We will discuss the situation in the Russian army with military expert and human rights activist Sergei Krivenko.

During the New Year holidays, nine newborn children died in maternity hospital No. 1 in Novokuznetsk. The parents were given a conclusion: the babies died from a neonatal infection. The head physician of the hospital, as well as... O. Head of the neonatal resuscitation and intensive care unit detained

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Maximum security correctional colony No. 6 in the Omsk region Roman Tyurin, convicted of anti-war posts on social networks and recognized by human rights activists as a political prisoner, died in a colony in the Omsk region. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to the telegram channel “Nastya and prison”. In January 2025, the author of the channel wrote to Tyurin in the Omsk pre-trial detention center-1 to congratulate him on his birthday.

Illustrative photo The United States has carried out an operation to seize another Veronica oil tanker, the sixth in recent weeks, linked to Venezuela. This was reported by the US Southern Command. “The only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is transported properly and in accordance with the law,” the statement said. The Guardian writes that the Veronica is sailing under the flag of Guyana - its last recorded location was off the coast of Venezuela 12 days ago.

Russian truck drivers About 7 thousand cargo transportation companies in 2025 found themselves , as Izvestia reports, at the stage of liquidation or bankruptcy. Due to increased fuel prices and leasing payments for equipment, increased vehicle maintenance costs, high bank key rates, as well as increased recycling fees, freight carriers spend more than they earn, transportation becomes unprofitable. In addition, experts say that the general decline in industry is also affecting transportation.

Foreign Ministers of Denmark and Greenland US President Donald Trump, after a meeting between senior representatives of the United States, Denmark and Greenland, which took place at the White House on Wednesday evening, confirmed Washington's desire to establish control over Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark. According to Trump, the United States has good relations with Denmark, but Washington cannot rely on Denmark to protect the Arctic island.

US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Reuters that peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine are being delayed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. According to him, Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to end the war against Ukraine. “I think he [Putin] is ready to make a deal,” he said.

The building of the professional training center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Syktyvkar, Russia, January 15, 2026 The number of people injured in the explosion of a flash-noise grenade at the Ministry of Internal Affairs' vocational training center in Syktyvkar has risen to 18, said Assistant Minister of Health of Russia Alexey Kuznetsov. The injured were taken to hospitals.

Illustrative photo The claims of the Tatarstan prosecutor, according to media reports, are related to a number of real estate properties and cars that are registered to the former judge and his family members. The prosecutor of Tatarstan Albert Suyargulov filed a claim with the former judge of the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Tatarstan Adel Minapov in the Sovetsky District Court of Kazan. The publications Realnoe Vremya and Business Online write about this.

Illustrative photo In 2025, armed attacks against police officers continued in the North Caucasus - in July, this happened for the first time in six years in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Russian military. Illustrative photo Former Russian teacher Polina Azarynykh, through a telegram channel, recruited citizens of the countries of the Middle East and Africa to participate in the war against Ukraine on the side of Russia. Over the past year, she sent more than 490 invitations to citizens of Yemen, Syria, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Ivory Coast and Nigeria, which allowed them to enter Russia to serve in the Russian army, the BBC writes in its investigation.