Ghalym Nurpeisov, a lawyer for jailed Kazakh journalist Duman Mukhammedkarim, said on January 19 that his client was offered a suspended prison term in exchange for agreeing to stop criticizing the government.
Prosecutors have asked a military court in the Russian city of St. Petersburg to sentence Darya Trepova, who is accused of being involved in the killing of prominent pro-Kremlin blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, to 28 years in prison on charges of terrorism and forgery.
Authorities in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on January 19 announced a state of emergency after another heating pipe burst the third such accident in the last 24 hours and the fourth this week.
NATO has warned that the West should step up preparations for the unexpected,including a war with Russia, as Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is nearing the two-year mark amid worries over possible political fatigue among some of Kyiv's Western allies.