Lithuania, Georgia and Latvia became the leaders in terms of wine supplies to Russia in the first eight months of 2023. This is evidenced by data from UN Comtrade international trade statistics, noted . RIA Novosti From January to July, $126 million worth of wine was imported from Lithuania to Russia—compared to 2022, this figure increased by a third. Wine worth $112.1 million was imported from Georgia, and $79 million from Latvia.

Lawyer Alexander Fedulov, who defends Alexei Navalny, has not been detained and is safe, reports the publication “Vestk”, citing a colleague of the defense lawyer. Earlier, Fedulov did not come to the court hearing on Navalny’s lawsuit against the colony and stopped communicating. The interlocutor of “Verstka” said that “everything is fine” with Fedulov: “I think he will get in touch.

A group of deputies from United Russia, led by Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy, introduced a bill according to which those who have served sentences for serious and especially serious crimes will be allowed to engage in teaching activities. The document was published on the website of the lower house of parliament.

The Palestinian authorities in the Gaza Strip were unable to confirm information about Israel restoring water supply to the southern part of the enclave. this CNN reports , citing the director of the water management department of the Palestinian government, Munter Shublak. “In order for our water distribution stations to receive and distribute water, we need electricity, which is cut off in Gaza. The alternative is fuel for electric generators, which we also don’t have.

The Government Commission on Legislative Activities developed amendments to the bill “On Advocacy and the Bar,” in which it proposed to deprive the status of Russian lawyers who have traveled abroad for a period of more than one year or who reside there permanently. about this , citing the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (FPA).

Russian lawyers called on their colleagues to go on strike. In an open appeal published on the Legal Petition website, they proposed to carry out a “preventive action” by ceasing participation in procedural actions of all types of legal proceedings. The authors of the letter addressed the Russian Federal and regional chambers of lawyers, as well as public associations of defense lawyers.

Georgia's Constitutional Court ruled that President Salome Zurabishvili violated the country's constitution and allowed her impeachment proceedings to begin. . reports Mtavari Arkhi Six of the court's nine members supported the decision. They concluded that Zurabishvili violated Articles 52 and 54 of the Georgian Constitution by traveling to Europe without the consent of the government.

Residents of Israeli settlements located near the border with Lebanon in the north of the country will be evacuated. This was reported by the Israeli army (IDF). They clarified that we are talking about a total of 28 settlements that are located in a two-kilometer zone along the Israeli-Lebanese border. Residents of these settlements will be accommodated in boarding houses, the accommodation of which will be paid for by the state.

It became known that two more Russian citizens died as a result of the Hamas attack on Israel Their death was reported by the telegram channel “We Can Explain” with reference to relatives. The names of the dead were Irit Konderova and Margarita Gusak. They both went to a music festival that took place in the settlement of Reim near the border with the Gaza Strip and was attacked by Hamas militants in the first hours of the group's invasion of Israeli territory.

The Prosecutor General's Office has recognized the Central European University as “undesirable,” according to the department’s telegram channel. The press release states that the university's efforts are "focused on discrediting the special military operation and political leadership" of Russia.

The FSB detained a 20-year-old resident of the Kurgan region, who is charged with collaboration with a Ukrainian organization banned in Russia (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code). this with reference to representatives of the service .

On October 16, new bills with a face value of one and five thousand rubles are introduced into the appeal. This was reported in the Russian Central Bank, showing the design of new banknotes. The new thousand -ruble banknotes depicts the Nikolskaya Tower of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin on one side, and on the other - the Museum of the History of the Stateness of the Tatar People and the Republic of Tatarstan in Kazan, the Suyumbike tower, as well as the Archeology and Ethnography Museum in Ufa.

In the Kovrov City Court, during the trial of the Federal Penitentiary Service’s claim against Alexei Navalny for the recovery of legal expenses from him in previous courts, the politician managed to ask several questions to journalists about the fate of his lawyers. this , citing its own correspondent in the courtroom. reports Mediazona Navalny participated in the meeting via video link and was able to talk to reporters during one of the breaks. Mediazona quotes this dialogue.

Alexei Navalny's lawyer Alexander Fedulov left Russia. this He announced on his Instagram. “The situation is strange. The arrest of our colleagues who defended Navalny made significant adjustments to the work of the defenders who remained at large. The huge amount of work, the number of courts and the current situation have led to the need for adjustments in the further protection of the interests of our client.

A resident of Chita was detained on charges of treason. This was reported by 75.ru, citing the local FSB department. They stated that the woman, on instructions from the Ukrainian special services, collected and transmitted data on the movements of Russian troops in the region preparing to be sent to the front in Ukraine. A criminal case was opened against the detainee under the article of “treason.” Later, the court sent her to a pre-trial detention center.