The Samara region will allocate 97 million rubles to pay the labor of recruiters involved in attracting citizens to conclude contracts from the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is reported by Runews24. Financing will receive the local branch of the “Voluntary Society for the Assistance of the Army, Aviation and the Navy of Russia” (DOSAAF). The funds will be sent for payments to those who in 2024 engaged in the agitation of residents of the region to join the contract service.

The court changed the sentence to five employees of the Irkutsk pre -trial detention center, previously convicted of torture by the prisoner Kezhik Ondar. They re-qualified the article from the “excess of powers” ​​to “negligence” and softened the punishment of up to two years of the penal colony. Given the time, all the defendants in the case were released. This was announced by a member of the Human Rights Council Eva Merkacheva in his Telegram channel.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has appointed 64-year-old Konstantin Seleznev eight years of a general regime in the case of the distribution of military “fakes” (paragraph “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the OVD-Info with reference to one of the pensioner's supporters present at the trial. The prosecutor's office achieved just such a period.

In Bashkortostan, the first official register of specialists in "folk medicine" appeared in Russia, it is published on the website of the Ministry of Health of the Republic. The list has so far seven people who are treating herbs, acupuncture, yogotherapy, aromatherapy, “ethnic methods of psychological effects”. The document indicates their names, the place of work and the validity of the permit on activities in the field of traditional medicine.

The Council of the European Union plans to expand the sanctions list by including three Russian citizens who are wanted for cyber attacks on Estonian computer systems in 2020. It is reported by the "system". According to the draft document that was at the disposal of the editorial office, Nikolai Korchagin (born 1997), Vitaly Shevchenko (born 1997) and Yuri Denisov (born in 1980) will fall under the restrictions.

On January 26, Israel through intermediaries received a list of living and dead hostages from Hamas. They should be released as part of the first stage of the current transaction with Hamas. This was reported by Newsru.co.il. The data transferred by Hamas confirm the intelligence services: of the 33 hostages declared for release at the first stage of the transaction, 25 are alive, seven of them have already returned home, the media write.

The authorities of Colombia, which the day before refused to accept two aircraft with migrants deported from the United States, made concessions and agreed to accept these people. As Reuters reports with reference to the statement of the White House spokesman Caroline Litt, Washington, in turn, suspended the introduction of sanctions promised the day before.

Antifacked Fake "Vesti of the Week": Trump's intentions to expand the territory of the United States in Europe were perceived as a call for the dismemberment of Ukraine The Insider 27 January 2025 The news correspondent Mikhail Antonov talks about the difficult relationship developing in Donald Trump with the EU: “Until those whom Trump has not invited to his inauguration, he descended in the format of video statements to the Davos economic forum. Waiting for him with trepidation.

The Russian government supported the bill obliging to submit to the military service of citizens recognized as suitable within a year after the decision of the medical board. It is reported by TASS. The bill, developed by the head of the State Duma Committee on Defense Andrei Kartapolov, provides that a citizen recognized as suitable for the service will be drafted into the army within 12 months.

At the Tata Steel Chess 2025 International Chess Tournament, the Uzbek Grandmaster Nodirbek Yakubboyev was in the spotlight, refusing to shake the hand of the Indian chess player Rameshbabu Vaishabi in front of the party. He later explained that this act was dictated by his religious beliefs, the publication Gazeta.uz reports . On the video published on the Internet, Vaishali holds out his hand before the start of the game, but Yakubboev ignores this gesture and sits down behind the board.

The suspension of Russian gas supplies to Moldova has plunged the pro-Russian region of Transnistria into a state of cold and darkness. Since Jan. 1, the region has been left without heating and hot water, and for five hours each day, without electricity. The unprecedented crisis has already resulted in human casualties, forcing Transnistrian authorities to accept gas supplies from Moldova.

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko votes at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 26, 2025. Source: EPA-EFE The Belarusian Central Election Commission announced preliminary results for the presidential election early on Jan. 27, claiming that Alexander Lukashenko had secured a sweeping victory with 87.6% of the vote. According to the commission, the remaining four candidates collectively garnered just under 9%.

The court in the “DPR” sentenced to the life imprisonment of a Georgian citizen Nikolos Berianidze, who is allegedly fought on the side of Ukraine and was captured by the Russian military in May 2022 in Mariupol. According to the DPR prosecutor’s office, he was accused under articles on mercenaries (part 3 of article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and an encroachment on the life of a military man (Article 317 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Cover photo: The cargo ship Vezhen remains anchored near Karlskrona, Sweden, for inspection by Swedish authorities as of Jan. 27, 2025. Source: TT News Agency / Johan Nilsson via Reuters A ship detained by Swedish prosecutors in connection with damage to an undersea communication cable connecting Sweden and Latvia is owned by the Bulgarian company Navigation Maritime Bulgare, Reuters reported earlier today.

Moldovagaz began negotiations on gas procurement for Transnistria with Hungarian companies - oil and gas MOL and energy MVM, Kommersant reports with reference to sources familiar with the situation. According to them, the agreement may be reached in the near future, and then deliveries will begin in early February. The interlocutors of the newspaper noted that for now, temporary deliveries are being discussed, until the end of March - early April.