Kremlin's site The Academy of the Ministry of Education of Russia gave recommendations to teachers to discuss the topics of the course “Talk about the important” in the lessons in all school subjects. If now “conversations about the important” is one lesson per week, now, according to officials, the material of this course should include in the entire school curriculum.

Russia has increased its 2023 budget expenditures by at least 3.4 trillion rubles, writes the Financial Times . This indicates a sharp increase in the Kremlin's spending on the war in Ukraine, which is exacerbating inflation. Details. The Ministry of Finance expects budget expenditures to reach 32.5 trillion rubles in 2023, the newspaper writes, citing official data. This is almost 12% more than the initially planned 29.06 trillion, the publication notes.

The authorities of the Kursk region and annexed Crimea announced on Thursday that private medical institutions would refuse to perform abortions. Prior to this, such decisions were made by some clinics in Tatarstan and the Chelyabinsk region. This happened even before the adoption of the corresponding law, the draft of which, under pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church, is planned to be submitted to the State Duma.

The actions of the security forces in the St. Petersburg club, where the day before at the Zero People concert they put about 300 people on the floor, are very similar to a violation of the law, lawyers told the Agency. Neither checking musicians for “fraud,” nor their anti-war statements, nor inspecting the “crime scene” gives law enforcement agencies the right to carry out such actions.

In October, Russia launched several times fewer missiles than in the months before, according to an analysis by Rochan Consulting. This could mean Russia is saving missiles for winter strikes, according to British intelligence and Dara Massicot of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Details . In October, Russia carried out 28 missile and air attacks on Ukraine, excluding Shahed drone attacks, according to a report by Rochan Consulting.

Sergei Shoigu, during Vladimir Putin’s visit to the headquarters of the Russian troops in Rostov-on-Don, showed the president the Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicle, designed for hunters and farmers. This is a car of the American-Chinese brand Aodes. Details . Putin arrived at the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don, from where the Russian group in Ukraine is controlled, on the night from Thursday to Friday, immediately after returning from Kazakhstan.