VLADIMIR PUTIN

Jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has spent New Year's Day in solitary confinement, the 10th time since he began his prison term.

Zaporizhzhia military administration chief Oleksandr Starukh said Russian forces continue to force Ukrainians to collaborate and raid communities.

Ukrainian intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said Putin will likely die from cancer after Kyiv wins the war.

Russia has also lost thousands of tanks, armored fighting vehicles and artillery systems, data provided by the Ukrainian military showed.

The scandal supports old rumors that members of Russia's presidential security service at Putin's events were paid actors, according to reports.

A retired Air Force colonel suggested that Putin hopes Russia's attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure will cause a stalemate.

Russian conscripts believe overcoming the difficulties in the war in Ukraine will bring together "a commonwealth of friendly states" in the Soviet Union.

The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project described longtime Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin as the "malevolence of state-sponsored corruption."

Kremlin said Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping would discuss issues related to the two countries' "real strategic partnership."

Russian soldiers can now store their sperm in cryobanks free of charge, as 300,000 are mobilized to fight in Ukraine.

Around 400 people were supposed to attend Saturday's funeral, but only 50 showed up, according to one of the participants.

Dmitry Vasilets was the first Russian to be charged under the amended criminal Article 332, which makes military disobedience a criminal liability.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office estimated that Ukraine lost $3.2 million because of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov's illegal transactions.

The 13-year-old boy from New Rochelle, New York, said he always reads The New York Times with his teacher and became vocal about current events.

The 70-year-old leader is receiving the "most advanced" medication unavailable in Russia, but they aren't endlessly effective, Russian historian and political analyst Valery Solovey claimed.

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev warned that the world would continue to be on the verge of a Third World War if Russia did not get the security guarantees it wants.

An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Russian President Vladimir Putin that he "needs to come back to reality" before pursuing negotiations.

Russian losses also included 3,011 tanks, 6,010 armored fighting vehicles and 1,991 artillery systems, among other military equipment.

A Russian official accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of violating a law against spreading fake information about their country's military.

President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged Russia's shortcomings in its war with Ukraine including its army's lack of basic resources.

President Joe Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin failed in his objective to invade Ukraine as the war stretches into its 10th month.