Magnitogorsk Schools Cancel Classes Due to FrostAll students in Magnitogorsk are staying home on Friday, January 23, after schools canceled in-person lessons and shifted to distance education because of harsh cold weather.
St. Petersburg issues yellow weather warningSt. Petersburg authorities have introduced a yellow-level weather warning due to severe frosts and worsening air quality. The alert was issued on the evening of 22 January.
City Mall Security Guard Flees After Fatal ClashSurveillance footage shows a security guard exiting the shopping mall through a back door after a confrontation that resulted in a young man's death.
Shipyard Section Chief Under House Arrest for BribesThe October District Court of St. Petersburg has placed Nikolai Kolchev, a section chief at the Admiralty Shipyards, under house arrest. He is accused of taking bribes from subordinate employees.
Transport committee slams bus driver over knife threatA check has been initiated in St. Petersburg into an incident in Pushkin where a bus driver attacked a teenager and threatened him with a knife. The conflict occurred on January 20 on Moskovskaya Street.
Korabelnikov on Challenges Facing Tire RecyclersOn January 22, at a TASS press conference, St. Petersburg Vice Governor Alexei Korabelnikov discussed the challenges faced by local tire recyclers, citing competition from cheaper imported rubber crumb and unstable volumes of urban improvement work.
Volgograd hospital and museum lose power in outageA massive power outage occurred in Volgograd's Krasnoarmeysky district on January 22, leaving clinical hospital No. 15, a military commissariat, and the Old Sarepta museum-reserve without electricity.
