In possible negotiations with the participation of Donald Trump, Russia will in any case seek to ensure that Ukraine never joins NATO, reduces its current ties with the alliance and becomes a neutral state with a limited army. At the same time, Putin is ready to exchange some territories. The subject of bargaining on the part of Ukraine during the negotiations may be the occupied part of the Kursk region. Sources familiar with the Kremlin’s plans told Bloomberg about this.

In 21 Russian regions, Internet speed has decreased due to the fact that the main cable was broken in Tatarstan. RBC reports this with reference to the press service of Roskomnadzor. Roskomnadzor said that the break occurred on the Tyulyachi-Novaya Tura section. As a result, almost four million Russians experienced a slowdown in Internet speed.

After the outbreak of war in Ukraine, Russian companies managed to free at least 365 foreign aircraft located within the country from double registration. Now these ships can be used for flights abroad. Kommersant reports this. According to the publication, before the start of the war in Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against Russian civil aviation, more than 700 Russian aircraft were registered in Bermuda.

The human rights organization Go Through the Forest told the story of a Russian who first volunteered for the front, and then was forced to shoot himself in the leg to return home. According to the man, whose name is not given, he went to fight in Ukraine voluntarily “with patriotic feelings and the belief that there we are building a new and better world, which he quickly became disillusioned with.” An American company turns the bodies of the dead into fertilizer.

Climate change is prompting people to think not only about how to live more environmentally, but also how to die in an environmentally friendly way. Coffins and embalmed bodies pollute the soil, and cremation requires a lot of fuel, which releases large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Therefore, in the United States they proposed processing human remains into natural fertilizer - compost. “Cold” tells what the mechanism of such composting is, who is doing it and who is against it.

The authorities of the European Union countries are discussing the introduction of a new 16th package of sanctions against Russia, within which the EU may ban the import of Russian aluminum and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Bloomberg writes about this, citing its own sources. According to them, the EU is also discussing possible restrictions regarding Russian courts, as well as disconnecting a number of Russian banks from the international SWIFT system.

In Vladivostok, a man stole a car, then rammed it into several cars and crashed into the doors of an Orthodox church. A message about this appeared in the official telegram channel of the regional prosecutor's office. “Driving a high-risk vehicle, the defendant drove through the pedestrian area of ​​the central square of the regional capital, rammed several cars, after which he tried to hide from the State Traffic Inspectorate officers, but was detained in the area of ​​house No.

In the Netherlands, 12 people became infected with hepatitis A after eating frozen blueberries, local news portal Nu.nl writes , citing the National Institute of Public Health. All victims reportedly purchased frozen berries from the Albert Heijn supermarket chain. The age of those suffering from hepatitis ranged from 25 to 77 years, two of them were hospitalized. An American company turns the bodies of the dead into fertilizer.

TikTok is preparing to shut down its app for American users on January 19, the day a federal ban on using the social network is set to take effect. Reuters writes about this with reference to the American business publication about the technology business, The Information. Back in April 2024, US President Joe Biden signed a law that obliges the Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell the media platform to an American company under the threat of a ban on its work in the country.

Baza has published a full transcript of the conversations between the pilots of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on December 25. Baza does not specify how exactly the publication gained access to the transcript. Its authenticity was also not confirmed by officials from Russia, Kazakhstan or Azerbaijan. From the published transcript it follows that the pilots tried several times to land the plane in Grozny, but they failed.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill introducing a “cooling period” before issuing loans to Russians in order to protect them from fraudsters. This was reported on the website of the lower house of the Russian parliament. The document provides for a deferment in the transfer of money after loan approval. If the loan is issued in the amount of 50 thousand to 200 thousand rubles, then the lender can issue the money in at least four hours.

More than 900 world leaders in the fields of politics, business and science named “armed conflict at the state level” as the main risk of 2025. Experts consider climate change-related disasters to be the main threat in the next decade. This was stated in the “Global Risks Report 2025”, which was conducted by the World Economic Forum ahead of the annual meeting in Davos.

This year, Western countries need to build a “high prison fence” around Russia and “close the doors” to the Russian elite. So says former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace, whose column was published by The Telegraph. According to the ex-minister, Russia is a “gangster state” that needs to be dealt with in the same way as criminals are usually dealt with.

British writer, author of the novels “American Gods” and “The Graveyard Tale,” Neil Gaiman, commented on multiple accusations of sexualized violence against him. In a letter entitled "Breaking the Silence", Gaiman claims that he has "never engaged in non-consensual sex". On January 13, New York Magazine published the stories of eight women who accused the science fiction writer of sexualized violence and harassment. Most of the women were in their 20s when they met Gaiman.

For the first time in history, South Korean investigators arrested the country's temporarily removed from power but current president, Yoon Seok-yeol, the Yonhap agency reports . The warrant for his arrest was executed at 10:30 local time. Yoon is accused of sedition. He himself published a video message in which he stated that he decided to voluntarily appear for questioning by investigators in order to “avoid bloodshed.” At the same time, he called his persecution illegal.