Deputies believe that WhatsApp may be blocked by the end of the year A complete blocking of the Telegram messenger is not expected in Russia, Andrei Svintsov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, told TASS. “I believe that Telegram interacts quite effectively with the governments of most countries in the world, including Russia. Therefore, I think there is no need to worry about the fate of Telegram,” the deputy said.

The man escaped from the Russian army, lived under false names for almost 20 years, and in 2023 signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense On the evening of January 5, 2022, Sergei, as usual, goes for a walk with his dog in the Northern Tushino district of Moscow. Police officers are waiting for him as he approaches the house. They explain: the city video cameras reacted to the man’s face as if he were a person on the federal wanted list.

Trump was nominated for the award along with Machado Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she has given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to US President Donald Trump. Machado said she did so “in recognition of his unique commitment” to Venezuelan freedom. “I told President Trump that 200 years ago, General Lafayette gave Simon Bolivar a medal with the image of President George Washington. Since then, Simon Bolivar has never parted with her.

The cost of waste removal will increase the most The occupation authorities of the Kherson region will sharply raise housing and communal services tariffs for the population from October 1, 2026, as follows from the presentation published on the local government website, Vorstka noted.

The republican authorities have not yet commented on the incident. Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, was hospitalized after a road accident. The Caucasus reported this on January 16. Realities with reference to two sources, as well as opposition publics. According to one of the sources, the roads to the hospital in Grozny, where Adam Kadyrov was initially taken, were closed, and several streets in the city were blocked.

The frequency of attacks on ships has increased since November last year At least 20 tankers that entered Russian ports that were associated with the country or its “shadow fleet” were subject to external damage, attacks and detentions since the beginning of 2025, Vorstka calculated. The frequency of attacks on ships began to increase sharply in November, some of them organized by Ukraine.

Now these notifications appear only in Max messenger At least 41 of the 85 regional departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, including those in the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, have stopped publishing news, safety instructions and warnings about UAV attacks, snowfall, ice or extreme frosts on Telegram, Vorstka calculated. Departments either notified subscribers about the transition to Max, or simply began writing posts in the “national messenger” and “VKontakte”.