A court in New York overturned the convictions of Muhammad Aziz and Khalil Islam, two of three convicted in the murder of preacher and politician Malcolm X. It is reported by The New York Times. “I don’t need a court, prosecutors or a piece of paper to prove my innocence. I am 83 years old and a victim of the criminal justice system,” Aziz said shortly before the court’s decision.

On November 17, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs published on its website the diplomatic correspondence between the head of the department, Sergei Lavrov, and the foreign ministers of France and Germany, Jean-Yves Le Drian and Heiko Maas. The correspondence concerns the settlement of the conflict in eastern Ukraine. The ministers are discussing their upcoming Normandy format meeting and a statement following it.

Nobel Peace Prize laureates, former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev and Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov, have called on the prosecutor's office to drop its demand to liquidate Memorial . Their appeal was published in Novaya Gazeta. The long-term activities of Memorial have always been aimed at restoring historical justice, preserving the memory of hundreds of thousands of those killed and injured during the years of repression, and preventing similar events now and in the future.

President Vladimir Putin has proposed indexing Russia’s minimum wage and subsistence minimum in 2022 to “outstrip inflation.” “The draft of the federal budget for next year now includes an indexation of the subsistence minimum by 2.5 percent. Of course, this is insufficient, because such parameters significantly lag behind the current inflation rate, which has accelerated in recent months,” Putin said during a meeting on Thursday, November 18.

In the United States, Roman Kaplan, the creator of the New York restaurant “Russian Samovar”, died at the age of 84. Kaplan’s daughter and restaurant manager Vlada von Schatz reported this to RTVI. The Russian Samovar Instagram page reports that Kaplan died on November 18 in a Miami hospital. His funeral will take place in New York. Published by Roman Kaplan Saturday, June 24, 2017 Roman Kaplan is a literary critic and translator who emigrated from the USSR to the USA in the 1970s.

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is on hunger strike in a Georgian prison, collapsed and lost consciousness during a meeting with lawyers. One of his defenders, Beka Basilaya, spoke about this, Sputnik Georgia reports. According to Basilai, Saakashvili stumbled and fell as he left the premises to meet with lawyers. After the fall, he did not open his eyes and did not react to anything, Basilaya said. Saakashvili was taken away on a stretcher.

Opponents of QR-code vaccine passports take to Instagram to wage ‘mental war’ on Russian governors Russian governors are being bombarded with comments and messages on Instagram, urging them to oppose draft legislation that would impose new QR-code vaccine passport prerequisites for accessing public places and certain modes of transportation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed in 2022 to index the cost of living "at a faster rate than inflation" - by 8.6%. He stated this at a meeting on social issues. “In the draft federal budget for next year, indexation of the subsistence minimum by 2.5% is now included. Of course, this is not enough, because such parameters are significantly behind the level of current inflation, which has accelerated in recent months, ”Putin said.

How Ukrainian special services prepared to capture Wagner PMC fighters. Deputy Valery Rashkin admitted to killing the moose. There is slavery in Russia right now Good evening, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) WAS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) BY A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is Meduza's daily newsletter about the most important things that happened that day.

The prosecutor's office of the Netherlands decided to prosecute the footballer of the Moscow "Spartak" and the Dutch national team Quincy Promes. This is reported by the local publications De Telegraf and AD . in the statement The prosecutor's office did not name the defendant . It is reported that we are talking about a 29-year-old resident of Amsterdam, suspected of assault and attempted manslaughter.

Employees of the FSB from Ingushetia played a key role in this story - and their unconvincing complaints about human rights activists Safron Golikov / Kommersant In November, the Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit against the liquidation of the “International Memorial” - the most important and most authoritative human rights organization in Russia. She was accused of violation of the legislation on “foreign agents”, namely, in the absence of appropriate marking in the materials.

In St. Petersburg on November 17, five police officers tried to push a 14-year-old girl who was returning from school into a police car. The mother of the child, Elena Valitskaya, spoke about this on VKontakte. The woman posted a video of the incident. From the comments on the recording it follows that Valitskaya was present with him and that the reason for the claims against her daughter was the crossing of the road in the wrong place.

Western countries are superficial about Russia's warnings not to cross "red lines". This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin during a speech at an expanded meeting of the collegium of the Russian Foreign Ministry, which was broadcast by the RIA Novosti agency.

In the Instagram accounts of the governors of Siberia, comments are massively published against the introduction of QR codes in Russia, Taygi.Info journalists drew attention. In the messages, users demand to give a negative opinion or withdraw bills No. 17357-8 and No. 17358-8 on the mandatory use of QR codes in Russia, which the government submitted to the State Duma on November 12. Activists call these initiatives "segregationist", "anti-constitutional" and "fascism".

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Right now there is slavery in Russia: people are sold and bought in order to involve in begging, sex work or forced labor. How is it arranged? The pandemic provoked an increase in labor slavery in Russia. The Russians and migrants who have lost their jobs turn to work houses in which they promise them a daily salary, but in the end they find themselves without documents in imprisonment.