The Russian military took full control of the town of Soledar in the Donetsk People's Republic on the evening of January 12, as reported by the Russian Defense Ministry. Now control over this settlement, which had been turned into a powerful fortification by Ukrainian troops, will make it possible to cut off supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Artemivsk.

Sberbank will open its offices on the Crimean peninsula already in the first half of 2023, according to its press service. As reported by the representatives of Sberbank, a team of specialists has been formed and new ATMs have been installed.

Exactly 80 years ago, on January 10, 1943, the Red Army began the Ring operation, whose goal was to eliminate the 6th Army of the Wehrmacht, encircled in Stalingrad.

During the silence regime planned for the Christmas holidays, Russian military experts intercepted enemy conversations in the zone of the special military operation, which helped them identify certain targets.

On January 10, Sberbank announced an increase in interest rates on mortgage programs. This applies to both the purchase of housing in a new building, as well as in the secondary market. According to the credit institution, the rates have increased by 0.5 percentage points, and now the countdown starts at 10.9% per annum.

In 2023, 11 Russian regions will receive subsidies from the Ministry of Construction for the development of tourist infrastructure under the Tourism and hospitality industry national project. The projects are implemented by constituent entities of the Russian Federation jointly with the Tourism.RF corporation.

The wave of violence that swept through the city of Culiacán shocked not only Mexico, but also the whole world. On the eve of Joe Biden's visit to the summit of North American leaders, the drug mafia carried out a real massacre in Culiacán in the northwest of the country.

The German magazine Der Spiegel predicts that in 2023, because of the conflict in Ukraine, Russia is likely to face a full-scale war with NATO countries. But first, the West is betting on a “war of attrition.”

Today, at 12 o'clock in the afternoon Moscow time, a temporary ceasefire was introduced at the contact line of the sides in the special military operation for a period of 36 hours by order of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky rejected the proposal.

Russian modernized Ka-52M attack helicopters with an expanded range of weapons, unified with the Mil Mi-28 (NATO reporting name “Havoc”), appeared in the area of special military operation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Western policies aimed at “tearing apart historical Russia.” By declaring that “our goal is to unite the Russian people,” he made a case for a powerful image of “the collector of the Russian lands.” It's a strong move, if it is possible to support it with real actions.

Protesters supporting former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro began their protests late last year. On January 8, radical supporters of the former president attempted to seize the National Congress building in the capital city of Brasilia.

The problems associated with capital repair are not just a matter of reasonable rent, but also a matter of safe and comfortable living. The program of capital repair of residential buildings has been in effect since 2014, but during all this time experts have failed to establish high-quality repairs and to convince Russians that the contributions go to a good cause.

The decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin on the response to the introduction of the ceiling on Russian oil prices was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

Summarizing the results of the outgoing year, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council, called it difficult and dramatic, as well as heralded the beginning of a new era. As reported by RIA Novosti, in his view, many international institutions will undergo an inevitable transformation, and historians will eventually give them a “temporary verdict.”