Former Federal Security Service (FSB) officer and pro-war blogger Igor Strelkov (his real surname is Girkin), who was arrested for extremism, called on his supporters to start a campaign to nominate him as a candidate for the upcoming Russian presidential election . Oleg Nelzin, the co-chairman of the Russian Movement for Strelkov, read out a letter by Strelkov, written in the detention center where he is currently being held, reported by Telegram channel Sota.

In Russia’s Dagestan region, 412 people faced administrative penalties for the anti-Semitic riot at Makhachkala airport, according to journalists at independent Russian outlet Mediazona who analyzed records on Dagestan district courts’ websites. Eighteen people were charged under an article for the mass simultaneous presence of citizens in public places. Official reports were filed against 394 people for violating the conduct of public events.

Former FSB officer Igor Strelkov (Girkin), arrested in an extremism case, called on his associates to start a campaign to nominate him as a candidate for the presidency of the Russian Federation. He stated this in a letter from the pre-trial detention center, which was read by the co-chairman of the “Russian Movement for Strelkov” Oleg Nelzin, writes Sota. Strelkov, the letter says, asked to form an initiative group that would collect signatures in his support.

The Moscow theater "Quartet I" replaced the group "Accident" with the group "Beavers" in the play "Radio Day". This was reported on Facebook by journalist Mikhail Kozyrev, who referred to the leader of “Accident” Alexei Kortnev. “Yesterday Kortnev told me how he disappeared from the play “Accident.” A denunciation was written against them. Quartet I was given an ultimatum: either remove these “enemies of the people” from the performances, or we will close your theater.

District courts in Dagestan brought 412 people to administrative responsibility after the anti-Semitic pogrom in Makhachkala, journalists from Mediazona found out after analyzing the protocols from the courts’ websites. Protocols were drawn up against 18 people under the article on organizing the mass simultaneous presence of citizens in public places. Protocols were drawn up against 394 people under the article on violating the procedure for holding events.

The directorial debut, which received the Grand Prix of the IDFA festival, is the most significant reward for the Armenian cinema of the XXI century IDFA The FIPRESCI Award Award, as well as the Grand Prix of the prestigious Film Festival IDFA, which takes place in Amsterdam from November 8 to 19, received the film "1489" Shogata Vardanyan. This is the director's debut of Shogatat and the film adaptation of its personal history.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed two decrees on sanctions adopted by the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine. The first decree introduces updated sanctions for a period of ten years against ten people, including former Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov, former Verkhovna Rada deputy Oleg Tsarev, head of annexed Crimea Sergei Aksenov, head of the self-proclaimed LPR Leonid Pasechnik, State Duma deputy Dmitry Sablin.

Russian forces launched an attack on Ukraine using Shahed-136/131 drones, reported Ukraine’s Air Force. According to Ukraine, Russia launched 38 drones from its Kursk and Krasnodar regions overnight on November 17. “‘Shaheds’ attacked in several waves, in groups, in different regions of Ukraine, in areas where all Air Force commands are responsible,” reads a statement by Ukraine’s Air Force. Ukrainian aviation, anti-aircraft missile forces, and mobile firing units destroyed 29 drones.

They wake up under the Ukrainian anthem and every day see portraits of Stepan Bandera and Taras Shevchenko Yakiv Liashenko / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Russian prisoners of war are in line in the colony in the Lviv region of Ukraine. November 16, 2023 Nikolai from the city of Primorsk went to the war in Ukraine in July as a volunteer. He explains his decision to The Times as follows: Russians and Ukrainians - one people, separated by the "treacherous NATO" (as journalists themselves write).

The Superkhevi missile, SpaceX, Ilona Mask brought into space the super -heavy ship "Starship" during the second flight tests. The broadcast of the launch of Boka-Chika in Texas was carried out in the social networks SpaceX. The first step of the launch vehicle brought the ship into space, after which it separated and exploded.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said the Israeli army attacked the Al-Fakhura school in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip. The ministry said at least 50 people were killed, Al Jazeera reported. There is no independent confirmation of this information. An Al Jazeera correspondent in Jebaliya said medical teams were evacuating the wounded. According to the journalist, there were many people at the school.

Dmitri LovetSky / AP / Scanpix / Leta Representatives of the Russian medical community wrote an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin due to a seven-year period, to which the artist Sasha Skochilenko in the case of Fakes about the army of the Russian Federation was sentenced on November 16, 2023. The signathers of the letter called on Putin to free Skochilenko - she had already spent more than a year and a half in prison, despite the identified chronic diseases.

He learned about the resignation at the last moment. What is the reason - no one understands David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty Images The board of directors of Openai , which developed ChatGPT, announced on November 17 that he fired one of the founders of the company, Sam Altman , from the post of general director. He was also excluded from the board of directors. The company's statement says that Altman was fired after a “thorough analysis” conducted by the board of directors.

We talk not only about the winners, but also about the finalists who are worth reading The Enlightener Prize, established by the Dmitry Zimin Foundation, is today the most prestigious and significant in the field of popular science and non-fiction literature. In the “Humanities” category, Oleg Khlevnyuk was awarded for his book “Corporation of Impostors.

The killer of the Orekhovskaya organized crime group, Alexander Pustovalov, nicknamed Sasha Soldat, was released from a maximum security colony in the village of Monino in the Tver region, RIA Novosti reports. According to the agency, he was released on November 18. that Pustovalov could be released “in the coming hours” on the evening of November 17 reported Vesti .