The Spanish government has announced a large-scale campaign to legalize immigrants in the country who do not have proper documents. This was reported by the Associated Press and El Mundo . As AP notes, the decision of the Spanish authorities runs counter to the pan-European trend towards tightening migration policy. To begin legalization itself, it will be necessary to make changes to migration legislation.

Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who became the face of anti-immigration raids during President Donald Trump's second term, will be removed from his position and leadership of the operation in Minnesota after harsh criticism of senior federal officials over the actions of the enforcement authorities in the state. CNN , CBS News and The New York Times write about this with reference to sources. Bovino, as well as some Border Patrol agents, are expected to leave Minnesota this week.

At least 30 people died in several US states due to a severe snowstorm that hit the country, reports the Associated Press. On January 26, snowfall covered the northeastern states, and in the southern regions the temperature dropped below zero. Millions of Americans were left without electricity. Deep snow - more than 30 centimeters - covered an area stretching 2,100 kilometers from Arkansas to New England. Traffic came to a standstill, flights were cancelled, and schools were closed.

Latvia has suspended an assistance program for Russian independent journalists, implemented jointly with the public organization Sustainability Foundation. Within its framework, journalists from Russia could obtain entry visas to Latvia and a residence permit. Representatives of the Sustainability Foundation told The Insider about this.

Sales of electric vehicles in December exceeded sales of cars with gasoline engines in the European market for the first time, Reuters reports , citing data from the ACEA association. It is clarified that we are talking about a market that includes EU countries, the UK and Norway. Sales of electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and plug-in hybrids grew by 51%, 36.7% and 5.8%, respectively.

American Bridge 21st Century, an organization affiliated with the US Democratic Party, has opened public access to arrays of opposition research ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, Politico writes . Artificial intelligence is used to navigate materials, which should help both Democratic campaign headquarters and podcasters.

Eight people sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of the explosion on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022 sent an open appeal to the presidents of Russia, the United States and Ukraine, as well as international human rights organizations. Artyom Azatyan, Georgy Azatyan, Oleg Antipov, Alexander Bylin, Vladimir Zloba, Roman Solomko, Artur Terchanyan and Dmitry Tyazhelykh claim that they are innocent and became victims of a miscarriage of justice.

US President Donald Trump on his social network Truth Social announced an increase in tariffs on South Korean goods - from 15 to 25%. This decision, he said, was made because the country's parliament has still not approved the trade agreement that the parties agreed on in July.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Russia filed a lawsuit with the Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region demanding that Printing House Pechatnya LLC be turned into state income, Kommersant writes . The lawsuit states that the beneficial owners of the company are two UK residents: Kazakh citizen Sergei Kim and Russian Alexander Timokhin.

The United States Department of Justice has announced that on Jan. 22 a federal court in Brooklyn sentenced Kyrgyz national Sergei Zharnovnikov to 39 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to export American-made firearms to Russia in violation of sanctions for use in the war against Ukraine. “The defendant bought American-made, military-grade firearms and ammunition and reexported them to Russia — the same brand of firearms and ammunition known to be used in Russia’s war against Ukraine.

American artificial intelligence developer Anthropic is raising about $20 billion from venture capitalists and other investors. This is double the company's initial goal and indicates high interest in the startup, which is one of the main competitors of OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, the Financial Times writes , citing sources familiar with the situation. The deal is close to completion and will value Anthropic at $350 billion.

SOCIETY Nikita Aronov 27 January 2026 Students in the Russian city of Novorossiysk were recently threatened with being barred from winter exams if they did not install the state-promoted MAX messaging app. School and residential chat groups are also being forcibly moved to the new platform.

The foreign ministries of Austria and the Netherlands have obliged Russian diplomats not accredited in these countries to report to their authorities before entering the country. The RIA Novosti agency writes about this with reference to the diplomatic missions of the Russian Federation. The decision will affect diplomatic, administrative, technical or service personnel not accredited in Austria or the Netherlands.

India and the European Union have entered into a “landmark” free trade agreement. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said this during a speech at the Indian Energy Week on January 27. Modi said the agreement with the EU, which accounts for about 25% of global GDP and about a third of all global trade, would complement India's existing agreements with Britain and the European Free Trade Association.

In 2025, 28.5 thousand participants in the Russian invasion of Ukraine and their children entered state-funded places in Russian universities. As “Important Stories” writes with reference to data from the Ministry of Education and Science, this is almost twice as much as in the previous year, 2024. In 2024, the number of those enrolled under the quota for war veterans and their children was 15.6 thousand people.