Will Roskomnadzor actually restrict access to major sites like YouTube for ‘censoring’ Russian content? Zatevahins / Shutterstock.com On November 19, a group of lawmakers introduced a draft law to the State Duma, which would allow the Russian authorities to block any website for removing “publicly significant information” (or for “restricting the rights of [Russian] citizens to freely seek, receive, transmit, produce, and distribute” such information).

Three ninth-graders from the city of Kansk in Krasnoyarsk Krai have been accused of creating a terrorist group because of their plans to "blow up" a special services building in the game Minecraft, Baza reports. According to the publication, the 14-year-old teenagers were detained in the summer of 2020 after they posted leaflets in Kansk in support of MSU graduate student Azat Miftakhov . They pasted one of the leaflets on the FSB building, Baza writes.

On New Year's Eve in Moscow, they will check whether establishments comply with the ban on working at night. This was reported to TASS by the head of the Moscow Department of Trade Alexei Nemeryuk. “Control over the implementation of the mayor's decree in the city is carried out on an ongoing basis. Inspections will also take place on New Year's holidays, including New Year's Eve," he said.

Moscow State University (MGU) Rector Viktor Sadovnichy has signed an order allocating 30 million rubles (about $394,000) to support the university’s students, instructors, and researchers during the coronavirus pandemic, the state news agency TASS reported on Thursday, November 19. The university is set to establish a list of tuition-paying students who are in need of financial support by November 30.

Microsoft and Apple are working on compatible controllers for the Xbox Series X and Series S with iPhones and iPads. The Verge writes about this, citing information from the Apple support site. Apple plans to support controllers with future updates to iOS and iPadOS. As noted by The Verge, it's unclear how long it will take Apple to certify the X-series controllers.

Perm and Voronezh have topped the list of major Russian cities whose residents are at the highest risk of contracting COVID-19, according to a study by the analytical outlet SberIndex, RBC reports. Using Sber’s Symptom-Checker service, analysts determined that the risk of infection in these two cities is 15 percent higher than the Russian average. A higher risk of infection — 7 percent higher than the national average —was also observed in Irkutsk and Novosibirsk.

On August 4, a warehouse where ammonium nitrate was stored exploded in the port of Beirut. The explosion was so powerful that it destroyed and damaged buildings throughout the city. 190 people died, more than 300 thousand lost their homes. The authorities estimated the total damage from the explosion at three to five billion dollars, because of what happened, the government resigned. The moment of the explosion was caught on video filmed in different parts of the city.

Zatevahins / shutterstock.com On November 19, a group of State Duma deputies introduced a bill to the chamber on the chamber, which will allow to block any social network or other site if they delete “socially significant information” (or “limit the right of citizens to freely search, receive, produce and distribute” such information). This can affect both Russian and foreign Internet resources.

BelaPAN / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA On Friday, November 20 a funeral ceremony for opposition protester Raman Bandarenka took place in Minsk — the 31-year-old artist died of severe head trauma hours after he was detained on November 12. Reportedly, Bandarenka was beaten up by a masked man who appeared to be a plain-clothed law enforcement officer.

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Foreign tourists in Turkey have been allowed to waive the curfew, which will be in force in the country on weekends starting November 21. This is reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkey. Tourists will be able to move from one city to another by car if they have booking documents. Restaurants in hotels will work for guests as usual, establishments at airports will not be closed.

Update: On the morning of November 21, the administration of Rospotrebnadzor in Yakutia announced the death of the seventh person who was poisoned with an antiseptic. In Yakutia, seven people have died after drinking alcohol-based hand sanitizer. Two more were hospitalized, doctors assess their condition as extremely serious, Interfax reports .

Rospotrebnadzor “closed the Chaika clinic in Moscow City for failure to provide information” about patients with COVID-19. This is reported by the Moscow operational headquarters to combat the spread of infection.

Investigators of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have opened three criminal cases under the article on giving knowingly false testimony against three defense witnesses who testified at the trial of the case of the traffic accident involving actor Mikhail Efremov . This was reported by TASS with reference to the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk.

Belapan / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta in Minsk on November 20, a farewell ceremony was held with Roman Bondarenko, an artist who died shortly after the detention of November 12. He was beaten by the Tikhars - people in civilian clothes, who attack the protesters with the support of the Belarusian security forces.