Among the reasons for the shortage are low wages and the beauty market. In 2024, there were 1,407,500 mid-level doctors in Russia, or 96.3 health workers per 10 thousand population, as follows from the Russian Statistical Yearbook published by Rosstat, Vorstka noted. This is the lowest number of nursing staff in the entire history of modern Russia and the period of the late USSR.

Participants in the largest protests in decades call for the overthrow of the ayatollahs' regime The largest protests in decades are taking place in Iran. Participants who took to the streets after the depreciation of the national currency i called for the overthrow of the ayatollahs' regime. Protesters set fire to administrative buildings and clash with police. The Internet is turned off in the country, firearms are used to suppress protests, and executions of participants are reported.

The percentage of asylum approvals for Russian citizens has become the lowest since 2020 For the fiscal year 2025 (from October 2024 to September 2025), the United States approved 2,948 applications for asylum to Russian citizens, 1,270 people were refused, according to data from the TRAC project, which collects information about asylum seekers in the United States, Vorstka noted.

The US President believes that Ukraine is less ready for a deal than Russia US President Donald Trump, in an interview with Reuters, said that Ukraine, not Russia, is slowing down the achievement of a peace agreement, and accused Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky of delaying the negotiation process. According to Trump, the Russian President and Vladimir Putin are allegedly ready to make a deal, while Ukraine is less ready for it.

According to investigators, a flash-noise grenade exploded In Syktyvkar, when a flash-bang grenade exploded at a professional training center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, nine people were injured, four of them are in extremely serious condition, the Ministry of Health of the Komi Republic reported. The incident occurred on January 15 in the Ezhvinsky district of the city.

A few hours earlier, Donald Trump accused Vladimir Zelensky of delaying peace negotiations On January 15, in the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin accepted credentials from ambassadors of 32 states. After the ceremony, he made an assessment of the international situation. Speaking about Ukraine and the role of Europe in achieving peace, the president said that Russia has repeatedly proposed discussing the creation of a new architecture for European and global security.

Burevestmarine also owns the US-captured Marinera tanker. The US military seized the tanker Veronica, the sixth vessel of the “shadow fleet” involved in the illegal trade in Venezuelan oil, according to the US Southern Command. “Vestka” found out that the seized tanker was built in 2003. At the time of capture, the ship formally already had a different name - Gallileo: the name change occurred on January 1, according to data from the Maritime Portal.