The US Congress registered a bill with the working title "To prohibit the recognition by the United States of Bidzina Ivanishvili or any government of Georgia headed by Bidzina Ivanishvili, and also for other purposes." Thus, the document prohibits recognition of the regime of the ruling party "Georgian Dream" as a legitimate government. According to the draft law, the only legitimate representative of power in Georgia is the fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili.

Abkhazia may exhaust the limit of electricity supplies from Russia by February 18. This was stated by the general director of "Chernomorenergo" Timur Jinjolia at the meeting of the staff on energy security. He also noted the activation of cryptocurrency mining in the republic and the need to strengthen the fight against this activity, as it consumes a lot of electricity.

EU member states supported the proposal to extend the EU civilian mission in Armenia for two years. This was reported by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Kaya Callas.

Alexander Sizykov, a blind Muslim convicted for 17 years, from Crimea, is in transit in a correctional facility in Volgograd. The political prisoner confirmed that he was being transferred to the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

The authorities of Dagestan began to remove dead seals from the coast of the Caspian Sea. Animals will be buried at a specialized landfill.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) recommends that airlines refrain from flights to five Russian cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don and Samara. The organization explains such a call as a high risk to flight safety, referring to the recent crash of an Azerbaijani plane.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan published his proposals for achieving peace with Azerbaijan. Among other things, he indicated the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group (which includes Russia) and the conclusion of a peace treaty, which is currently 90% ready.

The fifth president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, who does not recognize the legitimacy of the government and her successor, announced the opening of a new presidential office in Tbilisi and promised to continue the fight against the "Georgian Dream" policy. In addition, she announced that she intends to attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Dynamics of price growth for housing up to 32 square meters. m for 2024 in Grozny amounted to 55.4%. According to this indicator, the capital of Chechnya was among the leaders among cities with a population of over 300,000. человек, reported by the "World of Apartments" portal. On average, such an apartment in Grozny costs almost 2 million rubles.

More than 1 billion rubles in bitcoins will be seized from Marat Tambiev, a native of the KKR, the former head of the investigative department of the SKR in the Tver district of Moscow. Earlier, he was sentenced to a long term for receiving a large bribe from hackers for favorable decisions in their cases.