodoros Roussopoulos. Photo: Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly / Flickr On January 5, the deadline for nominating candidates to participate in the platform of Russian democratic forces under PACE expired. The list of all candidates was submitted to the President of the Assembly for consideration.

Bonds of the Telegram messenger in the amount of $500 million were frozen due to Western sanctions at the National Settlement Depository (NSD) in Moscow, the Financial Times writes , citing sources. The company has issued several series of bonds in recent years, including $1.7 billion in May 2025, to buy back old debt. The company has already purchased most of the bonds maturing in 2026, according to sources familiar with the progress of negotiations between Telegram and investors.

Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters prior to a cabinet meeting in Ottawa, Canada, 14 May 2025. Photo: EPA / Spencer Colby Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that he had appointed Canada’s former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland to advise him on Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction.

Seven people were detained On the evening of January 5, security forces came to the Moscow bar Night Train, where the erotic performance “Non-Children's Yolka 6” was taking place, writes the telegram channel “112”. The visitors were placed face down on the floor. Seven organizers were detained and reports of petty hooliganism were drawn up against them. One of them was on the territory of the Russian Federation illegally, according to a channel associated with the security forces.

Five new films worth searching out from Russia’s regions and republics A still from Nikolay Koryakin’s Timir. Photo: Fund for the Support of Regional Cinema In recent years, two clear trends have emerged in Russia’s once thriving cinema industry: the use of fairy tales and the telling of stories from Russia’s regions.

The aftermath of the strike on a building in Tver. Photo: The Tver region Investigative Committee One person was killed and two more were injured in an overnight Ukrainian drone strike on the western Russian city of Tver, regional authorities said on Tuesday, with industrial sites in several other regions of Russia also coming under attack. According to Tver Acting Governor Vitaly Korolyov, debris from a downed Ukrainian drone hit a flat on the ninth floor of an apartment block, sparking a fire.

The main books in Russian were published outside of Russia in 2025. We tell you how foreign publishing houses began to play a vital role on the cultural scene Berlin Book Fair of Russian-language literature. Photo: Rina Ginzburg / bookfair-berlin.de In 2025, many significant books in Russian were published outside of Russia. This trend began to emerge in 2022–23, with the opening of new uncensored publishing projects.

Initially, the acting governor stated that he died due to the fall of a drone, but then called the cause “domestic gas explosion” In Tver, a fragment of a Ukrainian drone hit the windows of an apartment on the ninth floor of an apartment building, killing one person. This was announced by the acting governor of the Tver region Vitaly Korolev. A fire started in the apartment. Two more people were injured, Korolev specified. He later reported that the cause of death was "domestic gas explosion".

How the women’s flash mob “I’ll meet you from the maternity hospital” turned into global help for mothers Photo: Alexander Avilov / AGN “Moscow” A flash mob to help young mothers is sweeping the world. It all started in Kazakhstan, and today in Russia and European countries women offer to meet mothers with children from the maternity hospital and take them home. But other help turned out to be much more in demand: sharing diapers, cleaning the house, making soup.