Moscow’s 2nd Western District Military Court has issued a verdict in a case related to the sinking of the cruiser Moskva and an attack on the frigate Admiral Essen in April 2022. The commander of Ukraine’s 406th Naval Artillery Brigade, Andriy Shubin, was sentenced in absentia to life in prison on charges of international terrorism. In its ruling, the Russian court acknowledged that 20 members of the Moskva’s crew were killed during the attack, 24 were wounded, and eight were listed as missing.

Elon Musk is returning to big politics before the 2026 midterm elections, despite the fact that several months ago he announced his intention to focus on managing his companies, The Wall Street Journal writes . The world's richest man has already donated $10 million to the Republican Senate candidate this year, and his tense relationship with President Trump has improved, the newspaper notes.

The head of the Kemerovo region, Ilya Seredyuk, commented on his recent statement about the responsibility of mothers for the death of newborns in the Novokuznetsk maternity hospital. The day before, he accused them that some of them came to the birth drunk. Now Seredyuk has apologized for his words. “When talking about the tragedy that occurred, I touched upon complex medical aspects.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office declared the WhiteBit cryptocurrency exchange, as well as the structures of its affiliates and subsidiaries W Group, an “undesirable organization.” The department’s statement claims that this European platform is used, among other things, to organize “gray” schemes for withdrawing funds from Russia and other “illegal activities.” “From the first days of the special military operation, the crypto exchange has been actively supporting the Armed Forces of

Washington wants to reconsider the defense agreement signed with Denmark in the middle of the last century. The states want to lift restrictions on their military presence in Greenland and cancel the obligation to inform Danish authorities about their actions. Bloomberg writes about this. A defense agreement between the two countries was signed in 1951. It gives the United States broad rights to build military bases on Greenland and station its troops there.

Israel plans to limit the number of Palestinians allowed to enter the Gaza Strip through the border crossing with Egypt, so that the number leaving exceeds the number entering. Three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. The Rafah crossing is expected to open next week. The head of the US-backed Palestinian Transition Committee, Ali Shaath, on Thursday announced the opening of the Rafah crossing, effectively the only route for more than 2 million Gazans.

Former Olympic snowboarder from Canada Ryan James Wedding, who is accused of creating one of the most violent drug gangs, was arrested Thursday evening in Mexico, NBC News reports . FBI Director Cash Patel said this. According to U.S.

News The Insider January 23, 2026 The Ukrainian army can become the basis for the united armed forces of Europe, President Vladimir Zelensky said, answering a question from The Insider in a chat with journalists. He emphasized that the Ukrainian Armed Forces today are the largest army in Europe, which also has experience in real war. “The basis for the united forces of Europe could be the Ukrainian army. To do this, you need to take several steps: legal, bureaucratic, to attract financing.

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has allowed Russian athletes in the under-23 category to participate in international tournaments with the flag and anthem, Russian Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev said . “Adults [athletes] - after recovery from OCD,” the minister added. Degtyarev also said that Russia at the Winter Olympics, which will be held in Italy on February 6–22, will be represented by a maximum of 13 athletes.

The Amsterdam city council has voted to ban billboards and bus stops advertising meat products and services that rely on fossil fuels (including cruises and air travel). This was reported by Dutch News and dpa . As Dutch News notes, Amsterdam has become the last major city in the Netherlands to introduce a ban on advertising of services related to the use of fossil fuels, following similar measures by Nijmegen, The Hague, Utrecht and Delft.

The European Union will send 447 emergency generators from EU strategic reserves to Ukraine following a series of Russian attacks on energy infrastructure that have left more than a million people without electricity, water and heating in temperatures down to -20°C. As reported by the European Commission, the cost of the batch of generators is €3.7 million. The equipment is intended to restore power supply to hospitals, shelters and other critical facilities.

The National Center for Physics and Mathematics in Sarov has developed an artificial intelligence system for tracking sentiment on social networks and the population’s reaction to the actions of the authorities, RBC writes with reference to the words of the scientific director of the “AI and Big Data” department of the Southern Federal University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Igor Kalyaev.

A Russian Molniya-2 UAV equipped with a Starlink satellite communications terminal SOCIETY Anastasia Ulyanova 23 January 2026 In Russia’s border regions, where thousands of troops have been concentrated since the start of the war in Ukraine, women are increasingly facing violence and hostility from soldiers. Many of the troops are former convicts; others simply feel a sense of impunity, knowing that instead of being sent to prison for their actions, they will merely be sent back to the front.

Theater and film director Konstantin Bogomolov was appointed acting director. O. Rector of the Moscow Art Theater School. Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova announced this in her Telegram channel. The post has been held since 2013 by actor Igor Zolotovitsky, who died on January 14 at the age of 64. Bogomolov now already runs two Moscow theaters - the Theater on Malaya Bronnaya and the Roman Viktyuk Theater, which was renamed the Melnikov Stage.

The oil tanker Progress (IMO: 9306627), which is under sanctions for transporting Russian oil, has lost control off the coast of Algeria and is drifting in the Mediterranean Sea. This is evidenced by ship tracking data collected by Bloomberg. The LR2 class vessel was sailing east along the northern coast of Africa towards the Suez Canal with a cargo of about 730 thousand barrels of Russian Urals oil.