Due to the collapse of five power line supports, some residents of Murmansk and Severomorsk, as well as the settlements of Safonovo and Roslyakovo, were left without heat and light for almost a day. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under the article of negligence.

Wintershall DEA, part of the BASF concern, received compensation from the German government for the confiscation of its Russian assets. Handelsblatt, citing industry sources, reported that €229 million was transferred to BASF accounts in the third quarter of 2025, and an unknown amount in the fourth. The company was able to receive compensation thanks to government guarantees for investments in Russian gas fields received in 2016.

Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) has denied asylum to a Russian man who was mobilized into the armed forces, fled from the front, and was tortured after being detained. The basis for the German agency’s decision was a verbal statement by ex-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu that Russia’s “partial” mobilization had allegedly ended, despite the lack of any official documents backing up Shoigu’s assertions.

News The Insider January 24, 2026 Eyewitnesses have released videos of the moment a man was killed by ICE immigration police in Minneapolis. The footage shows agents knocking him to the ground, hitting him in the head several times, and then shooting him almost point-blank. One video posted by the Rerum Novarum Telegram channel shows ICE agents trying to detain a man and a woman while using pepper spray.

US immigration authorities allowed one of the suspects in a jewelry robbery case worth up to $100 million to leave the country on his own and travel to South America. The decision, made in December, came as a surprise to prosecutors who had been preparing to take the case to trial and seek a prison sentence, The Guardian writes . We are talking about Heson Nelon Presile Flores. He was part of a group of seven people accused of robbing a cash-in-transit truck in 2022.

Italy recalled its ambassador to Switzerland for consultations and lodged a formal protest after a Swiss court granted bail to the owner of the Le Constellation bar in the Crans-Montana resort, Jacques Moretti. On New Year's Eve, a fire there killed 40 people, six of them Italian citizens. Also, 10 out of 100 victims were Italians. Reuters reports this.

Hungarian company MOL Nyrt. reported that its proposal to purchase a stake in the Serbian oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) was accepted by Gazprom Neft. This was stated by MOL Strategy Director Gyorgy Bacha in a podcast published on Saturday. “The seller has accepted the offer,” Bacha said, adding that the parties are now agreeing on the terms of the deal. He did not disclose the purchase price or other financial details.

Residents of Kyiv during a power outage, January 13, 2026 / Andrew Kravchenko / AFP Society Victoria Ponomareva 24 January 2026 On Saturday night, Russia dealt another massive blow to Kiev’s energy system. 6,000 houses were left without heating, 800 thousand people without electricity. Due to constant attacks in the Kyiv region, thousands of residents of the region have been constantly living without basic amenities for almost a month - electricity, water and heat.

News The Insider January 24, 2026 The tenth newborn has died in Novokuznetsk since December. The Baza Telegram channel reported this on January 24. The child died on January 22. His mother lost the ability to have children after giving birth. According to Baza, the boy was born prematurely. His 38-year-old mother Venus was admitted to the hospital in early December after her water broke prematurely. The birth took place on December 11 via cesarean section.

News The Insider January 24, 2026 The United States published a new National Defense Strategy for 2026, which outlined a shift in priorities in military policy. The document, presented by the US Department of Defense on January 23, emphasizes protecting American territory and containing China, while suggesting a more limited US role in ensuring the security of allies in Europe and other regions.

The official accounts of the White House and the US Department of Homeland Security began publishing media materials with images of penguins amid statements by President Donald Trump about the need to annex Greenland to the United States. However, penguins do not live in Greenland - their natural environment is located in the area of ​​the South Pole. First, the White House posted on the social network Twitter (X) an image of Donald Trump with a penguin against a snowy background.

The State Duma will soon begin to consider a bill that will strengthen control over the finances of “foreign agents.” Speaker of Parliament Vyacheslav Volodin announced this. Now banks, at the request of the Ministry of Justice, are required to provide information about the accounts, deposits and transactions of “foreign agents,” but they do this on paper. The new law should simplify and speed up this process. The initiative involves a transition to electronic data exchange.

ICE migration police agents shot and killed a man during a raid, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said, as reported by the Associated Press. “I just spoke with the White House following another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota is sick of it. This is disgusting. The President must put an end to this operation. Thousands of violent, untrained officers must be removed from Minnesota immediately,” Walz wrote on Twitter (X). Details are still unknown.

At Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, 36-year-old Lebanese native Mohammed S., who arrived from Beirut, was detained. He was wanted by the Federal Criminal Police Office. Law enforcement officials claim that he is a member of the Hamas terrorist movement and is involved in arms smuggling. In particular, he allegedly acquired about 300 rounds of ammunition for attacks on Israeli institutions in Europe. Der Spiegel reports this. Mohammed S.'s defense attorneys declined to comment.