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The border crossing in Narva on the Russian-Estonian border has been closed to vehicles since Thursday, while it remains possible to cross the border on foot, the BNS news agency reports.

The United States has lifted sanctions imposed on Russian businessman Alexei Fisun for his participation in the management of Sovcombank, according to a publication by the American Ministry of Finance.

Localization of production in the field of aviation engine building today is 90%, said presidential candidate, acting head of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.

The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrel, said that European countries are concerned about the withdrawal of Mali

The Russian national team loses the gold of the figure skating team tournament at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, instead it was awarded the third place.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, in a telephone conversation with Vladimir Zelensky, discussed an extraordinary meeting of the European Council in Brussels

NATO as a military alliance and many of its member countries are not ready for confrontation with Russia. This was stated by Estonian General Veiko-Velo Palm in an interview with The New York Times.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has satisfied the claim of Doublgis LLC (Novosibirsk, the operating company of the 2GIS cartographic service) for the restoration of the service in the Google Play app store

The rhetoric of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un towards South Korea has recently become tougher, said Vasily Kashin, a Sinologist

The black boxes of the Il-76 shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine were delivered to a special laboratory. This was reported to RIA Novosti by a source in the emergency services.

Alexander Lavrentiev, the special representative of the Russian president for the Syrian settlement, said that there is evidence of US plans to begin withdrawing its military from Iraq. He is quoted by TASS.

In Azerbaijan, the Sabail District Court extended the arrest of billionaire and former ex-head of government of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) Ruben Vardanyan for four months.

The Cygnus cargo ship will depart for the International Space Station (ISS) on January 29. The corresponding date was named by NASA.

Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have discovered previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins. This is reported in an article published in the journal Nature Communications.

France rejected Russia's request to hold a meeting of the UN Security Council on the downed Il-76 on Wednesday, January 24.