As the publication notes, about 40% of scarce drugs can be found on the “black market” - in Telegram chats. In 2024, there were 2.5 times more advertisements for the sale of medicines in such chats than a year ago. About 1,280 types of medicines were in demand among resellers, half of which disappeared from pharmacies. Most often in such Telegram chats they search for oncological drugs, they are also the most scarce.

US President Donald Trump said during the economic forum in Davos that he would ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to reduce the price of oil, thereby forcing Russia to end the war in Ukraine. “If the price [of oil] falls, the war between Russia and Ukraine will end immediately! The price is now high enough to keep this war going. We must lower the price of oil, we must end this war,” Trump said (quoted by NBC News).

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order designating Ansar Allah (the Houthis) as a foreign terrorist organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). The decree notes that the Houthis, backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, have repeatedly attacked U.S. naval vessels since 2023, putting the lives of U.S. military personnel at risk.

American entrepreneur, owner of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, said that two of the three corporations that should invest $100 billion in the Stargate company do not have enough money for this. The company was created on the initiative of US President Donald Trump and should be engaged in the development of artificial intelligence. Musk's words are quoted by The Wall Street Journal.

Antifake Channel One fake: Instagram forces users to follow Trump’s account and blocks Democratic hashtags The Insider 23 January 2025 Channel One reports on a blatant case of political censorship on a popular social network: “We got caught in the social networks of big politics. Americans are massively complaining about Instagram (owned by Meta. Both this corporation and Instagram are recognized as extremist in our country and are banned).

The Central District Court of Chelyabinsk recovered from the former owners of the pasta manufacturer Makfa more than 19.7 billion rubles, that is, dividends, distributed profits and loans received from 2002 to 2024.

The Kursk Garrison Military Court sentenced Russian serviceman Stanislav Lopatin in the case of looting (Part 1 of Article 356.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), Mediazona found out . According to the publication, this is the first sentence under the article “looting” handed down to a Russian military officer since the beginning of a full-scale war in Ukraine. The court's press service refused to say what punishment was imposed on Lopatin.

More than a hundred news sites were involved in the spread of fake news as part of Russian interference in the upcoming elections to the German Bundestag, CORRECTIV found out together with the disinformation tracking project NewsGuard. These sites are associated with Prigozhin's troll factory and the GRU. Fake news about German politicians began to appear en masse in November 2024, the publication notes.

US President Donald Trump announced the appointment of Sean Curran as the new director of the US Secret Service. He made the announcement Wednesday on his Truth Social platform, where he described Curran as a “great patriot” who has earned his credibility through his years of defending the Trump family. “I am honored to appoint Sean Curran as the next Director of the United States Secret Service. He has proven his loyalty and courage by risking his life for my safety,” Trump wrote.

Russia is building the infrastructure for hybrid attacks and cyberattacks ahead of the German Bundestag elections in February 2025. In particular, Russian intelligence services create hundreds of thousands of fake accounts and websites that disseminate criticism of the German government and support Kremlin supporters in the populist parties AfD and Sarah Wagenknecht Union. Russia spends more than €2 billion annually on disinformation campaigns and other types of interference.

The Pentagon has sent 1,500 troops to strengthen security on the US southern border, Euronews reports . This decision was one of the first steps of the administration of new President Donald Trump. At his inauguration, he signed a number of executive orders, including those aimed at tightening immigration policy, marking a dramatic turnaround from Joe Biden's White House.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that if Ukraine were defeated, the alliance would be forced to spend additional trillions of euros on strengthening its defense. He called on allies to “intensify, rather than reduce, support” provided to Kiev, the Associated Press reports .

In Slovakia, an emergency meeting of the Security Council was held, convened by President Peter Pellegrini after receiving information from the Slovak Information Service (SIS) (analogous to the FSB), at which the introduction of a state of emergency in the country was discussed, Pravda reports . It was convened to discuss reports of an allegedly impending coup, the organizers of which, according to a secret SIS report, are the opposition and non-governmental organizations.

As highlighted by The Hollywood Reporter , the last Russian nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category was Mikhail Baryshnikov in 1977 for his role in The Turning Point . The last to win was Lila Kedrova in 1964 for Zorba the Greek . Borisov was earlier nominated for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for his role in Anora . The Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor was ultimately awarded to Kieran Culkin, with winners of the BAFTA awards set to be announced on Feb. 16.

Over 100 fake news websites have been implicated in spreading false information as part of Russian efforts to interfere in the upcoming German parliamentary elections, according to an investigation by the nonprofit center CORRECTIV and the disinformation tracking project NewsGuard . These websites have been found to be linked to the late Yevgeny Prigozhin’s “troll factory” and Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU.