* An explosion hit a high-power electricity transmission tower near the city of Karachayevsk in Russia's North Caucasus, interrupting electricity supplies to Georgia
* Russia's electricity monopoly Unified Energy System said it planned to introduce power limits in Moscow from January 23 due to increased electricity consumption during the cold spell
* The Public Chamber should focus on creating effective channels of interaction between society and the bodies of power, President Vladimir Putin said, addressing the first plenary session of the Public Chamber in the Kremlin
* Academician Yevgeny Velikhov was unanimously elected Secretary of the Public Chamber at its first plenary session in the Kremlin
* President of Armenia Robert Kocharyan arrived on a working visit in Moscow to open the Year of Armenia in Russia and discuss bilateral cooperation
* A fire broke out in a residential building in St. Petersburg early Sunday, killing five people, including a two-year-old baby
* Two arms caches were found in the Republic of Chechnya in Russia's North Caucasus
