The Sixth Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction exempted from military service the sons and brothers of those mobilized who died in the war. The human rights project “Conscript School” drew attention to the court’s decision. The court made its decision in the case of Ivan Smolnikov from Kirovo-Chepetsk, who was suing the military registration and enlistment office for the right to a deferment from conscription service due to the death of his brother in the war in Ukraine.

The deputy director of the Smolensk NPP was detained on charges of abuse of power, and the former deputy director was also detained, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the FSB department for the region. According to investigators, the defendants decided to embezzle funds allocated for the reconstruction of the station and offered the head of the contractor company to pay for work that had not yet been completed.

The opposition party For Georgia reported an attack on its leader, former Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia. As follows from the published statement, a group of unknown people beat up the politician in Batumi, where he came to a trial before representatives of the youth wing of his party.

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would ban trans people from participating in girls' school sports teams. According to The New York Times, the document was approved by 218 votes to 206, with two Democrats supporting the Republicans. Commenting on the results of the vote, Congressman Greg Stubey said that the initiative is aimed at “leveling the playing field” for female athletes.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow arrested 66-year-old Galina Archagova on charges of justifying terrorism. TASS reports this with reference to the case materials. The reason was her posting of a video on a social network with the support of the “Freedom of Russia” legion. The pensioner asked the court to replace the measure of restraint with house arrest, explaining this by the need to care for her elderly father, but the judge rejected this request.

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said that the Turkish Stream gas pipeline was attacked, but the incident did not affect its operation, and the gas pipeline continues to operate as normal. This was reported by Turkey Today. “After the attack, the gas supply was not interrupted. The gas pipeline continues to operate at the same capacity,” Bayraktar said. However, he did not specify who the Turkish authorities consider responsible for what happened.

Due to a break in the main cable in Tatarstan, a decrease in Internet speed was recorded in 21 regions of Russia, RBC writes with reference to the press service of Roskomnadzor. “On the Tyulyachi-Novaya Tura section there was a break in the main cable. Damage to the cable led to the degradation of broadband Internet access (broadband Internet access - RBC) services in 21 regions of Russia for approximately 3.8 million users,” the report says.

The former director of the Gulag History Museum, Roman Romanov, was fired from his post after refusing to make changes to an exhibition at the Museum of Moscow. Employees of the Gulag History Museum participated in its preparation. This was reported by Meduza with reference to an anonymous source close to the situation.

To the editor-in-chief of the pro-government media “IvanovoNEWS | BARS" by Sergei Kustov, a protocol was drawn up to discredit the Russian army (Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code) due to a typo in the military man's last name. The publication “7×7” drew attention to this. In November 2024 “IvanovoNEWS | BARS" published the names of 17 servicemen of the 98th Airborne Division from the Ivanovo region who disappeared during the war with Ukraine and whose relatives were looking for them.

Israel has concluded a ceasefire agreement with Hamas in exchange for the gradual release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, Al Jazeera reports , citing Hamas representatives. US President-elect Donald Trump also confirmed that the parties to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict had reached an agreement on a deal. Update : the head of the Qatari government later confirmed the agreement . According to him, the agreement will come into force on Sunday, January 19.

“Yantar” is a carrier of two types of autonomous deep-sea vehicles: the “Rus” and “Consul” projects. There can be a maximum of two devices of this type on board at the same time. They will probably be heading down to the sunken Ursa Major. The commander of the 29th Special Purpose Submarine Brigade, Rear Admiral Alexander Konovalov, may also be on board, notes military expert Droxford Maritime, who specializes in maritime data analytics.

Transnistria will receive gas from Russia in the form of humanitarian aid, said the head of the unrecognized republic Vadim Krasnoselsky. Earlier, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov claimed that Russia could no longer supply gas to the region.

Photo: Proposed sketches of the assault badge of the Russian infantry, II and I degrees An article with a proposal to introduce a reward for attack aircraft “like in the Wehrmacht” was removed from the Ministry of Defense magazine. However, an archived copy of the publication is still available . The material was published on January 13 in the Army Collection magazine, which is published by the Russian Ministry of Defense. Meduza was one of the first to draw attention to the article.

News The Insider January 15, 2025 #Military report In today's summary: In the Kursk region, after a large-scale offensive by the Russian Armed Forces in the north of the Ukrainian bridgehead, relative calm established Yuri Butusov - The Armed Forces of Ukraine are “mediocrely” losing Pokrovsk due to unsuccessful actions of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Headquarters Ukrainian defenses are gradually “collapsing” into the remnants of a “pocket” southwest of the abandoned Kurakhov “Officer ✙” -

The tripartite agreement that the presenter mentions was signed by Baku, Yerevan and Moscow after Azerbaijan took control of most of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian side had to guarantee the security of communication between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan, and the Russian FSB border troops had to control transport routes.