General Igor Kirillov. Photo: Russian Defence Ministry A court in Moscow has convicted three Russians and a citizen of Uzbekistan of the 2024 murder of General Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, the Investigative Committee announced on Wednesday.

Novaya Gazeta Europe found out the circumstances of the explosion at the Syktyvkar training center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs The moment of the explosion at the Vocational Training Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Syktyvkar on January 15, 2026. Photo: RT On January 15, an explosion occurred at the Syktyvkar vocational training center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

US President Donald Trump addresses the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 21 January 2026. Photo: EPA / Gian Ehrenzeller US President Donald Trump told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday that both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia’s Vladimir Putin wanted to make a deal to end the war in Ukraine.

How the Ukrainian capital survives severe frosts. Photo gallery Residential buildings during power outages and frost after Russian strikes on civilian infrastructure, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 19, 2026. Photo: Vladyslav Sodel / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Against the background of abnormal frosts, when the thermometer drops below –18°C, the Ukrainian capital is struggling with the consequences of large-scale damage to the energy infrastructure.

Russian schoolchildren learning how to use drones. Photo: donetsk-news.ru Schoolchildren in Russia are to be taught how to assemble and operate drones in classes in basic homeland security and defence, state news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.

Photo: Alexander Turkevich / Facebook The “Glory to Russia” stamp on the stomach of Ukrainian prisoner of war Andrei Pereverzev was made during an operation at the largest hospital in Donbass, the Donetsk Clinical Territorial Medical Association (DOKTMO). The Radio Liberty project “Schemes” was able to find out this. The inscription burned on the stomach of Andrei Pereverzev.

The 2nd Western District Military Court in Moscow sentenced the defendants in the case of the murder of the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense forces (RKhBZ) Igor Kirillov, the press service of the Investigative Committee reports . Akhmadzhon Kurbonov was sentenced to life imprisonment. He will serve his sentence in a special regime colony. Robert Safaryan was given 25 years in prison, Batukhan Tochiev - 22 years, Ramazan Padiev - 18 years.

A multi-car pile up in Grozny has provided rare insight into Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov’s succession plans Adam Kadyrov takes part in a shooting competition in Gudermes, Chechnya, 28 April 2024. Photo: Chingis Kondarov / REUTERS / Scanpix / LETA Last Friday evening, Adam Kadyrov, the 18-year-old son and rumoured heir of ailing Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, was involved in a massive fatal car crash in Grozny.

The damaged high-rise building in the town of Novaya Adygea, southern Russia, 20 January 2026. Photo: Murat Kumpilov / Telegram At least 13 people were injured in the town of Novaya Adygea, in the republic of Adygea in Russia’s North Caucasus on Tuesday, in what regional head Murat Kumpilov described as a Ukrainian drone strike on a high-rise residential building. Kumpilov said that nine of those injured had been hospitalised, of whom two were in a stable condition in intensive care.

The number of people killed in Iran is much higher than they say in the media, claims Masih Alinejad Masih Alinejad during a rally calling on the EU to recognize the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization, Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2023. Photo: Stephanie Lecocq/EPA Late last week, Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad spoke at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Iran and desperately called on the world to intervene and help the protesters.

The wall where three separate plaques honouring Anna Politkovskaya have now been destroyed, outside her former home in Moscow. Photo: SOTA A Moscow court has fined a city resident for destroying a memorial plaque honouring the murdered Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the city courts’ press service said on Wednesday.

It is owned by a Chinese citizen The US military seized the tanker Sagitta in the Caribbean. The ship was sailing under the flag of Liberia and was included in the American sanctions lists, the US Southern Command said .

The governor of Adygea announced a drone attack, OSINT channels announced a Russian air defense missile Photo: Murat Kumpilov / Telegram Damaged house in the village of New Adygea. Photo: Murat Kumpilov / Telegram In the village of New Adygea near Krasnodar, 13 people were injured. This happened due to an attack by Ukrainian drones, said the head of the Republic of Adygea, Murat Kumpilov. According to him, nine victims were hospitalized, two of them are in intensive care in stable condition.

The investigation into the suicide attempt of the former head of the Serpukhov region Alexander Shestun has been resumed Former head of the Serpukhov district of the Moscow region Alexander Shestun at a meeting of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow, February 12, 2019.

Private jets parked at Duebendorf Air Base as global business leaders and politicians arrive for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, 20 January 2026. Photo: EPA / Michael Buholzer Envoys representing US President Donald Trump and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met for over two hours at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday to discuss ongoing US-led efforts to end the war in Ukraine.