Politics 25 January 2025 A month remains until early elections in Germany, which are scheduled for February 23. To perform successfully at them, German radicals decided to make radical changes. It is no coincidence that the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany is being led into the Bundestag by Alice Weidel, who lives in partnership with a migrant, but at the same time opposes immigration and same-sex marriage.

The Senate of the US Congress approved the former officer and the leading Fox News, to the novel, to the post of Minister of Defense of the country, CNN reports . His candidacy was nominated by President Donald Trump. 50 legislators advocated the appointment, the same amount against. The decisive voice for the hegset was given by Vice President Jay Di Wans, presiding in the upper house of Congress.

The group of Hamas liberated the troops of the CACAL KARINARIEV, Daniel Gilboa, Naam Levy and Lary Elbag, whom the militants stole on October 7, 2023 from the post in the kibbutz Nakhal-OZ. The process took place on Palestine Square in the city of Gaza, the broadcast was conducted by Al AQSA. Israel, in turn, today should release 200 Palestinian prisoners, including 121 people who served a lifelong opinion.

In the Limansky direction, according to the Ukrainian soldier leading the Telegram channel “OFIZER ✙”, the Russian military occupied the village of Tern, freed during the Ukrainian counter-offensive in October 2022. Attacks on this settlement did not stop since December 2022. Also, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation took new positions in the area of ​​the villages of Kolodezi and Ivanovka on the western bank of the Zherebets River.

In Russia, 145 students are being persecuted for their political views, of which 43 are in prison, reports the human rights project OVD Info. Among them are Daria Kozyreva, Dmitry Ivanov, Daniil Vodolagin, Anna Arkhipova, Denis Eroshin, Alina Olekhnovich, Ivan Trofimov and Ulkyar Gashimova. As noted by OVD-Info and the “NeMoscow Speaks” project, students are increasingly being punished for their opinions: from reprimands and expulsion from universities to criminal prosecution.

In Kursk, the court arrested a 26-year-old soldier of the assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Evgeniy Fabrisenko, who was captured on charges of terrorism, murder and sexualized violence against civilians in the village of Russkoye Porechnoye. This was reported by the press service of the regional courts.

In Belarus, they limited access to the Internet on the eve of the presidential election. Hoster hosting provider said that from January 25 to 27, access to Belarusian sites from abroad will be blocked by decision of the operational and analytical center under the president of the country. This is due to certain threats of information infrastructure. As a result, users outside Belarus will not be able to go to some sites, and inside the country their work may slow down.

In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops continued their attempts to flank the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad agglomeration. On the western flank, despite Ukrainian counterattacks , they managed to gain control of a section of the Pokrovsk-Mezhova highway and began advancing toward a key logistical route along the highway to Pavlohrad. On the eastern flank, a road bridge at the Myrnohrad-Kostiantynivka junction was blown up .

The Kremniy El plant, one of Russia’s largest manufacturers of microelectronics, has suspended operations after being hit by a Ukrainian drone attack. According to a report by the Russian state-run news agency TASS , citing the plant’s press service, six drones attacked the facility on the night of Jan. 24, causing damage to parts of the production facilities and to a warehouse containing finished products. No injuries were reported.

The Leninsky District Court of Kursk arrested entrepreneur Denis Fedorov in the case of the theft of money allocated for the construction of fortifications, the press service of the courts of the region reports . The article on which Fedorov is accused is not specified in the press release. According to investigators, Fedorov “committed theft” 43.5 million rubles.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered to suspend the financing of most programs for assistance to other countries for 90 days. According to the Politico publication with reference to the document, the decision was also affected by Ukraine, Taiwan and Jordan. At the same time, the document says that the support of Israel and Egypt will continue.

The US Department of the Interior has announced that it will "restore" the name of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Mount Denali in accordance with an executive order by Donald Trump. The Gulf of Mexico will be renamed the American Gulf, and Mount Denali will be called McKinley Peak (named after US President William McKinley, who was assassinated in 1901. Trump announced his intentions to rename the Gulf of Mexico on January 20 in his inauguration speech.

A law against sham marriages has come into force in Russia. According to it, in order to obtain a temporary residence permit (TRP) under a simplified procedure, foreigners must have been married to a Russian citizen for at least three years. If the marriage is dissolved or declared invalid in court, the temporary residence permit will be annulled.

The Ministry of Information of Belarus has updated the list of printed publications, the distribution of which can cause “harm to national interests”. 30 items were added to the black list, including the novel by Hanya Yanagihara “Little Life” and Roman Chuck Palanik “Lullaby”, as well as non-fiction, the book of journalist Anne Applum “Gulag”. From the moment of entering the list to sell books that got there, it is impossible. The black list appeared at the end of November 2024.

Israel fulfilled the terms of the transaction with Hamas, freeing 200 Palestinian prisoners, including women and minors. According to the Israeli Radio Galya Dervahl, 114 of them were delivered to Ramalla, 70 were deported to Egypt, Algeria, Qatar and Turkey, and 16 were sent to the gas sector. Among the released there are persons who previously serving life imprisonment.