Photo: AP Russian President Vladimir Putin at the moment “does not and cannot have” political competitors in the country, his spokeswoman Dmitry Peskov said . "We have repeatedly said that President Putin is certainly a politician, a statesman number one in our country. And my personal opinion - although I hardly have the right to speak it - but, violating the rules, I can say that he does not have competitors at the moment in the Russian Federation," Peskov said.

Photo: RIA Novosti / Alexey Maishev The State Duma of Russia adopted in the first reading a bill on the refusal to ratify the contract on a comprehensive prohibition of nuclear tests (Dzhzyai). The decision was made unanimously, claims the Telegram channel of the lower house. The draft law providing for the review of ratification was developed by the relevant State Duma Committee on International Affairs on behalf of the speaker Vyacheslav Volodin.

Photo: InterPressNews.ge Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan performed in the European Parliament. In his speech, he noted the inaction of Russia during the attack of Azerbaijan on Armenia in 2022, as well as on Nagorno-Karabakh in 2023. Pashinyan also announced his readiness to sign a peace treaty with Baku before the end of the year and close to the European Union.

The front-line bomber Su-34 of the Air Force of Ukraine. Photo: Ministry of Defense of Ukraine On the night of October 17, the Ukrainian military struck Russian airfields in the occupied Lugansk and Berdyansk, the strategic communications department of the apparatus of the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces said .

Photo: Mohammed Salem/Reuters The Gaza Sector authorities accused the Israeli army of a missile strike at the Baptist Hospital. According to the latest data, at least 500 Palestinians were killed, Al Jazeera reports . Representatives of the Ministry of Health of the GAZ sector estimate the number of dead at 200-300 people. According to him, hundreds of people are still under the rubble.

Photo: RIA Novosti More than 50% of the participants in the war in Ukraine, who received injuries and are on medical and social examination, had to conduct an amputation of the limbs. This was written by "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" with reference to the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the Russian Federation, Alexei Vovchenko. "The limbs are recognized as disabled people about 54% of all examined, that is, this is really such a vivid problem, it is a lot.

RSO M270 launches the ATACMS missile. Photo: South Korea Defense Ministry / Getty images / via kyodob For the first time, Ukraine used the American long -range ATACMS missiles against the positions of the Russian troops, reports The Wall Street Journal with reference to sources familiar with the situation. Several ATACMS missiles were secretly delivered to Ukraine some time ago, the interlocutors of the newspaper say.

OT: ebcstorage.com.sg Lithuania, Latvia and Georgia became the main suppliers of wines to Russia, bypassing Italy and France in this. This follows from the data of the Un Comtrade Database, which is conducted by the Statistical Department of the UN. The publication of RBC paid attention to this. Subscribe to telegram Dron media Journalists calculated that according to the results of the first eight months of 2023, Lithuania, Latvia and Georgia entered the top 3 suppliers of wine in Russia.