“Terrible News” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the most important news that happened in Russia and the world over the past week. Kadyrov Jr. had an accident and was evacuated to Moscow. But what about the health of Kadyrov Sr.? Venezuelan oppositionist Maria Machado gave Trump her Nobel medal, but wants her own - for stopping the war in Ukraine.

Adam Kadyrov had an accident and was urgently taken to Moscow. The story of the road accident shows the place of the 18-year-old son in the plans of the head of Chechnya Adam Kadyrov at a tactical shooting competition in Gudermes, Chechnya, April 28, 2024. Photo: Chingis Kondarov / REUTERS / Scanpix / LETA On the evening of Friday, January 16, a traffic accident occurred in Grozny involving cars in the motorcade of the third son of the head of Chechnya, 18-year-old Adam Kadyrov.

A Russian servicemen stands guard at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Enerhodar, southeastern Ukraine, 1 September 2022. Photo: EPA / Yuri Kochetkov Russia and Ukraine have agreed to observe a temporary ceasefire around the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in southeastern Ukraine to allow for repair work to be completed on one of the plant’s backup power lines, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) announced on Friday.

It was recorded the day before the accident The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, against the backdrop of news that his son Adam had an accident and was taken by special flight to Moscow, published a video with him. On it, Kadyrov Jr.

Will this scandal put an end to her career? Portrait of the leading woman in Ukrainian politics Ukrainian deputy and leader of the Batkivshchyna party Yulia Tymoshenko at a court hearing, Kiev, Ukraine, January 16, 2026.

Displaced Palestinians warm themselves near a fire among the ruins of their destroyed home in Khan Yunis, Gaza, 30 December 2025. Photo: EPA / Haitham Imad The Trump administration is considering expanding the remit of its “Board of Peace”, which it has unilaterally created to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction, to other conflict zones around the world including Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

A screenshot from the FSB video of Mikhail Shcherbakov’s detention, showing a mug on his desk saying ”No to war!“ A senior executive from a subsidiary of Russia’s nuclear energy agency Rosatom has been detained on suspicion of having made donations to Ukraine’s military, pro-Kremlin Telegram channel SHOT reported on Friday.

American officials have proposed expanding the Peace Council's mandate for the Gaza Strip to include Ukraine and Venezuela in its scope of activities. This was reported by The Financial Times, citing informed sources.

Photo: Alessandro Di Meo/EPA Human rights defenders and civil society activists from Russia published a joint statement of solidarity with Iranian protesters and demanded an end to Russian support for repression in Iran. The authors of the statement indicate that the Kremlin became an indirect accomplice in unprecedented violence during the suppression of protests, which, according to media reports, could have killed more than 12 thousand people.

Photo: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA The Ministry of Education has prepared a draft order that involves the introduction of behavior assessment in schools, RBC reports . “Monitoring compliance with students’ internal regulations, including compliance with discipline in training sessions and rules of conduct in the organization, may include grading students’ behavior,” the draft says. The Ministry of Education told RBC that assessments will be introduced in all schools from September 1, 2026.

Five years ago, Navalny returned to Russia Alexei Navalny on board a plane on the way from Germany to Russia, January 17, 2021. Photo: Mstyslav Chernov / AP Photo / Scanpix / LETA January 17 marks five years since the return of Alexei Navalny from Germany, where he was treated after poisoning.

The results of the work of Olga Galaktionova, the most “convenient” director of the Pushkin Museum Olga Galaktionova. Photo: Sergey Kiselev / AGN “Moscow” On January 14, it became known that Olga Galaktionova, who held the post of director of the State Museum of Fine Arts. A. S. Pushkin, left her position and headed the Tretyakov Gallery.