The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says it has identified Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Dosyagayev as the commander responsible for ordering the murders of at least four Ukrainian civilians in Bucha during Russia’s occupation of the town in March 2022. According to the agency , Dosyagayev’s unit played an active role in the Russian military’s violent “cleansing operations” and “filtration measures” aimed at curbing resistance among Ukrainians in occupied parts of the Kyiv region.

International human rights organizations issued a statement in support of journalists Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan, whom businessman Alexei Kozlov accused of disseminating false information and causing damage to his reputation. The statement of human rights activists was published on the website of the British organization Article 19. Soldatov previously said that Alexey Kozlov, who lives in Germany, filed a lawsuit over the publication of the book “The Compatriots.

The head of Penza, Alexander Basenko, proposed to suspend the installation of memorial plaques in honor of graduates of schools who died in the war in Ukraine. He explained this by the fact that the authorities will need to work on the “patriotic education” of children, so that they later went to the army for military service. He said this at a meeting of the Penza Regional Duma on November 24, Penzainform reports . The telegram channel “Says Nemoskva” drew attention to the publication.

Putin rails against ‘xenophobic’ Western AI models at industry conference Kristina Kormilitsina / Sputnik / imago images / Scanpix / LETA On November 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin took the stage during the plenary session of Artificial Intelligence Journey 2023, an AI conference in Moscow.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the list of “foreign agents” to include the politician and former Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kasyanov. The register also includes historian Ilya Venyavkin, journalists Ilya Davlyatchin and Idris Yusupov, as well as the limited liability company “People”.

St. Petersburg’s Judicial Qualification Board found that Judge Oksana Demyasheva did not violate judicial ethics in her conduct during the trial of artist Sasha Skochilenko, who was sentenced to seven years in prison for spreading supposed “disinformation” about the Russian army. According to Novaya Gazeta Europe , this was the board’s response to Boris Vishnevsky, a member of St. Petersburg’s legislative assembly. In mid-October, Vishnevsky asked for a review of the judge’s actions.

Three teenagers were detained in the Moscow region and are suspected of setting fire to an electric train in October 2023. This was reported by Baza , Mash and RBC , citing sources close to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to RBC, young people born in 2005, 2006 and 2007 were detained in Domodedovo. They, according to the publication, admitted guilt. The arson occurred on the night of October 21 at the Domodedovo depot. The fire area was 60 square meters.

On the morning of November 24, an agreement between the Israeli Defense Army and the Palestinian terrorist movement of Hamas entered into force, providing for the cessation of military operations in the gas sector for four days. As part of the transaction, by the evening, through the mediation of the Red Cross, militants Hamas released 13 Israeli hostages from captivity . In response, Israel released 39 Palestinian prisoners from prisons.

The Qualification Board of Judges of St. Petersburg did not find any violations of judicial ethics in the actions of Oksana Demyasheva, who sentenced the artist Sasha Skochilenko to seven years in prison in the case of “fake news” about the Russian army. This is stated in the commission’s response to the deputy of the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly Boris Vishnevsky, reports Novaya Gazeta. Europe". Vishnevsky asked to check the judge’s actions in mid-October.

Russian state news employee who resigned in protest sent to ‘torture basement’ for unwilling soldiers Channel One / YouTube Ilya Andreyev, a former correspondent for the Russian state news network Channel One who reportedly resigned in protest but was later deceived into signing a contract with the Defense Ministry, has been held in a basement for soldiers who refuse to fight in the annexed Luhansk region for multiple days, according to the outlets Novaya Gazeta Europe and Astra .

The authorities are counting on the air defense and the system of strengthening of energy objects Ozge Elif Kizil / Anadolu / Scanpix / Leta Ukrainian doctors at a stabilization point for the wounded at the front line in the Donetsk region, November 19, 2023 The Ukrainian energy system before the coming winter looks more fragile and vulnerable than a year ago, when the Russian army began to bomb critical infrastructure objects in Ukraine.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that Armenia had paid Russia “millions of dollars” for arms supplies as part of a bilateral contract, but has not yet received any. Pashinyan said he realizes that Russia “needs arms itself” now, and suggested that the issue of arms supplies can be solved in a variety of ways, including the reduction of Armenia’s debt to Russia.

The 17-year-old Yegor Balazyukin was sentenced to six years in the colony for trying to set fire to two military registration and enlistments. This is an interview with his parents Olga Maltseva / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Egor Balazyukin in court on the day the sentence is announced. November 22, 2023 In St. Petersburg, a sentence was sentenced to 17-year-old Yegor Balazeykin-he was given six years in colony.

Singer Charlotte (real name Eduard Charlotte) became a defendant in three criminal cases: two of them were initiated on charges of “rehabilitation of Nazism” (Part 4 of Article 354.1 of the Criminal Code) and another on charges of “insulting the feelings of believers” (Article 148 of the Criminal Code) . The head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, known for her denunciations of public people, musicians and bloggers, announced this in her Telegram channel.

13 Israeli hostages held by Hamas militants have been handed over to the Red Cross and are on their way out of Gaza. This was reported by The Times of Israel. The released hostages are women and children. This is the first group of hostages to be released by Hamas as part of an agreement with Israel. Update. The Israel Defense Forces reported that the hostages had arrived in Israeli territory.