Overview
- Energy chiefs from Mongolia and Russia agreed in Moscow to maintain uninterrupted petroleum product deliveries through 2026, with early order scheduling, closer coordination and options to lease border‑area storage to build reserves.
- Ulaanbaatar’s court approved pretrial detention for former energy minister N. Tavinbekh on grounds of potential evidence destruction, following a prosecutor’s request filed January 16.
- Mongolian clinicians performed the country’s first pediatric hematopoietic stem‑cell transplant on January 16 with Turkish partners and TIKA support, and the patient is reported stable under follow‑up care.
- Ulaanbaatar converted Chingeltei District’s School No.117 from coal to gas heat, ending about 580 tonnes of annual coal use and averting an estimated 2,320 tonnes of pollutant emissions, while officials moved to repair and reopen closed heated bus shelters.
- The city begins reserve‑meat sales on January 20 across 410 stores to curb shortages and price surges, with Bayangol outlets listing beef at 15,000 MNT/kg and mutton at 13,000 MNT/kg.