Terrible news with Kirill Martynov In Moscow, the deputy chief of the GRU was seriously wounded. According to authorities, the suspects were detained in Dubai and will soon be brought to Moscow. But how did one of the key military leaders end up without security and why could they try to eliminate him? Not only Ukraine, but also some Russian cities are freezing. Some are due to attacks on the energy infrastructure, others due to many years of lack of repairs on heating networks. Who's to blame?

Six people were injured, including two security forces A 15-year-old teenager, armed with a knife, attacked a student dormitory for foreign students in Ufa. A criminal case has been opened, TASS reports with reference to the Investigative Committee. The attack occurred during the day on the territory of a dormitory for foreign students, which belongs to the Bashkir State Medical University. The attacker shouted nationalist slogans and drew a swastika, Ufa_rb writes, citing eyewitnesses.

Russian scientists are talking about a new way to treat hepatitis B - using genome editing. We tell you what is known about this technology Work of the Cytogenetics Laboratory of the Moscow State Research Center. Photo: Alexander Avilov / Moscow Agency Scientists from Sechenov University announced a scientific breakthrough in the field of genome editing technologies - the creation of a drug for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B based on the CRISPR/Cas9 method.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in his office in Kyiv, 2 February 2026. Photo: Telegram / Zelensky Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has told reporters that the Trump administration has given both Moscow and Kyiv a June deadline to finalise a peace deal, after two rounds of talks in Abu Dhabi appeared to have done little to break the deadlock between the two sides.

Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev. Photo: Novaya Gazeta The deputy head of Russia’s GRU foreign military intelligence agency Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, who was shot three times by an unknown assailant outside his apartment in Moscow on Friday morning, has regained consciousness in hospital, TASS reported on Saturday.

"Josephine" starring Channing Tatum is a Sundance winner. This is a movie about childhood witness trauma and American rape trials. Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves and Channing Tatum in the film Josephine, 2026. Photo: Greta Zozula/Sundance Institute At the Sundance Film Festival, which ended on February 1, the American drama Josephine won a double prize: the Grand Jury Prize in the American Film Competition and the Audience Award.

Deputy head of the GRU Vladimir Alekseev, who had been assassinated the day before, regained consciousness. This was reported by TASS , Kommersant and Sputnik, citing sources. According to media reports, Deputy Chief of the GRU Vladimir Alekseev successfully underwent surgery. Since yesterday he has been in an induced coma. As Kommersant adds , the first suspect has emerged in the case of the assassination attempt on Alekseev.

The Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit demanding that the property of the private owners of Sirena-Travel, the developer of the largest Russian ticket booking system Leonardo, be converted into state income. RBC reports this. The first hearing on the claim is scheduled for February 18.

But there are still no compromises on the issues of territories and control over Zaporizhia NPP Representatives of the United States and Ukraine at the negotiations discussed an ambitious goal - to conclude a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine in March. This was reported by Reuters, citing several sources. According to the agency, the United States and Ukraine discussed that the peace agreement would be submitted to a popular referendum.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the resignation of Sergei Ivanov, who had been his deputy for many years. How has Putin's circle changed recently? Sergey Ivanov. Photo: Kirill Kazachkov / Roscongress Vladimir Putin dismissed his longtime ally Sergei Ivanov from the post of special presidential representative for environmental activities, ecology and transport. In 2008, Ivanov was considered as a candidate for the presidential post.