Volodymyr Zelenskyy proposed that the US apply the same measures to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov as were applied to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, in order to "make Putin think twice."

The daughter of Azerbaijani opposition figure and political prisoner Tofig Yagublu published a statement written by her father, in which he commented on the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Yagublu called Maduro's abduction by US authorities a positive step toward removing an illegitimate, corrupt, and anti-democratic leader, but noted that this raises serious legal questions.

In Nizhnevartovsk, Adam Korigov, a native of Ingushetia, was fined 20,000 rubles for speaking out against the "Russian Community."

On the night of January 7, Russian air defense systems shot down one fixed-wing drone over North Ossetia. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported this on its Telegram channel.

Azerbaijan and Turkey have signed a new agreement to supply 33 billion cubic meters of natural gas from the Absheron field in the Caspian Sea. Shipments, totaling 2.25 billion cubic meters per year, will begin in 2029 and continue until the 2040s via the Baku-Tbilisi-Erzurum pipeline.

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili, in his response to the events in Venezuela, noted that Tbilisi's two main objectives remain unchanged: restoring Georgia's territorial integrity and ensuring the well-being of its people.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made a number of statements in an interview with local television channels. He stated that the war with Armenia will end politically in 2025 and called the past year historic for Azerbaijani-American relations, attributing this to the end of the war and the Trump administration.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, promoted his 20-year-old son, Akhmat Kadyrov, to acting deputy prime minister of the republic. He will continue to serve in this new position alongside his post as Minister of Physical Culture and Sport of Chechnya, a position he has held since May 2024.