The World Health Organization has published an annual list of ten global threats to humanity. For the first time, the list included a trend towards a conscious refusal to vaccinate. WHO notes that the continuation of this trend threatens many years of success in the fight against epidemics of diseases for which there is a vaccine. The report notes, for example, an increase in cases of measles, which is largely due to the refusal of vaccinations.

The Zavodskoy District Court of Grozny ordered the Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny company to write off 9 billion rubles of debt that arose due to non-payment by the townspeople of gas supply services. to the court with the corresponding requirement The prosecutor's office applied .

A year after the suspicious arrest of Chechen human rights advocate Oyub Titiev, two activists connected to Alexey Navalny and Mikhail Khodorkovsky have been arrested in the city of Pskov, MBK Media reports. Leah Milushkina and her husband, Artyom Milushkin, have been charged with selling drugs in large quantities, their attorney Tatyana Martynova told MBK .

Russian President Vladimir Putin on the evening of January 17 arrived on a visit to Belgrade. On the streets of the city, he was met by supporters of the rapprochement of Serbia with Russia - according to the police, the total number of those gathered amounted to from 120 to 130 thousand people (this is about a tenth of the population of Belgrade).

Mail.ru and Yandex expressed support for the concept of the bill on the autonomy of the Russian segment of the Internet during an extended meeting of the State Duma.

British Prime Minister Theresa May will not take part in the international economic forum in Davos. According to a spokesman for the prime minister, May made this decision to focus on issues related to the UK's exit from the European Union. The UK is due to leave the European Union on March 29. On January 15, the country's parliament refused to approve the plan agreed by the May government with the EU, regulating relations between London and Brussels after Brexit.

Lionsgate studio released a trailer for the third part of the militant about the hired killer of John Wick (Keanu Reeves). The director, as in the two previous films, performed the child of Stahelski. Lionsgate Movies After the events of the second part, a price of $ 14 million was assigned behind Wik. Having secured the help of a mercenary named Sofia (Holly Berry), the hero of Reeves is trying to escape from the "guild of killers" hunting for him.

A constitutional ruling on foreign involvement in Russia's media, a most curious mobster's funeral, and Sputnik's ‘inauthentic’ Facebook ploy Thursday, January 17, 2019 This day in history (74 years ago): On January 17, 1945, during the Siege of Budapest by the Red Army, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was detained by the Soviet authorities on suspicion of espionage. He was never heard from again, and reportedly died in July 1947 in KGB custody.

A photograph of the chicken egg was the most lacquered post on Instagram, breaking the record of the American model Kylie Jenner (her daughter’s photo gained 18 million likes, and the eggs have more than 47 million). The picture was the first truly noticeable meme of 2019-and the noise around it did not stop even after reaching the world record.

Russia’s Federal Protective Service (FSO) has drafted legislation that would grant it secrecy privileges awarded to the Defense Ministry and Federal Security Service, allowing the agency to classify its procurement contracts. If the law is adopted, the FSO could conduct these deals on closed electronic platforms, according to Vedomosti .

The Bell reports that Anastasia Vashukevich, a model and sex trainer who goes by the name Nastya Rybka, and her colleague Alexander Kirillov, better known as Alex Leslie, have been arrested in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. They and their travel companions had been deported to Russia from Thailand. While other sources have not yet confirmed The Bell ’s report, the outlet has been in contact with the pair’s friends and relatives.

Former US President Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen paid more than $12,000 to programmer John Geiger in 2015 to try to inflate votes for Trump in online polls, The Wall Street Journal reports. The poll in question is a 2014 survey of business leaders and a 2015 survey of Republican presidential hopefuls. Both failed to put Trump in the lead; however, as The Washington Post notes , Trump was removed from the first poll, which may be evidence of successful manipulation.

Neither her opponents nor her supporters spared her. The prime minister survived the fateful vote, but only confirmed the impression that she is a zombie leader. She is a cockroach in a nuclear winter. An algae surviving in the sulphur dioxide from an undersea volcano, seven miles below the surface of the earth, separating it from the light of day. She is a Nokia 5210. Her speech was as lively as a mouldy gym sock.

Model Anastasia Vashukevich ( Nastya Rybka ) and personal development coach Alexander Kirillov (Alex Leslie) have been detained at Sheremetyevo. They were deported to Russia from Thailand along with several companions. This was reported by The Bell, citing their acquaintances and relatives. According to the publication, the detainees are charged with involvement in prostitution. It was previously reported that Vashukevich, as a citizen of Belarus, would be sent from Moscow to Minsk.

Two award-winning Russian-language dramas will be featured in the competition program of the Tromsø International Film Festival in Tromsø, Norway. Natalya Meshchaninova’s Core of the World (Serdtse mira) is scheduled to run tomorrow at 8:00 PM local time and Saturday at 11:00 AM. The Man Who Surprised Everyone (Chelovek, kotory udivil vsekh) , directed by Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov, will air at 8:30 PM tomorrow.