On January 17, Ukraine held presidential elections. Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych and Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko face a February 7 runoff after neither of them was able to secure victory in the first round of voting.
On January 19, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed governor of the vast Siberian region of Krasnoyarsk Alexander Khloponin, left, as deputy prime minister and his envoy to the new North Caucasus Federal District.
Russian environmentalists decried the resolution signed by prime Minister Vladimir Putin that excludes the production of pulp, paper and cardboard from the list of operations banned in the Baikal natural territory. An international scandal may threaten Russia following the possible launch of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill on the shore of the world's largest freshwater lake.
On January 19, tens of thousands of Orthodox believers across Russia bathed in icy cold water to mark Epiphany as air temperatures across the country ranged from plus fifteen to minus sixty degrees Celsius.
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