Incidents

The head of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, announced the transfer of a peacekeeping company of the Belarusian army to the territory of Kazakhstan.

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov called on the deputies not to interfere with the sending of Kyrgyz servicemen to Kazakhstan as part of the CSTO peacekeeping forces.

Biology teacher arrested in us after she vaccinated her student against coronavirus.

The advanced units of the CSTO contingent have already begun to fulfill their tasks in Kazakhstan, the CSTO secretariat reports.

Protesters in Almaty set fire to the building of the prosecutor's office. The footage from the scene on Wednesday, January 5, was posted on social networks by eyewitnesses.

The meeting of the Russia-NATO Council will begin in Brussels on January 12 at 10:00 (12:00 Moscow time).

In Kazakhstan's Zhanaozen, activists presented five demands to the authorities. This is reported by the ORDA Telegram channel.

The US needs to pressure Iran on the nuclear deal so that Russia and China can respect the President of the United States, Joe Biden. This was stated by former speechwriter of ex-President George W. Bush, William McGurn.

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henri has been assassinated.

Finland retains the possibility of applying for NATO membership.

The year 2022 will be "decisive" for Ukraine, with the country facing the main goal of "inevitable change", Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a programme column published in Novoe Vremya magazine.

Jamaica will not extradite a former Colombian military officer, one of the suspects in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, to Haiti, but will deport him to his homeland.

According to Yonhap news agency in early January, an unidentified man crossed a roadblock in the eastern South Korean province of Gangwon-do and fled into North Korea.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock opposed the supply of weapons to Ukraine because of a possible military escalation. Her words are quoted by the press service of the department.

Former US Ambassador to Kiev. senior fellow at Brookings Institution, Stephen Pifer, said the United States would accept some of Russia's terms of security guarantees.