Vasily Prozorov. Photo: VK A Moscow court has sentenced three men to long prison sentences for their involvement in the attempted assasination of a dissident Ukrainian intelligence officer, Russia’s Investigative Committee announced on Tuesday.

Kyiv residents line up outside the Ukrainian capital’s ”points of invincibility”, set up to help people cope with power and heating outages, Kyiv, Ukraine, 17 January 2026. Photo: EPA / Maria Senovilla Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided not to travel to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he told journalists on Tuesday, despite the fact that he was expected to meet US President Trump there later this week.

Russia fired missiles at Ukraine made from decommissioned weapons. Experts believe that the Russian Federation is experiencing a shortage of missile ammunition Russian military personnel next to the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system, Kaliningrad region, March 11, 2019. Photo: Vitaly Nevar / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Media reports that for the first time during a full-scale war, Russia used RM-48U target missiles against Ukraine on the night of January 20.

The 2nd Western District Military Court sentenced Vladimir Golovchenko to 26 years in prison, and Ivan Paskar to 24 years in prison on charges of terrorism, illegal production and acquisition of explosive devices. This was reported by the press service of the Investigative Committee. Golovchenko will spend the first six years of his sentence in prison, Paskar - the first five. After this they will be transferred to a maximum security colony.

The Kremlin is facing a massive budget deficit due to the low cost of Russian crude oil A man walks past a bureau de change in Moscow, Russia, 22 December 2022. Photo: EPA / Maxim Shipenkov The price of Russian crude oil fell to lows last month that have not been seen since the global pandemic in 2020. The sharp decline began immediately after the US imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in October.

How real is this threat? Let's figure it out together with an infectious disease specialist Doctors accompany a patient with COVID-19 on the territory of the hospital complex in Kommunarka. Moscow, November 5, 2021.

The auction for the sale of Domodedovo Airport, scheduled for January 20, did not take place, Interfax writes , citing data from the Torgi information system and the RTS-Tender trading platform. The only application was submitted by a certain businessman Evgeniy Bogaty, but his candidacy was rejected because the applicant did not provide all the necessary documents.

Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihail Popșoi holds a press conference in Chisinau, Moldova, 4 February 2025. Photo: EPA / Dumitru Doru Moldova has begun the formal procedure required for it to leave the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the free association of sovereign states created following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popșoi announced on Monday.

47 years ago, the Iranians overthrew Pahlavi, and now they are calling for his son to return to the throne. What has the history of the Shahinshah State of Iran taught? Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and his wife Yasmine address supporters in front of the UN European headquarters during a rally in Geneva, Switzerland, February 18, 2025.

The Trans-Baikal Regional Court, at the request of the prosecutor’s office, recognized the “Trans-Baikal Left Association” as a “terrorist” organization, the court’s press service writes . Local anarchists claim that by “Trans-Baikal Left Association” the prosecutor’s office means the telegram channel 75ZLO, which published information about anti-war actions and animal protection.

Tents are set up in Kyiv to shelter city residents without heating, 19 January 2026. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine One person was killed in the city of Bucha near Kyiv as overnight Russian missile and drone strikes left large swathes of the Ukrainian capital without heating, electricity and water, the authorities said on Tuesday. Kyiv region Governor Mykola Kalashnyk said a 50-year-old man had been killed in the “treacherous” strike on Bucha, which also damaged two petrol stations.

At the end of 2025, pipeline supplies of oil to Russian refineries decreased to 228.34 million tons - this is the lowest figure since 2010, Kommersant reports , citing data from the Argus agency. Analysts cite unscheduled repairs after a “series of external influences” in the second half of 2025 as the main reasons for this situation. According to a Kommersant source, from August to November 2025, the refinery received a total of 85.9 million tons of oil.

The death of Roman Tyurin, a 55-year-old political prisoner, became known only a year later. What was he like? Illustration: “New Newspaper Europe” 55-year-old Roman Tyurin, a political prisoner from the Omsk village of Olgino, died on February 17, 2025, but this became publicly known only almost a year later, on January 15, 2026.