Alexey Gorinov in a court in the second criminal case against him Municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, sentenced to 10 years for speeches against the war, was included in the short list of the Pavel Adamovich prize. The award is awarded to the European Union for the struggle for human rights, civil tolerance and support for those in need.

Illustrative photo On the night of January 2, the Russian military attacked the city of Stepnogorsk in the Zaporozhye region of Ukraine with guided bombs. One person died. This was announced by the head of the regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov. In total, according to local authorities, 11 bombs were dropped. A five-story building was destroyed. Rescuers pulled out the body of a dead man from under the rubble.

The Investigative Committee has charged the deputy head of the St. Petersburg Kirov Military Medical Academy, Pavel Veshkin, with bribery, TASS reports , citing a source in the Investigative Committee. According to them, we are talking about receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, which Pavel Veshkin received from the company SL Pharma, operating in the field of trade in medical goods. Civilians and military personnel are also involved in the case.

Vladimir Putin President Vladimir Putin instructed the Ministry of Education to include patriotic literature by modern authors in the extracurricular reading lists for schoolchildren, Vedomosti reports . Also, the department must create unified textbooks on the state languages ​​of the Republic of Russia by October 2025, and unified textbooks on the Russian language, literature and literary reading by 2026. Putin proposed creating unified textbooks on the Russian language in November 2024.

Memorial for the dead in "Crocus" The Prosecutor General of Istanbul charged five detainees in the case of a terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall near Moscow, where 145 people were killed, Anadolu reports . The prosecutor demanded to appoint a prison time from 7.5 to 15 years to the accused.

Illustrative photo In Russia there are now more than 1,100 defendants in anti-war cases. Of these, 349 people are deprived of their liberty: they are in colonies, pre-trial detention centers or undergoing compulsory treatment. Okna journalists spoke with some convicts, as well as with those who constantly write letters to prisoners, about the past 2024 and the coming 2025.

Volunteers collect fuel oil with shovels, Krasnodar region The Ministry of Emergency Situations recorded a new release of fuel oil near the Black Sea coast in the Anapa region. In December, authorities declared a state of emergency after the sinking of two oil tankers and a large-scale oil spill in the Kerch Strait. It is noted that fuel oil appeared in an area about 3 meters wide at the water's edge. As before, the release was a consequence of a storm in the Black Sea.