In Poland, the ruling Law and Justice party won the parliamentary elections, but three opposition parties - the Civic Coalition, the Third Way and the New Left - could form a coalition and win a majority of seats in parliament. If a coalition is formed, then, according to experts, Warsaw’s internal politics could change significantly.

Yes, indeed, to the World War - says historian Alexander Etkind In the fall of 2023, in the first lines of information tapes - only war. Russia continues to bomb Ukraine, Azerbaijan “took” Karabakh. Hamas has invaded Israel, Israel inflicts massive blows to the gas sector. In Niger and Gabon, there are military coups. In Taiwan, they are preparing for an armed confrontation with China. Can all these conflicts transform into a world war?

On the night of October 17, the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked airfields in Lugansk and Berdyansk occupied by Russian troops. This was reported by the Office of Strategic Communications of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. They clarified that the attacks were carried out on Russian helicopters and airfield equipment based there. Reports of missile strikes also appeared on local telegram channels.

On the night of October 17, two Swedish citizens were shot dead and a local taxi driver was wounded in the Belgian capital Brussels, reports . Reuters Later, a video recorded by a certain Abdulsalem Al Gulani circulated online.

on Alexei Navalny’s website has appeared A questionnaire with 10 questions about the upcoming Russian presidential elections . Navalny suggested that “political players and debaters” answer them.

More than 500 people were killed and hundreds more were injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip, Al-Jazeera TV channel reports , citing a representative of the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Gaza Ministry of Health's Facebook page also reported the strike, but without the number of casualties. Al Ahly Baptist Hospital is located in the central Gaza Strip.

Moscow police are checking an article by former presidential aide Vladislav Surkov about the “Great North” for compliance with Russian legislation. about this TASS writes with reference to the department. The agency reports that the police received a request to check the article. TASS does not indicate from whom exactly it came and what exactly theses in the article “The Birth of the North” raised questions from the applicant.

In the Kovrov City Court, where the Federal Penitentiary Service’s claim against Alexei Navalny for the recovery of legal costs from previous courts is being considered, the politician said that he was left without legal protection. about this , citing its own correspondent in the courtroom. writes Mediazona “In general, I don’t really understand what’s going on. My lawyer is not there, all the other lawyers are not there, no one comes to see me.

Russian units advancing in the Avdeevka area in the Donetsk region of Ukraine suffered heavy losses, but were unable to achieve significant success. During the six days of the offensive there, the Russian army lost five times more equipment than the Ukrainian one. about this , citing data from the Oryx OSINT project.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces used American long-range ATACMS missiles for the first time. this . announced Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky “Our agreements with President Biden are being implemented. And they are implemented very accurately - ATACMS have proven themselves,” Zelensky wrote on social networks. Earlier, Russian military bloggers, in particular Boris Rozhin telegram channel, and the Gray Zone reported on the use of ATACMS missiles in an attack on the airfield in Berdyansk .

In Shchelkovo, near the office of the Paritet management company, its employee hit a woman with a car who came to complain about interruptions in heating. This was reported by Interfax and eyewitnesses who filmed the incident on video. On October 17, several residents of the Zarechny microdistrict came to the building of the Paritet management company to complain about non-working heating and flooded basements.

State Duma deputies in the first reading approved a bill on Russia's withdrawal of ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. “For 23 years we have been waiting for the United States to ratify this treaty (CTBT). But Washington, due to its double standards and irresponsible attitude towards global security issues, did not do this.

Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on an official visit to China, reports RIA Novosti . On the morning of October 17, his plane landed in Beijing. It is reported that Putin will take part in the international forum “One Belt - One Road”, to which, in addition to him, leaders of 130 other countries have been invited. On the sidelines of the forum, Putin plans to hold meetings with the presidents of Vietnam, Mongolia and Laos, the Prime Minister of Thailand and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Zhanna Nemtsova launched a master's program about Russia at the Prague Carlov University. What will they teach there? Since this fall, at Karlovy University - one of the oldest universities in the world - the Russian -speaking master's program “Russian Studies”, dedicated to the history of the country since 1991, has been operating. This is the program of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, whose president is his daughter Zhanna Nemtsov.

In the Khabarovsk Territory, a 14-year-old ninth-grade school student, Valery Zaitsev, was detained on charges of terrorism, writes Mediazona , citing Zaitsev’s classmates and grandfather. According to them, security forces took the teenager directly from the inpatient department of the children's department of the interdistrict tuberculosis dispensary, where he was undergoing treatment.