Oleg Kononenko, commander of the Roscosmos cosmonaut detachment, broke the world record for total stay in orbit.

At a ceremony held on Friday, February 2, at the training center of the football giant Real Madrid, UNESCO Director General Audrey Azule introduced Brazilian football sensation Vinicius Junior as the new goodwill ambassador for education for all.

A polling station has been created at the Azerbaijani Embassy in Turkmenistan in connection with the early presidential elections in Azerbaijan, which will be held on February 7.

Diplomats of the Russian Embassy in Turkmenistan visited blockade survivor Maria Avanesova, who lives in Ashgabat, on Saturday and presented her with a badge of honor “In honor of the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Fascist blockade,” as well as a congratulatory address from the governor of St. Petersburg Alexander Beglov, the press service of the Russian diplomatic mission reported.

The meeting of the Leningrad blockade runner Galina Mammedova with sixth grade students took place at the Russian House in Ashgabat. The meeting was timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the complete liberation of Leningrad from the Nazi blockade. On this occasion, a tablet exhibition of the Victory Museum "Salute over the Neva" was organized in the Russian House.

By his decree, the President of Turkmenistan dismissed the Adviser to Justice Ovezmammet Shihmamedov from the post of prosecutor of the city of Ashgabat.

Russian banks have started issuing payment cards for foreign tourists in a test mode. This was announced by Nikita Kondratiev, Director of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation and Special Projects of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, writes TASS.

On Friday, February 2, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Shalar Geldynazarov, met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, Tharaka Balasuriya.

Children participating in the program received $100.52 in special accounts for 2023, Tengrinews.kz reports.

President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov, on behalf of the people, the government of the country and on his own behalf, congratulated Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar on the occasion of his oath of office as the new King of Malaysia.