President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow instructed to continue the construction of new facilities in the country, and in 2021 to dedicate their commissioning to the 30th anniversary of the proclamation of the country's independence, “Stanradar” writes.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the Georgian power party “Georgian Dream”, on January 11 announced his departure from politics and public life, and announced that in the future he would no longer be a representative of his party, the “Georgian Dream”, informs news outlet “Novosti Georgia” on January 13.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has not been able to solve problems during his term, whose existence he blamed on his predecessor, President Petro Poroshenko, during the pre-election debate on 19 April 2019, writes news outlet “Ukrayinska Pravda”.

Newly elected US President Joseph Biden has appointed former Ambassador to Russia and Deputy Secretary of State William Burns as a candidate for the post of CIA Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, informs edition „Kommersant”.  

President Emomali Rahmon said that it would be necessary to restore the limits of electricity supply in case the population uses electricity ruthlessly, the “Fergana” newspaper writes, referring to the President's speech in consultation with regional and city leaders.

Vazgen Manukyan, the candidate for the post of prime minister nominated by the Armenian opposition “Salvation of the Motherland”, believes that the talks between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin, Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, which took place in Moscow on January 11, and the signed tripartite statement are another shameful defeat of Armenia. News publication “Sputnik” writes on January 12.

On January 12, Moldovan President Maia Sandu paid her first foreign visit to Kiev, where she met with her Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and other high-level officials, “Kommersant” reports.

This year on January 12, the non-profit organization “Rossiya - Strana Vozmozhnostey” and the Institute of Social Research Experts, closer to the Russian presidential administration, announced a new staff project “Konkurs politologov”, the winners of which will be able to participate in the upcoming Duma election campaign, informs edition “Kommersant”.

The government has approved procedures for sending warnings to website and messenger owners, as well as bloggers, about deleting posted information, the dissemination of which is prohibited in Uzbekistan, writes “Centralasia”.

After this year January 11 talks between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan Vladimir Putin, Nikol Pashinyan and Serzh Sargsyan in Moscow, the President of Russia announced that Moscow, Yerevan and Azerbaijan would establish a working group for the reconstruction and further development of Nagorno-Karabakh. In the near future, the vice prime ministers of the three countries will present concrete plans for the region's transport infrastructure and economic development, the news publication “Lenta” informs.