Morning briefing: January 15

Trump insists on closing the entry of Muslims into the United States, debtors in the Russian Federation will begin to have their driver's licenses restricted starting today - and other topics discussed this morning.

Cover: A Pakistani farmer takes a tractor of radishes to market (Arif Ali, AFP, Getty Images).

Trump on Muslims

American billionaire and US presidential candidate Donald Trump confirmed his commitment to the controversial idea of ​​​​banning all Muslims from entering the United States. According to him, the idea enjoys support among the adherents of Islam themselves: “I have many Muslim friends. I won’t say that all of them, but many of them thanked me for raising this topic,” he said.

Previously, Trump was criticized for this “inhumane” idea and compared to Hitler.

Apologies to Kadyrov

Late the night before, ChGTRK Grozny published an audio recording with an apology allegedly made by Krasnoyarsk city council deputy Konstantin Senchenko, who had previously called Kadyrov a disgrace to Russia.

By morning, the news had spread across major media outlets; the authenticity of the audio recording had not yet been confirmed or refuted, but a message appeared on Ekho Moskvy , also citing the deputy’s words - that he had not spoken to journalists. In a conversation with NGS.Novosti, he admitted that he did not make a direct apology, but had “a private personal conversation with one very, very respected person,” and promised to publicly comment on the situation later.

Debtors will begin to have their driver's licenses restricted

From today, citizens who have not paid administrative fines in excess of 10 thousand rubles will be limited in their rights to drive cars, as well as air, sea or river vessels. The restriction, according to preliminary estimates, may affect about 300-400 thousand debtor motorists.

Baskov - teacher

Singer Nikolai Baskov will become a teacher at Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU) and will be involved in music education for students. He explained his desire to teach by his desire to “help young performers overcome the difficulties that he himself faced.”

Obama mixed up city names

During his visit, US President Barack Obama thanked the residents of Baton Rouge, the capital of Louisiana, for their support and said: “Thank you, New Orleans!”

What will happen today

to be announced today . scheduled The winner of the competition for the best name for a new generation manned transport spacecraft that will fly to the Moon is

Also on this day, a film about drug lord Joaquin Guzman Loera, nicknamed “Shorty,” will be released.