According to Novaya-Europa, after an accident, Kadyrov Jr. may lose sight in one eye Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov’s telegram channel Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov’s telegram channel The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called the information about the accident involving his son Adam “stuffing up.” He said this at a meeting with the republic’s prosecutor Arsan Adayev, TASS reports . “With the help of artificial intelligence, you can deceive any person.

A court in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky sentenced the former head of men's correctional colony No. 5, Ivan Sorokin, to five years in prison, finding him guilty of exceeding his official powers out of personal interests. Mediazona drew attention to this. As follows from the data published on the court’s website, the verdict was announced today, February 9. Sorokin led the colony from January 2022 to October 2024.

The Kovdorsky District Court of the Murmansk Region fined Ukrainian citizen and pensioner Vasily Yovdiy 30 thousand rubles in an administrative case about “discrediting” the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) for liking a video on YouTube. “Vorstka” drew attention to this. The resolution states that Yovdiy left “approving comments - reactions in the form of likes” under the videos.

How residents of Irkutsk Bodaibo, at -40, have been surviving in frozen apartments for the second week after a utility accident Bodaybo. Photo: Igor Kobzev / press service of the Governor of the Irkutsk region Residents of Bodaibo have been living in cold apartments for the 11th day: the temperature at home is near zero, the sewage system is frozen, and a state of emergency has been introduced in the city. People are urged to leave their frozen homes for a while if possible.

Photo: Dmitry Spirin’s website Photo: Dmitry Spirin’s website A criminal case was opened against the former leader of the Cockroaches group, Dmitry Spirin, for evading the duties of a “foreign agent” (Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code). The capital department of the Investigative Committee reported this to TASS. The issue of putting Spirin on the wanted list is now being considered. The artist does not live in Russia.

A prayer breakfast with Trump was held in Washington President Donald Trump speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on February 6, 2025, in Washington. Photo: Evan Vucci / AP / Scanpix / LETA Speaking as a stand-up comedian at a prayer breakfast in Washington, the US president unleashed a new batch of his messianic claims.

People attend a rally against the blocking of Russian YouTube accounts in front of the US Embassy in Moscow, Russia, 19 July 2024. Photo: EPA / Maxim Shipenkov A court in Russia’s Arctic Murmansk region has fined a pensioner 30,000 rubles (€325) for “discrediting” the army by liking videos on YouTube, investigative journalism outlet Verstka reported on Monday.

Escape routes from the Russian military are narrowing as European attitudes to ex-servicemen harden A Russian servicemen in the village of Novaya Sorochina in Russia’s Kursk region, 9 March 2025.

On the eve of elections in Altai, security forces smash the local branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Two deputies, including the speaker of the Legislative Assembly, were under suspicion of particularly large-scale fraud. Communist Party rally in Rubtsovsk, Altai Territory, April 2025.

Hayk Gasparyan and Vladimir Putin, photo: “Russia 24” Hayk Gasparyan and Vladimir Putin, photo: “Russia 24” In the war against Ukraine, a member of the Russian army, commander of the “Armenian Battalion” (“ArBat”), Hayk “Abrek” Gasparyan, died. This was reported by the occupation head of Gorlovka, Donetsk region, Ivan Prikhodko and Z-blogger Vladislav Zizdok . According to them, Gasparyan died today, February 9, while performing a combat mission.

What reforms did she get carte blanche for? Japanese Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Sanae Takaichi at a press conference on general election day, Tokyo, Japan, February 8, 2026. Photo: Kim Kyung-Hoon/EPA The maneuver of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in calling early elections to the lower house of parliament turned out to be completely justified.

Lyubomir Korba in FSB custody. Photo: FSB The man charged with attempting to assassinate a high-ranking official in Russia’s GRU foreign military intelligence agency in Moscow on Saturday has confessed to attempted murder, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday.

For the Russian authorities, documents from another country are a factor of a citizen’s disloyalty. Historian Rustam Alexander recalls how those who wanted to go abroad were persecuted in the USSR A man holds his Russian passport while standing in line outside the Russian embassy during the Russian presidential election, Almaty, Kazakhstan, March 17, 2024.

Photo: FSB Central Election Commission The FSB said that Lyubomir Korba and Viktor Vasin, suspects in the attempted murder of GRU deputy chief Vladimir Alekseev, admitted guilt and gave evidence. This is stated in a press release from the intelligence service. According to the FSB, Korba was the perpetrator, and Vasin was his accomplice. The ordering party for the murder, as stated by the intelligence service, was the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

The aftermath of a Russian drone strike on a residential building in Bohodukhiv, in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, 9 February 2026. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Three people were killed and at least 14 more were injured in Russian drone strikes on Ukrainian cities overnight, the Ukrainian authorities said on Monday.