The Russian government published a decree that prescribed the procedure for confiscating foreign passports from Russians deprived of the right to leave the country. The “Agency” discussed with lawyers what will happen to people who do not comply with this requirement. Details . According to the text of the resolution, a person who is restricted from leaving Russia must surrender his passport within five days from the date of receipt of notification of such a need.

Photo from the Kremlin website Vladimir Putin during the World Russian People's Cathedral first called the war in Ukraine "national liberation." This is an attempt to use the experience of the USSR in new realities, so the Russian president may try to reduce the likelihood of creating an international tribunal on crimes in Ukraine, historians said with whom the Agency was talking. Quote .

The wife of the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, Marianna, was poisoned, Ukrainian media reported, citing sources. This is at least the third high-profile poisoning in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. This time, heavy metals were probably used that had not been used in confirmed political poisonings before.

Russian propaganda aimed at Western countries has used Israel's war with Hamas to increase tensions in Western countries, according to an analysis by the American human rights group Alliance Defending Democracy, cited by Politico. Details . Following the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, Kremlin-linked Facebook accounts increased their activity by 400%, according to data from the Alliance Defending Democracy.