US and EU authorities have called on Israel to postpone its ground operation in the Gaza Strip in order to negotiate through Qatar for the release of people whom Hamas militants took hostage in the attack on Israel. This was reported by Bloomberg and The Wall Street Journal , citing sources. The secret talks are sensitive and could end in failure, the sources said. Bloomberg's interlocutors admitted that Hamas may release some of the captured civilians.

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation included in the register of “foreign agents” diplomat, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in 1992-1993, chief researcher at IMEMO RAS Georgy Kunadze. The ministry’s statement said that Kunadze “disseminated false information aimed at creating a negative image of the Russian Federation,” as well as “fakes” about the Russian government and army.

Militants of the Palestinian Hamas movement, after mediation efforts by Qatar, released two US citizens who were held hostage, the movement's press service reported.

The main thing from the investigation about where the terrorists got the money for war (first of all, from Iran, but not only) Violeta Santos Moura / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta RPG shells belonging to Hamas fighters For many years, Hamas terrorists have been able to finance their activities by fighting with humanitarian aid and funds delivered to the gas gas sector, which were aimed at supporting the residents of the region. About this writes The Wall Street Journal.

Many Russian publications, including Lenta.ru , Gazeta.ru , RTVI and Public News Service , apologized to Russian propagandist Margarita Simonyan for reporting on her statement about the explosion of a nuclear bomb over Siberia. attention to this . drew The Insider The media wrote in similar formulations that Margarita Simonyan did not propose to conduct nuclear tests in Russia and did not propose to detonate a nuclear bomb over Siberia.

First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Andrei Belousov presented a classification of types of businesses in Russia, which was invented by an acquaintance of his in the 1990s. Belousov spoke about this while speaking at the “Made in Russia” forum, dedicated to the topic “Unicorns in the markets of the future,” writes Kommersant.

Rosstat presented a new demographic forecast for the Russian Federation until the end of 2045, calculated based on data from the All-Russian Population Census conducted in the fall of 2021, Interfax writes . Rosstat noted that the forecast was compiled without taking into account the population of the regions of Ukraine annexed by Russia in September 2022. As of January 1, 2023, 146.45 million people lived in Russia.

Such explosions are needed to develop technologies that help track nuclear tests Marli Miller / UCG / Universal Images Group / Getty Images test landfill in Nevada The US Department of Energy announced that on October 18, at a nuclear training ground in Nevada, an underground explosion made an underground explosion in order to "improve the ability of the United States to detect low -power nuclear explosions around the world." The report of the agency says that we are talking about a chemical

A Russian mother whose daughter is behind bars for trying to burn down a government building talks about the case and her own ‘extremism’ charges Valeria Zotova At the end of June, 20-year-old Valeria Zotova, accused of plotting to set fire to a collection point for the Russian military in Karabikha , was convicted of an attempted “terrorist attack” and sentenced to six years in prison.

Mohammed Talantene / DPA / Scanpix / Leta militants "Brigad al-Kassama"-Khamas fighting wing The site "Brigad al-Kassama"-the Khamas combat wing- moved to the Russian hosting a few days after the attack of the militants of the Palestinian group for Israel. This was found out by the employees of the InSIKT Group - the RECORDED FUTURA private reconnaissance company research department. The site Alqassam.ps opened with varying success from October 7, the day of the invasion of Hamas in Israel.

Apparently, relatives of the deceased were deceived, claiming that the remains were cremated David Zalubowski / AP / Scanpix / Leta Furrant Bureau "Back to Nature" (Return To Nature) in Colorado. October 17, 2023 In the district, Fremont, Colorado, the investigation has begun in relation to the funeral bureau “Back to Nature”, where almost 200 people were found decaying remains, reports Associated Press. The funeral bureau is located in the small city of Penrose.

Soviet and Russian skier and biathlete Anfisa Reztsova died. TASS reports this with reference to Leonid Reztsov, the athlete’s ex-husband. The former athlete was 58 years old. Reztsov reported that on October 15 she was hospitalized, and on October 19 she died without regaining consciousness. He did not specify the reasons for hospitalization. Reztsova became the champion of three Winter Olympics in two different sports. In 1988, she won gold in the cross-country skiing relay.

According to the Israeli Army, 203 people are in hostages Alexi J. Rosenfeld / Getty Images in the center of Tel Aviv near the Museum of Arts set a dining table for people captured by Hamas terrorists while attacking Israel on October 7. The action was arranged by relatives of hostages - it symbolizes that the abducted Israelis are waiting home for a traditional meal in Shabbat. October 19 reported that 203 people are in hostages.

So, we released two books at once: "My beloved country" by Elena Kostyuchenko - about how fascism was sprayed in Putin's Russia “War and Punishment” by Mikhail Zygar - about how Moscow has tried to destroy Ukraine for centuries (we publish this book with Zygaro) You have several ways to buy them at once. Just follow the links in this material. Please carefully study all the methods and choose the one that is optimal for you - taking into account your place of residence and delivery prices!

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended that Russians avoid traveling to the Middle East due to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. A message about this appeared on October 20 on the Foreign Ministry website. “The situation in the Middle East is heating up. Shelling of Israeli territory, rocket and bomb attacks on the northern and other areas of the Gaza Strip, and armed incidents in the Blue Line area between Lebanon and Israel continue.