Photo: David Mdzinarishvili / EPA Photo: David Mdzinarishvili / EPA The International Fencing Federation (FIE) has revoked Estonia's right to host this year's European Fencing Championships due to its refusal to issue visas to athletes from Russia and Belarus. Secretary General of the Estonian Fencing Federation (EVL) Aivar Paalberg told Õhtuleht about this. According to him, the FIE made this decision on January 14, but Estonia was notified of it only a week later.

The teenager was found a day later. It is unclear whether there was a kidnapping at all Krasnoyarsk Photo: Ilya Naimushin / Sputnik / Imago Images / Scanpix / LETA On January 22, 14-year-old Nikolai Kaplya disappeared in Krasnoyarsk. According to preliminary information from the Investigative Committee, the teenager was taken from his home in an elite village by an unknown man.

Freed Belarusian Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski has finally been able to collect his peace prize Ales Bialiatski receives his Nobel diploma from Jørgen Vatne Fridnes, Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, in Oslo, Norway, 8 January 2026.

A schoolboy holds a gun in a still from Mr Nobody Against Putin. Photo: Pink Productions A documentary highlighting the extent to which state propaganda has taken hold in Russian schools has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, the Academy announced on Thursday.

The mini-series "Pony" about American spies in Moscow in the 1970s turned out to be interesting - and not only because Emilia Clarke speaks Russian here Photo: Landmark Media/Alamy/Vida Press The adventurous mini-series “Pony” has been released about the widows of American special agents who decide to work for the CIA in order to find out the circumstances of the death of their husbands.

Photo: Julien Grindat/EPA The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has developed a bill providing for criminal liability for all citizens of the Russian Federation who did not notify the authorities of their new citizenship or residence permit within 60 days of receiving it. “Vorstka” drew attention to this.

Despite the growing contradictions, the US President invited the Pontiff to the Peace Council. If the Pope refuses, it will be a feat Pope Leo XIV, Vatican, January 21, 2026. Photo: Vatican Media/EPA On January 21, Leo XIV received an invitation from Donald Trump to join the “peace council” he was creating. The leaders of some countries (for example, Israel, Egypt and Belarus) have already joined the “council”. There has been no response from the Vatican yet.

A bakery near Moscow that fed Putin with pies is being saved by the entire Kremlin and the government. Other small businesses are less fortunate Bakery “Mashenka”, Moscow region, December 21, 2025. Photo: Mikhail Voskresensky / Sputnik / Imago Images / Scanpix / LETA The Mashenka bakery from the Moscow region became famous when its owner took part in Vladimir Putin’s press conference, fed him pies and complained about the difficulties of small business.

Photo: Mads Claus Rasmussen/EPA The United States wants to renegotiate the defense agreement with Denmark in order to remove all restrictions on its military presence in Greenland. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing sources. The agreement, signed in 1951 and amended in 2004, gives the US military broad access to Greenland for operations, including the construction and operation of military bases.

Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, 22 January 2026. Photo: EPA / Alexander Kazakov Vladimir Putin held talks with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on Thursday night, which Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov described as “exceptionally substantive” and “extremely frank” on Friday.

The head of Kuzbass blames mothers for the death of their children in the maternity hospital. But women in the regions regularly face obstetric violence and medical errors Maternity hospital in Novokuznetsk, January 14, 2026. Photo: Svetlana Sheremetyeva-Sherstnyova / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On January 19, the court suspended the work of the Novokuznetsk City Clinical Hospital No. 1 named after. G.P. Kurbatov, where nine babies died during the New Year holidays.

Moscow agreed to the first trilateral negotiations with Ukraine and the United States Photo: Kremlin On the night of January 23, Vladimir Putin met with US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. This was reported in the Kremlin. Senior White House adviser Josh Grunbaum also participated in the talks for the first time. The meeting lasted more than three and a half hours.