On the night of November 29, police and special forces used a water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered near the Georgian Parliament building in Tbilisi. Paper Kartuli reports this. A water cannon was used on Chichinadze Street, adjacent to the parliament. Soon, special forces began dispersing the bulk of the protesters on Rustaveli Avenue. Update. By 03:15 Moscow time (04:15 Tbilisi time), some of the protesters remained on Rustaveli Avenue.

President Salome Zurabishvili and security forces at protests in Tbilisi. Photo Giorgi Arjevanidze / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on the evening of November 28 joined the protesters who gathered on Freedom Square in Tbilisi for a protest. Spontaneous rallies in Georgian cities, including near the parliament building in the capital, began after a statement by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to derail US President-elect Donald Trump's future efforts to end the war with his statements about the Oreshnik missile system. Zelensky said this in his evening address. “Today in Kazakhstan, Putin again advertised his missiles - his readiness to kill and destroy. To the thousands of missiles that have already hit Ukraine, Putin apparently wants to add thousands more.

As a result of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation increasing the key rate, the owners of thousands of shopping centers may go bankrupt. Vice President of the Union of Shopping Centers Pavel Lyulin told Kommersant about this. According to him, after the last increase in the key rate to 21%, many banks sent notices to borrowers about a significant increase in the cost of already issued loans.

The official representative of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Georgy Tikhy, said that Kyiv discussed with its allies the issue of lowering the mobilization age. His words are quoted by NV.ua “Yes, we discussed this, and I would say that Ukraine actually initiates this discussion, as a rule, during our negotiations. And we inform our partners about the dynamics of the mobilization that we have in Ukraine,” Tikhy said.

Spontaneous protests began in several cities of Georgia after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the suspension of negotiations on the country's accession to the European Union until the end of 2028. Paper Kartuli reports this. Update. In the evening, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili joined the protesters in Tbilisi. On Freedom Square, 500 meters from the parliament building, special forces and police officers with water cannons were stationed.

Who made the video is unknown A video has appeared on the Internet that talks about the connection between the game studio GSC Game World and the Ukrainian authorities. The publication 404 Media drew attention to this. The video claims that with the help of the game S.TALKER 2: Heart of Chornobyl, Ukrainian developers are secretly collecting data on residents of the country who are subject to mobilization.

The Australian Senate (upper house of parliament) has approved a bill banning children under 16 years of age from using social networks, The Guardian reports . 34 senators voted for the ban, 19 were against. The adopted law prohibits companies that own social networks from giving access to them to users under 16 years of age. They are subject to fines of up to 50 million Australian dollars ($32 million) for violations. There is no punishment for children who can circumvent the ban.

Your browser does not support the audio element. What to replace Twitter with? We tell you where X users are going Due to Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, tens of thousands of users, including writer Stephen King and actor Mark Hamill, left the social network X (formerly Twitter), which is owned by Elon Musk. Users believed that the active support of Trump by the owner of Tesla and SpaceX would lead to the social network becoming even more toxic.

The Salzburg Festival has decided to terminate the contract with theater critic, curator and director Marina Davydova, who has led the festival's drama direction as program director since November 2022. This was reported by Kurier with reference to a press release from the festival management.

The state prosecution asked to sentence Moscow municipal deputy Alexei Gorinov to three and a half years in prison in the case of “justification of terrorism” (Part 1 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by Mediazona with reference to a correspondent from the courtroom. In July 2022, Gorinov was sentenced to seven years in prison in the case of “fakes” about the army.

Georgia refuses to negotiate accession to the European Union until the end of 2028. This statement was made by the country's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, his words were quoted by the Rustavi 2 TV channel. “We have decided not to put on the agenda the issue of opening negotiations with the European Union until the end of 2028,” he said. According to the prime minister, Georgia also refuses any budget grants from the EU.

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The situation with the ruble exchange rate is “generally” under control, Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in Astana following his visit to Kazakhstan. “In general, in my opinion, the situation is under control. And there is certainly absolutely no reason to panic. Yes, both in our country and in neighboring countries the processes are not easy, but they are under control, everything is going according to plan,” Putin said (quoted by TASS).