The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia, Alexander Bastrykin, instructed to initiate a criminal case against the Russian actor Arthur Smolyaninov after he spoke about the war with Ukraine. For which article is instructed to open the case - it is not reported. "In an interview with the Western publications, Smolyaninov made a number of statements directed against Russia," the investigative committee said in a telegram channel.

The impending collapse of the Russian army in Ukraine brings the political collapse of the empire, which had different names, but now claims that it is the Russian Federation. Empires can grind many crises, but military defeat from the former colony is the most dangerous. Therefore, the question of the future of a huge country today is actively discussed both within Russia (gradually, under the pain of repression) and in exile, but publicly, which, of course, is very timely.

Russia claims that it broke through the defense of the city of Soledar, Ukraine refutes this, but admits that the situation there is difficult. Fierce battles are on the approaches. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky called Soledar the most bloody place at the front and announced that the command was transferring additional units there. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that more than 600 APU soldiers died as a result of a blow to Kramatorsk.

"There is not a single school in Orekhov, which would remain intact. All schools are bombed. The horde has come and turns everything into ruins." "I know that the victory will be over Ukraine, that God will sweep this evil from our Earth and we will be happy!" Russian artillery almost around the clock shelts the city of nuts in the Zaporizhzhya region of Ukraine.

In the Republic of Komi, the court fined a pensioner from the art of Art Aard for 120 thousand rubles for anti -war pictures published by him on the VKontakte social network. The court found that four images placed by a pensioner on their page discredited the Russian army. For each of them, Aard must pay 30 thousand rubles. At the same time, the size of his pension is 15 thousand rubles per month. Prior to this, employees of the regional center for countering extremism broke into the apartment.

Everything you need to know early in the morning of January 9 Good morning! In Brazil, the supporters of the former President Zhair Bolsonaru broke into the buildings of Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace. They urge the army to intervene in the situation and dismiss the president and Silva, whose inauguration took place a week ago. Yes, Silva, for his part, urged the army to suppress the riots.

Moscow was decorated with symbols of war against Ukraine

The Thai authorities canceled the requirement announced last week, according to which foreigners entering the country must present a certificate of complete vaccination course from Covid-19. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul, reports Reuters.

Heads of United Russia: Turchak, Medvedev, Gryzlov The United Russia party adds to the base of its supporters of those who support the Russian invasion of Ukraine and delete those who doubt its success. About this newspaper Vedomosti was told by two sources. According to the interlocutors of the newspaper, social networks are analyzing to update the base in the party - primarily VKontakte and Odnoklassniki - using special algorithms.

SPRK "Buk" (archive photo) Georgia refused to transfer to Ukraine the Buk anti -aircraft missile systems, which Kyiv sent Tbilisi during the 2008 war. This was announced in his article for the publication "European Pravda" by the attorney in the affairs of Ukraine in Georgia Andrei Kasyanov. Ukraine also asked Georgia to transfer it to the American anti -tank complexes "Javelin".

The war, power and the Church of Putin. Our guest of the religious scholar, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Deputy Chairman of the Party of People’s Freedom Andrei Zubov. This material (information) was produced, distributed and (or) sent by foreign agent Sokolov Mikhail Vladimirovich, or concerns the activities of foreign agent Sokolov Mikhail Vladimirovich.

An illustrative photograph The anti -war committee of Russia called on the Russians who live outside the country, on February 24, to reach the protest against the war. It is planned that rallies will be held by Russian embassies, consulates, trade missions or other collectively agreed places, according to the committee’s website. On February 24, it will be exactly a year since the beginning of the full -scale invasion of Russia to Ukraine.

In Mariupol, houses destroyed as a result of the advance of the Russian army are demolished.

Dmitry Bykov finishes work on a book about the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. His new book of poems called "Second Death" came out. Radio correspondent Liberty talks with the writer about his work, war in Ukraine , emigration and much more. Dmitry Bykov owns a lot of aphorisms, sometimes paradoxical.