The former owners of Probusinessbank Alexander Zheleznyak and Sergei Leontyev published a joint statement in which they call the charges against them fabricated and the investigation of Maxim Kats false. A statement on behalf of both bankers was published on Alexander Zheleznyak’s Facebook page. The authors write that the “information leaks” of Katz and his associates “attracted unwarranted attention,” so they decided to respond to them officially.

Manchester City midfielder and Spain national team player Rodri (Rodrigo Hernandez) received the Ballon d'Or, which is awarded to the best footballer of the year according to France Football magazine. Rodri arrived at the awards ceremony in Paris on crutches. At the end of September, he was injured in a match with Arsenal - a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee. Because of this, the player will miss the rest of the season.

The Israeli Parliament (Knesset) approved in the second and third readings two bills that ban the activities of the United Nations Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the country. This was reported by Radio Kan and The Times of Israel . One bill effectively ends the agency's work in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and East Jerusalem, while another prohibits Israeli officials and government agencies from contacting UNRWA.

On the night of October 26-27, security forces conducted a raid at the Dark House nightclub in Yaroslavl, where a drag show was taking place, one of the visitors to the establishment told the Guys Plus portal. According to the portal’s interlocutor, the police arrived in unmarked cars around one in the morning. They burst into the club and forced everyone to lie down on the floor. According to an eyewitness, the police shouted and insulted the party guests, and beat some of them.

Interview with an expert on corruption of Ilya Shumanov, in which we asked him to explain as simply as possible to what the meaning of the dispute of Katz and the FBK (and which of them is right) Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS / Profimedia In early October, the politician Maxim Katz accused the Corruption Fund of supposedly helped the former owners of Probeseskankank Sergey Leontyev and Alexander Zheleznyak to avoid responsibility for theft of money belonging to depositors.

US President Joe Biden called the sending of North Korean troops to Russia a “dangerous development” amid Western speculation that they will participate in the war in Ukraine on Russia’s side. “Very dangerous,” Biden told reporters when asked about the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia.

Protesters against the results of the parliamentary elections on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi declared their protest over. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta Europe, Dozhd TV channel, blogger Nikolai Levshits , as well as Russian government agencies. Novaya Gazeta Europe and Dozhd write that at the end of the action, the participants sang the anthems of the European Union and Georgia. After this, the end of the action was announced from the stage and the protesters began to disperse.

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner filed a civil lawsuit demanding to stop the raffle of money among Pennsylvania voters, which is carried out by entrepreneur Elon Musk, writes the Philadelphia Inquirer. On October 20, Musk promised to give away one million dollars every day until the presidential election to Pennsylvania voters who sign his petition in defense of the First and Second Amendments to the US Constitution.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Russian contractors are not released from the army for two years, even if they do not want to fight In Russia, they regularly increase payments to contractors who are sent to war with Ukraine: in some regions, such payments amount to several million rubles.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested until December 25 the deputy chief of police for the protection of public order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Central District, Ruslan Sentemov, on charges of exceeding official powers with the use of violence (clause “a” of part 3 of Article 286 of the Criminal Code), reports the joint press service of the courts.

October 29 - in Russia and other countries Learn more about the "Return of Names" This is a civil action in memory of the victims of political repression, which has been organized by the International Memorial since 2007. In different cities - both in Russia and abroad - participants in the action read the names of people who were killed and repressed during the years of Soviet power.

In the center of Tbilisi, protesters gathered against the results of the parliamentary elections in Georgia, which were won by the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party. Demonstrators, as Paper Kartuli reports, are holding a rally near the parliament building. They blocked Rustaveli Avenue. Protesters booed the motorcade of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who arrived in Georgia on the evening of October 28. According to local media, he was staying at the Marriott Hotel on Rustaveli Avenue.

Employees of the Security Service of Ukraine detained on suspicion of treason a 34-year-old resident of the city of Pokrovsk, who was engaged in volunteer activities within the framework of the UN World Food Program, the SBU and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported. According to investigators, in September 2024, the suspect agreed to work with an FSB officer who wrote to him in a telegram.

The 1st Western District Military Court fined Syktyvkar resident Dmitry Borisevich 300 thousand rubles on charges of calls for terrorist activities (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) due to a comment on VKontakte with a proposal to “impale” the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump, if he wins the election, may propose a plan to end the war in Ukraine, which involves a “rethinking” of the Minsk agreements , the Financial Times writes in an article on the politician’s foreign policy plans. According to an unnamed “longtime” Trump adviser, the plan will include enforcement mechanisms and consequences for violating the agreement.