The protesters penetrated Knnon House - the oldest office building of the US Congress on the Capitol Hill in Washington. The local police said that a group of protesters arranged a promotion in the rotunda Knnon House, where, as in other premises of Congress, demonstrations are prohibited. The officers warned the demonstrators demanding a ceasefire in the gas sector that they should finish the action. When they did not obey, they began to detain them.

The Ukrainian project "Schemes" published satellite images of the Berdyansk airfield, which is occupied by Russian troops and, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed, was attacked by Ukrainian troops on the night of October 17. Planet Labs' October 18 images show part of the airfield's runway, where Russian helicopters are believed to have been stationed. The images also show "hit points," Ukrainian journalists write.

US and Israeli intelligence agencies believe that the explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza on October 17 could have killed "at most several dozen" people, Newsweek reports, citing sources. "As far as we know, Israel did not target the hospital. The images and intercepts further indicate that the rocket was fired from Gaza and landed near the hospital, rather than hitting it," a senior Defense Intelligence Agency officer told reporters.

Wargaming has announced the launch of a charity initiative, within the framework of which it will donate money from sales of special game sets to help Ukraine. The developer of World of Tanks reported this on its website. "At Wargaming, we love war games, but we hate real war.

Three defense attorneys arrested and charged with organized extremism after representing the imprisoned Russian politician Alexey Navalny are being held at the notorious Moscow prison Matrosskaya Tishina. Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin, and Alexey Liptser were previously in pretrial detention at the facility known as SIZO-4 or “The Bear.” They have now been moved to the so-called Kremlin Central, a high-security segment of Matrosskaya Tishina.

We analyze the versions of Israel and Hamas ABED KHALELD / AP / Scanpix / Leta On October 17, at about seven o’clock in the evening of local time, an explosion occurred in the courtyard of Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. A few hours later Khamas, the Hamas, reported that from 300 to 800 people died in the hospital. Hamas accused Israel of attack.

All-Russian testing in foreign languages ​​will not be carried out in Russian schools, said the head of Rosobrnadzor Anzor Muzaev. “We will definitely no longer conduct educational training in foreign languages. This decision was made in a consolidated manner,” he said during an all-Russian meeting with parents. The official did not specify the reasons for this decision. Test work in other subjects will be carried out, there is no question of canceling them, Muzaev emphasized.

On the territory of the Rudnevo industrial park in the Nekrasovka district of Moscow, construction of a plant was completed, which the city authorities transferred to the defense enterprise Almaz-Antey. In the near future, the concern expects to launch the production of air defense missiles at the plant.

A Moscow arbitration court has granted the bankruptcy petition filed by Google’s Russian subsidiary, OOO Google. Google’s Russian bankruptcy trustee Valery Talyarovsky says that the LLC has 53.6 billion rubles (or close to $578 million) in debt, including 19.6 billion rubles (or $201 million) of tax debt owed to the Russian Federal Tax Service.

Vadim Kobzev, Igor Sergunin and Alexey Liptser - lawyers of Alexei Navalny, arrested in the case of the “extremist community” - were transferred from the Moscow pre-trial detention center-4 “Bear” to the “Kremlin Central” - a special block of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center. This was reported by the BBC with reference to lawyer Andrei Grivtsov, who defends Kobzev. According to Grivtsov, the Kremlin Central has a strengthened regime for holding prisoners.

How the next generation of Russian history teachers is preparing to teach a reimagined past Alexey Maishev / Sputnik / imago images / Scanpix / LETA Russian pedagogy students are preparing to teach history, even as Russia tries to rewrite it. Since the beginning of the new academic year, high schools have started using a fresh history textbook , put together by Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky.

Defense attorney Alexey Liptser is in jail, after representing Alexey Navalny in court. His friend Pavel Kanygin explains why Liptser and his family stayed in Russia, despite the risks.

US President Joe Biden said after a meeting with Israeli leaders that the country's authorities agreed to the delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip from Egypt. Israel confirmed that it will not interfere with the delivery of humanitarian supplies from Egypt. During his speech in Tel Aviv, Biden also announced that Washington would provide an additional $100 million in humanitarian aid for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has declared Google LLC, the Russian division of Google, bankrupt. Bankruptcy proceedings have been declared against the company, RIA Novosti reports. The court set six months for the final stage of bankruptcy. Valery Talyarovsky was appointed as the bankruptcy trustee. At the previous stage of bankruptcy, he was approved as a temporary manager. He will have to submit his report on the progress of the bankruptcy procedure on April 17, 2024.

The prevalence of substance abuse among Russian soldiers on the front lines Evgeny Biyatov / Sputnik / IMAGO / SNA / Scanpix / LETA Drug use is widespread in the Russian army, both among soldiers on the front lines and in rear positions. One out of every 10 soldiers smokes marijuana, and many also take hard drugs, according to independent outlet Verstka.