“Vorstka” asked a variety of people - from political scientist Ekaterina Shulman to blogger Prikolena - to formulate at least one good news of the outgoing year “Verstka” has a New Year’s tradition - for the third December in a row, we are asking writers, doctors, activists, scientists, musicians and other people who our audience follows and loves to share at least one good news or good memory for the year.

Where experts see likely points of escalation On January 3, the United States carried out a large-scale operation in Venezuela, carrying out air strikes on military and a number of civilian targets in the capital of the country, Caracas. According to Donald Trump, American special forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife and took them out of the country.

The kidnapping of Maduro was compared to the landing of Russian troops near Gostomel Russian military and pro-Kremlin bloggers praised the military operation of American troops in Venezuela, comparing it with the landing of Russian troops near Gostomel in the first days of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. “Layout” collected the main reactions of the Z‑community.