The Minister of Culture of the Voronezh Region, Maria Mazur, actually admitted that the creator of the Voronezh Chamber Theater, Mikhail Bychkov, was fired for his anti-war position. Mazur’s statement was published on the official telegram channel of the department as a response to a petition in support of Bychkov.

The Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary has named the adjective “authentic” as its word of the year. As noted by Merriam-Webster, the word “authentic” has become much more common in search queries in 2023 amid interest in artificial intelligence, celebrity culture and identity. The dictionary's authors emphasize that the word "authentic" is often associated with identity, whether national or personal.

Israel and Hamas have reached agreements allowing the truce in the Gaza Strip to be extended for another two days. This was officially announced by the Qatari Foreign Ministry. White House spokesman John Kirby said that during the additional two days of the truce, Hamas undertakes to release 20 more women and children from among the hostages.

Winter storm pounds Ukraine and Russia with heavy snow, wind, and rain Viacheslav Onyshchenko / SOPA Images / ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA A blizzard in Odesa. November 26, 2023. Winter storms left nearly two million people without power in Russia’s border regions and in the occupied territories of Ukraine this weekend, according to the Russian authorities. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Energy Ministry reported that 2,019 settlements across 16 of the country’s regions were experiencing blackouts.

This was stated by David Arahamia - the head of the Ukrainian delegation in negotiations with the Russian Federation in the spring of 2022. Russian propaganda really liked this version Aris Messinis / AFP / Scanpix / Leta the consequences of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kyiv.

The speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, in an interview with the Novynarnya publication, said that in May 2023, the Ukrainian military shot down five Russian planes and helicopters over the Bryansk region within five minutes. “It was a brilliant operation under the leadership of the Air Force Commander.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law suspending the indexation of salaries for government employees. According to the law, indexation of government salaries will be suspended for all of 2024. The Russian authorities expect that this will save 36 billion rubles (around $403 million). The law will not apply to those serving in Russia’s military or security forces.

Hard of the distress zone Subscribe to our YouTube channel to the Black Sea Regions of Ukraine and Russia on November 26, a storm came accompanied by heavy rain and snowfall. The wind poured trees and cut off the power lines, which is why hundreds of thousands of people throughout the region were left without light. In some areas of the Kuban, almost a monthly rainfall fell per day. At least three people died: two in the Krasnodar Territory, one in the Crimea.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow sentenced former Rostec top manager Alla Laletina to eight years in a general regime penal colony in a case of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale, the press service of the Moscow courts reports . In addition, the court sentenced Laletina to a fine of twice the amount of the bribe — more than 133 million rubles. Laletina headed the legal department of Rostec.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that suspends the indexation of civil servants' salaries. In accordance with the document, indexation is suspended for the entire 2024. The authorities expect that this will save 36 billion rubles. The cancellation of indexation will not affect military personnel and law enforcement officers. The government has proposed not to index civil servants' salaries in 2024.

Among them are four -year -old Avigal - her parents were killed. And the nine -year -old Emily - her father thought she was dead. And 77-year-old Hannah-she was also considered the deceased Menahem kahana / AFP / Scanpix / Leta, liberated hostages arrive in Israel, November 26, 2023 39 hostages captured by Hamas terrorists on October 7 returned to Israel. This is part of the Agreement between the Israeli Defense Army and the Palestinian militants about the temporary truce in the gas sector.

The world's largest iceberg, which has remained stuck to the seabed off the coast of Antarctica for 37 years, has begun to move actively, British Antarctic Survey scientists Ella Gilbert and Oliver Marsh reported on November 24, CNN reports. The iceberg, dubbed A23a, was formed from a large chunk of ice that broke off from the Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986. It almost immediately landed on the floor of the Weddell Sea off the coast of West Antarctica.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The extreme right also won the Netherlands. Now it will always be everywhere in the Western world? On November 22, parliamentary elections were held in the Netherlands. The ultra -right Party of Freedom (PVV) won them. Party leader Gerte Wilders is an anti -Islamist and a supporter of tightening migration policy in the country. Vilders on the voting day promised to reduce the flow of refugees and migrants to the country.

The collection of “Scythian gold” returned to Ukraine from the Netherlands. The National Museum of the History of Ukraine reported this on November 27. The items will soon be placed in the museum's treasury, where they will be identified and catalogued. Kiev customs showed a video of the collection being transported on trucks to the territory of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra. The collection of “Scythian gold” was in Crimean museums until 2014.

In the last six weeks, Russian forces have likely experienced the highest casualty rate since the start of the war, according to a daily intelligence update posted by the U.K. Defense Ministry, based on data from the Ukrainian General Staff.