The US Department of Commerce has stripped the Russian economy of its market status due to "widespread intervention" by the state. A similar status was assigned to the Russian economy 20 years ago. "This decision gives the United States the opportunity to use the full force of US anti-dumping laws to address market distortions caused by the Russian government's increasing interference in their economy," the US Department said in a statement.

RBC received materials from the defense of the ex-Chief Editor of Tatler Arian Romanovsky, who had previously been sent to a pre-trial detention center in a case of extortion. According to the documents, in accordance with the agreement with Ksenia Sobchak, Romanovsky was "obliged to post materials at the request" from her, and in case of violation of confidentiality conditions, the journalist could demand five million rubles.

State Duma deputy Yana Lantratova proposed to ban video games in Russia, which, in her opinion, promote homosexuality, pornography, as well as cruelty and violence. Lantratova prepared the relevant amendments for a bill banning "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations." The deputies of the State Duma adopted it in the first reading at the end of October. It is also proposed to introduce amendments to the Law “On Information”.

The State Duma proposed introducing criminal penalties for the repeated dissemination of "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations," RIA Novosti reports. Repeated dissemination of LGBT+ “propaganda” through the media can be punished with up to two years in prison, and among minors – up to three years in prison. Repeated propaganda of pedophilia - up to two years, using the media - up to five years in prison, the news agency reports.

The Russian military may use electromagnetic weapons to disable Ukrainian infrastructure. The Financial Times writes that preparations for an EMP strike may actually be behind the nuclear threats. Former Pentagon official Roger Pardo-Mauer believes that an electromagnetic pulse of sufficient strength can be generated by detonating a nuclear weapon in space. Such a blow disables all electrical equipment, both military and civilian.

They want to teach Russian schoolchildren military applied disciplines, such as grenade throwing, rifle shooting and drone control. To this end, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko instructed the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Sports of Russia to expand the set of compulsory disciplines of the Ready for Labor and Defense complex. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to his press service.

In the south of Ukraine, the Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated 41 settlements. We are talking about Mykolaiv and Kherson regions. This was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Today there is good news from the south. The number of Ukrainian flags that are returning to their rightful place as part of the ongoing defensive operation is already dozens. 41 settlements have been liberated,” the President of Ukraine stressed in his video message.

How to protect children from sexualized violence In Russian legislation, there are articles that provide for criminal liability for sexualized violence against children. However, they do not prevent crimes and do not help the child survive what happened. “Cold” spoke with Maria Zvelygintseva, a clinical psychologist from Mental Health Center, about whether it is possible to prevent violence and what to do if it happened.

At the next briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense, a map was shown, according to which Russian troops left the right bank of the Dnieper. Also, the completion of the withdrawal of Russian army units from the right bank was announced by the representative of the Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov. He claims that last night the Russian military had to cross the Dnieper under the fire of Ukrainian rocket artillery.

A group of wives and mothers mobilized from the Kursk region entered Starobelsk to join their husbands and sons, who had previously retreated from the line of fire near Svatovo in the Luhansk region, the BBC Russian Service reported. The relatives of the mobilized did not wait for any reaction from the military command, to which they had previously addressed with a demand to return the military to the territory of Russia.

Journalists from Mediazona and the BBC Russian Service, using open sources, as of November 11, confirmed the death of 8,712 Russian servicemen who went to war in Ukraine. “We assume that our list may contain at least 40-60% fewer names of the dead than actually buried in Russia,” the journalists point out. According to the BBC Russian Service, 163 mobilized were among the dead. 35 of them died in Russia before they were sent to the front.

Sources close to the Kremlin told Meduza that in the spring of 2022, the government began developing a new “export image” for Russia. According to them, the country is planned to be promoted as the global "leader of the oppressed countries" who do not want to have "nothing in common" with the West and plan to follow a "special path." Ideological influence will extend to some states of Southern Europe, South America, Africa and Asia.