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Two of the sons of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov have become, since childhood, the owners of luxury properties in the center of the capital Grozny, with a total estimated value of about 1.3 billion rubles (almost 17 million dollars), according to a report by the investigative project Можем объяснить (We Can Explain). The eldest of them, Ali Kadyrov, aged 19, is listed as the owner of a plot of about 4,500 square meters and a villa of over 1,300 square meters, located just a few hundred meters from his father’s residence. The investigation estimates the value of the property at…

The population should not fear a sudden increase in prices, as the authorities “are controlling the situation”, claims the spokesman for the Russian president, Dmitri Peskov. Asked whether the Kremlin is concerned about a possible increase in predicted inflation, Peskov responded that “there are no such fears for now”. “The Central Bank is monitoring the situation and taking the measures it deems necessary to maintain macroeconomic stability. So far, this has been possible. As for the increase in prices, the government is primarily the one monitoring these processes. They are being analyzed,” he emphasized. At the beginning of 2026, Rosstat…

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski stated on Tuesday that he cannot imagine participating in the “Peace Council” proposed by Donald Trump, if Russia were to be part of it. At the same time, he announced that he will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos only to sign an agreement with the United States regarding security guarantees and the economic development of Ukraine. Ukraine was invited to participate in Trump’s initiative, but Zelenski emphasized: “It is very difficult to imagine how we can be together with Russia in any kind of council.” The statement was made to the press via WhatsApp,…

The story of an American who claims to have trained crows to snatch the famous red “Make America Great Again” caps worn by Trump’s supporters has ignited social media and sparked an intense debate about the intelligence of birds/animals and the limits of ethics. Known online as @biz_dave, the man posted a detailed journal of the process on Threads, describing step by step how he managed to turn wild birds into small “retrievers” of objects, according to IBTimes UK. His strategy would have started with simple aspects: constant food, in the same place, to gain the trust of the local…

NATO is going through its most severe crisis in history, after US President Donald Trump made threats regarding Greenland. The former Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, urges that Trump should no longer be “flattered” and warns that firmness is the only language the American leader respects. “It’s not just a crisis for NATO, it’s a crisis for the entire transatlantic community and a challenge to the world, to the international order we know since World War II”, Rasmussen stated in a telephone interview for AFP, from the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos. The former…

A new restrictive mechanism has been proposed in Russia — this time, on payments within computer and mobile games. It is about a voluntary limitation of expenses, including for the purchase of virtual currency, items, and other digital options. The initiative belongs to the Vice President of the State Duma, Vladislav Davankov, and deputies Sardana Avksentieva and Yaroslav Samylin. The three have sent an official request to the Minister for Digital Transformation, Maksut Shadaev, reports RIA Novosti. The authors of the proposal emphasize that these transactions represent the main source of income for most modern games. Producers encourage impulsive spending…

Rafael Grossi, the general director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), announced on Tuesday that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant has completely lost its external power supply. He conveyed that facilities “vital for nuclear safety” were hit, adding that the power lines leading to other plants were also damaged, notes Moscow Times. We remind you that in February 2025, Ukraine reported a Russian drone attack on the outer isolation vessel of the power plant. At the end of December, the IAEA stated that the isolation structure had already lost its key radiation isolation functions. On January 17, the Main…

Washington and Kiev will not sign an 800 billion dollar agreement on the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos, as previously planned, a Ukrainian source told Axios. According to the source, the Presidents of the USA and Ukraine, Donald Trump and Volodimir Zelenski, were supposed to sign the document, but the meeting between the two leaders, where the signing was supposed to take place, was cancelled. At the same time, an American source told the publication that no dates for the signing of the agreement had been set, and the plan itself still requires refinements.…

For the third year in a row, the Russian Government continues to sell gold from the National Welfare Fund (NWF) to cover the federal budget deficit, to finance state banks, and to support national mega-projects. According to data published by the Ministry of Finance, between 2022 and 2025, the amount of gold in the NWF’s balance sheet has decreased by 71%. On January 1, 2026, the fund only held 160.2 tons of gold in non-personalized accounts at the Central Bank, compared to 554.9 tons in May 2022. In 2023, the fund’s gold reserves decreased by 196 tons (approximately 35%), and…

The European Parliament has decided to suspend the ratification process of the trade agreement between the European Union and the USA, following recent threats from the American President, Donald Trump, confirmed on Tuesday by the main European parliamentary political groups, according to AFP, quoted by Agerpres. There is a “majority agreement” among political groups to freeze the trade agreement concluded last year between the United States and the EU, stated the leader of the S&D group, Iratxe Garcia Perez, in front of journalists. The European People’s Party (EPP) group, the largest in the European Parliament, confirmed the suspension of discussions…