Adam Kadyrov, the 15-year-old son of the Chechen Governor Ramzan Kadyrov, has been awarded the Hero of Chechnya title. The teen is being honored with a state award days after a public scandal erupted when Ramzan Kadyrov published a video of Adam brutally assaulting a defenseless man held in a Chechen jail. Kadyrov said he was proud of his son’s actions. The victim being beaten in the footage is Nikita Zhuravel, a man awaiting trial for allegedly desecrating a Quran.

The US Department of Commerce has placed 42 Chinese companies on its export control list for supporting Russia's military-industrial complex. This was reported by Reuters; a corresponding notice was posted in the US Federal Register. The restrictions were introduced, among other things, due to the supply of American-made microchips, which Russia uses in the guidance systems of missiles and drones used to attack civilian targets in Ukraine.

The Russian “authorities” of the annexed territory of the Zaporozhye region plan to refuse medical care to residents who do not have Russian passports from the beginning of 2024. This was announced by the head of the occupation administration, Yevgeny Balitsky, on the air of Rossiya-24. Balitsky claims that some residents of the Russian-controlled part of the region are “delaying their delay” in obtaining Russian citizenship. “We are not in a hurry until the New Year.

How Mariupol residents search for their dead under Russian occupation Sergei Ilnitsky / EPA / Scanpix / LETA Graves with unidentified bodies of those killed in Mariupol. December 10, 2022. The siege of Mariupol lasted 85 days. No one knows how many lives were lost, but some estimates place the number at up to 100,000. It will take years, if not decades, before the real toll is known.

In Moscow, flowers appeared at the monument to Lesya Ukrainka in memory of those killed as a result of a Russian missile attack on the village of Groza in the Kharkov region. This was reported by journalist Yulia Azarova, who published photographs and videos of flowers at the monument. “My friends are now at the monument to Lesya. They say that the store next door is almost sold out of yellow and blue flowers. The blue and yellow ribbons are also gone.

The son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov, who beat Nikita Zhuravel, who was arrested in the case of burning the Koran, in a pre-trial detention center, was awarded the title of Hero of the Chechen Republic. this .

The Russian government has introduced a special procedure for entry into the country for Ukrainian citizens coming from third countries. this with reference to the order of the Cabinet of Ministers. reports Interfax From midnight on October 16, Ukrainians coming to Russia from third countries will be able to enter the country only through the Ludonka automobile checkpoint in the Pskov region and Sheremetyevo airport.

The French news agency Agence France-Presse reports having discovered a contract signed by Nika-Fruit, a food products company owned by the now-deceased Russian catering magnate and mercenary boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. The agreement with the Chinese space-tech firm Yunze Technology was concerning the purchase of two reconnaissance satellites and rights to the images they produced. The contract was signed by Nika-Fruit’s CEO Ivan Mechetin in November 2022.

Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov, convicted in the case of “fake stories” about the Russian army, was transferred to a prison hospital. this with reference to his defenders Katerina Tertukhina and Svetlana Davydova. reports Novaya Gazeta Gorinov was transferred to the hospital at IK-3 in Vladimir. It is unknown what caused the deputy’s hospitalization.

In 2022–2023, Belgian photographer Aurélien Goubau made a series of trips to the Polish-Belarusian border to document the lives of residents, activists, and refugees A girl practices her dance moves before going on stage at a traditional Belarusian culture festival in Poland, on February 3, 2023. Granica by Aurélien Goubau A dense ancestral forest stretches along the border between Poland and Belarus.

The US State Department has declared two Russian diplomats personae non gratae, the BBC Russian Service reported , citing the US department's press service. The State Department explained that they expelled the Russians from the United States in response to the “far-fetched” expulsion of two employees of the American embassy in Moscow in September of this year.

“Laughter and farce. Complete nonsense, ”answered Z-channels and relatives of mercenaries Mikhail Tsaryuk / SNA / Imago / Scanpix / Leta specialists of emergency services at the crash site of the private aircraft Yevgeny Prigozhin near the village of Kuzhenkino in the Tver region.

The State Tax Committee (STC) of Uzbekistan demanded that the taxi ordering service Yandex Go register as a tax resident of the country and start paying established taxes, otherwise the service will be blocked.

Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov announced that he has resigned as the publisher of Mediazona. about this He wrote on the social network X (formerly Twitter).

In 2023, the number of prisoners in Russian colonies decreased by more than 54 thousand people. to this conclusion after a statement by Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Vsevolod Vukolov.