Russian politician Alexei Navalny has made it into Politico's 2023 list of the most influential people in Europe. In its ranking, Politico highlights the people who, according to the publication, will shape European policy in the coming year. Navalny was included in the rating in the "Dreamers" category, taking second place.

Chat groups show would-be asylum seekers offered transport through Russia to the Finnish border. Some suspect Moscow’s involvement. Jussi Nukari / Lehtikuva / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Finnish border guards and migrants with bicycles at the Salla border crossing. November 21, 2023. In recent weeks, there’s been a surge in Middle Eastern and African migrants trying to enter Finland from Russia.

Irina Krynina, a woman from the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk who traveled to Ukraine to be with her husband after he was taken captive, announced Monday that she’s decided to stay in the country to help other POWs. Her husband, however, plans to return to Russia.

In the Sverdlovsk region, the director of the Kosulinsky Multidisciplinary Enterprise, Dmitry Bely, signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense and went to war in Ukraine. This was reported by 66.ru with reference to plant employees. Bely stopped communicating on October 13th. He did not show up at the company and did not answer calls. As 66.ru writes, the plant’s employees have not been paid wages for several months.

A Ukrainian negotiator said Moscow offered peace in exchange for Kyiv ending its NATO bid. Russia’s propagandists were thrilled. On November 24, Ukrainian parliament member Davyd Arakhamia, who led Ukraine’s delegation in peace talks with Russia, said in an interview that the Kremlin offered in the spring of 2022 to end the war if Ukraine dropped its aspirations to join NATO.

The office of the Commissioner for Children’s Rights in the Russian Federation, Maria Lvova-Belova, refused to comment on the information from “Important Stories” that the leader of “A Just Russia” Sergei Mironov adopted a one-year-old girl taken from Kherson. This is stated in the response of the Ombudsman’s office to a request from the Dozhd TV channel, which asked Lvov-Belova to confirm or deny this information.

It is not clear why we retold his message. But no, it’s clear - for the sake of his image between two faces Our battle for sovereignty and justice is of a national liberation nature. The Russian world has blocked the path of those who claim world domination; we are fighting for the freedom of not only Russia, but the whole world. The dictatorship of one hegemon is decrepit, has gone into disarray and is dangerous for those around it.

The exercises took place a kilometer from the border ATEF SAFADI / EPA / Scanpix / Leta cars on which Hamas militants have invaded the territory of Kibuutz Beeri in Israel, October 11, 2023 For at least three years, the Hamas militants were preparing to attack Israel and conducted several joint exercises with ten Palestinian groups, the BBC found out . The first training took place back in 2020.

Actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR Mikhail Boyarsky suffered a heart attack. TASS about this . told His son, State Duma deputy Sergei Boyarsky “My father suffered a heart attack, today he already feels well, he spoke to him on the phone, his voice is cheerful, he is in a regular ward,” said the actor’s son. Fontanka writes that 73-year-old Boyarsky was taken to the Mariinsky Hospital in St. Petersburg on November 27. The next day he was transferred from intensive care to a regular ward.

The Israel Defense Forces said several soldiers were slightly wounded by gunfire from Hamas militants in the northern Gaza Strip. This is stated in a statement by the IDF. The IDF says that within an hour on the afternoon of November 28, three explosive devices exploded near Israeli troops in two different locations in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the Israeli army, in one of the incidents, militants opened fire on the military, and the soldiers opened fire in response.

The Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo announced that Finland will completely close all land border crossings with Russia starting on November 30, reports Finnish news outlet Helsingin Sanomat . Raja-Jooseppi, the only crossing between Russia and Finland that remained in operation, will be closed. The closure will be in effect until December 13 and does not apply to the Vainikkala railway crossing for freight traffic.

His mother believes that his son was forced to conclude a contract, taking advantage of the fact that he does not know how to read The Russian Ministry of Defense recruited Semen Karmanov, a 25-year-old resident of Kemerovo, who was diagnosed with intellectual development delay. He served a term in a maximum security penal colony in the city of Mariinsk, Kemerovo region.

The Khoroshevsky District Court of Moscow fined school teacher Sergei Averyanov 40 thousand rubles under an administrative article about “discrediting” the Russian army (Part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation). This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts. The court said that on November 27, at school No.

Almost a year ago, the skater Roman Kostomarov was amputated the hands and legs below the knee. He already went out on the ice in sneakers - and now he is training to stand on skates again Ramil Sitdikov / satellite / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta Roman Kostomarov at the international exhibition and forum Russia Expo. November 6, 2023 In January 2023, the Olympic champion in figure skating Roman Kostomarov became seriously ill with pneumonia, after which he began sepsis and circulatory problems.

Finland will close all border crossings with Russia from November 30. This was announced by Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, Helsingin Sanomat reports . Thus, the last operating checkpoint on the border with Russia, Raia-Jooseppi - Lotta, will be closed. The decision will be valid until December 13. The ban does not apply to the Vainikkala railway freight checkpoint.