The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation issued an order to abolish the mandatory fingerprinting of refugees and citizens granted asylum in the country. “Dactyloscopic registration and photography are not carried out in relation to foreign citizens recognized as refugees or granted temporary asylum on the territory of the Russian Federation,” reads a document published on the legal information portal.

In the occupied Luhansk region, Russian soldiers who refuse to fight are imprisoned without a trial and pressured back to the frontline Michael Kalyanov / Ura.ru / TASS Russian conscripts at an army base near Luhansk, October 6, 2022 In the summer of 2022, it emerged that Russian contract soldiers refusing to fight in Ukraine and trying to get discharged from the military were being imprisoned in specialized detention camps. Hundreds of soldiers may have passed through these camps by now.

Vladimir Saldo, Russian-appointed head of the annexed part of the Kherson region, announced the evacuation of residents of areas within a 15-kilometer [about nine-mile] radius of the Dnipro. His video address says the evacuation will affect the Novokakhovka urban district, and the Hola Prystan, Oleshky, Kakhovka, Hornostaivka, Velyka Lepetykha, and Verkhnii Rohachyk administrative regions.

The new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, has offered to introduce a monthly fee of eight dollars for a blue tick that confirms the authenticity of a social network account. “The current system of lords and peasants on Twitter for those with or without a blue tick is bullshit. Power to the people! Blue [badge] for $8 a month!” — wrote the businessman in the social network.

The head of the annexed part of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, announced the evacuation of residents of coastal areas at a distance of 15 kilometers from the Dnieper River. His video message says that the evacuation will affect the settlements of the Novokahovsky urban district, Golopristansky, Aleshkinsky, Kakhovsky, Gornostaevsky, Velikolepetikhsky and Verkhnerogachiksky municipal districts.

The Kamchatka Regional Court overturned the sentence of Igor Redkin, a former member of the regional legislature from United Russia, charged with manslaughter. The criminal case has been sent for a new trial. According to the prosecutor's office of the Kamchatka Territory, during the consideration of the appeal, the side of the state prosecution announced procedural violations committed by the court, and also complained about the leniency of the punishment imposed on the deputy.

The Russian government has approved a pilot project for connecting military enlistment offices to state-run databases. The RBC reported this, citing the Moscow region’s Military Commissar Alexey Astakhov. Enlistment offices currently use a system called “Horizon-MR” (or “Gorizont-MR”). In the future, it’ll be integrated with databases maintained by Russia’s state registries (where births, marriages, divorces, and deaths — all the major stages in a Russian person’s life — are recorded).

"Mediazona" told how they are threatened with prison terms and forced to return to the front Michael Kalyanov / Ura.ru / TASS mobilized at the training ground near Lugansk. October 6, 2022 In the summer of 2022, it became known about the existence of special camps for the Russian military who tried to resign from service during the war with Ukraine. According to media reports, hundreds of Russians could go through these camps.

In the Belgorod region, on November 1, the village of Kozinka, Graivoronsky urban district, was shelled, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to him, as a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a canteen caught fire on the territory of the farm, and several hangars and a car were damaged. One person received a minor injury.

Now a ‘full-fledged member of Putin’s inner circle,’ the Wagner Group’s founder wages a crusade against St. Petersburg’s loyalist governor, Alexander Beglov. What does this mean for the future of Putin’s regime? Ivan Petrov / Mikhail Metzel / TASS Article by Andrey Pertsev . Translation by Anna Razumnaya . Evgeny Prigozhin, once casually referred to as “Putin’s chef,” is steadily climbing the greasy pole of Russian power.

Since September 21, when Russia announced its “partial mobilization,” at least 101 people who were called up as part of the campaign have been killed. The figure comes from Novaya Gazeta Europe, which cites Russian authorities as well as news reports and social media. By the journalists’ count, 23 were killed not at the front but during military training. “The causes of death were fights, alcohol, drugs, suicide, and accidents,” the publication writes.

Representatives of Ukraine, Turkey and the UN agreed not to plan any movement of ships along the humanitarian corridor as part of the grain deal on November 2. It is reported by the Joint Coordinating Center in Istanbul. The statement says that on November 1, UN and Turkish inspectors conducted 36 inspections on board ships departing Ukraine. All reports on the results of the inspections will be given to the Russian and Ukrainian delegations.

This is how we got from the “protection of children” to the “discrediting of the army”. A chain of events Sergey Konkov / TASS Activists of the Vesna movement with masks of the character of Roman George Orwell 1984 during the action “For Free Internet” in St. Petersburg, July 16, 2017 November 1, 2012 ↓ I earned a register of prohibited sites. Its creation provided amendments to the law on the protection of children from harmful information, hastily adopted in the same year.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. You just heard about the "mysterious Russian soul." We hasten to upset: even this concept itself was not invented in Russia. Where? And why? The concept of “Russian soul” is not often found in the news, but the idea that the inhabitants of Russia have some kind of “unique” and “mysterious” “soul” is quite common. The very idea that people are not just a random group of people, but a collective person who has a special character, from Germany.

In Kyiv, from November 2, buses will start operating on all trolleybus routes. According to the mayor of the city Vitali Klitschko, this was done in order to reduce the load on the energy system and save electricity. As a result of ongoing Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, the Kyiv administration continues to carry out rolling blackouts to stabilize the energy system.