1. The administration of the President of Russia announced that the composition of the Organizing Committee  of the Russian Science and Technology Year was approved. The Organizing Committee includes Valery Falkov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, and representatives of the government, regional heads, and presidents.

*Source: Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education

https://minobrnauki.gov.ru/press-center/news/?ELEMENT_ID=27602

2. The Russian Venture Company announced that it will hold an open discussion on the relevant regulations introduced in 2019 in accordance with the roadmap for improving regulations and removing administrative barriers in the Aeronet and Healthnet sectors with NTI (National Technology Initiative) related organizations.

*Source: Russian Venture Company

https://www.rvc.ru/press-service/news/company/160361/

3. The Northern Earth Remote Sensing Center of Roscosmos, located in the Dudinka region, announced that it has provided more than 300 communication sessions so far for the reception and transmission of space information. The center was established by the precision instrument research institute of the Russian space system holding company and started operation on January 1, 2019.

*Source: Roscosmos

https://www.roscosmos.ru/29800/

4. Experiments on a small impactor for flash radiation therapy developed by CERN are continuing, and the device is expected to be able to fundamentally enhance radiation therapy by working in a way that kills only diseased cells by irradiating only the tumor in milliseconds

*Source: Ria

https://ria.ru/20210112/radioterapiya-1592545146.html

5. Rosenergoatom, an organization affiliated with the Rosatom Power Division, announced the results of its 2020 digital block-related work, and announced that it has earned more than about 650 million rubles in the digital solution sector in 2020.

*Source: Rosatom

https://rosatom.ru/journalist/arkhiv-novostey/kontsern-rosenergoatom-v-2020-godu-zarabotal-na-tsifrovykh-resheniyakh-bolee-650-mln-rubley/