OpenAI has launched parental controls for the ChatGPT chatbot, Reuters reports. The new feature will allow you to link the accounts of teenagers and their parents. To connect one of the parties must send a corresponding request. In this case, the function is activated only if the other party accepts this request.

Krasnodar Krai Deputy Governor Alexander Vlasov was arrested hours after resigning and volunteering for military service in Ukraine, raising questions about his motivations for setting aside public office to take up arms. Vlasov, who had served as deputy governor since September 2020, announced on the morning of September 29 that he would join Russia’s “Kuban” brigade for combat duty.

Composer Yuri Chernavsky died at the age of 78, his family reported on Facebook. “For us, he will always remain the closest and dearest person, an example of strength, kindness and inspiration. His music will live in the hearts of people, and his memory will live in our family forever. The family deeply mourns and asks everyone who knew and appreciated him to keep bright memories,” says the appeal from Chernavsky’s family. Yuri Chernavsky was born in 1947 in Tambov.

US President Donald Trump has proposed a 20-point plan to end the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The points of the plan were first published by the social network account X RapidResponse47, which positions itself as the official rapid response channel of the Trump administration. The document was later published by the official White House account.

Vladimir Putin on Monday signed legislation withdrawing Russia from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, marking another step in Moscow’s systematic exit from Western institutions since launching a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The move eliminates international oversight of Russia’s prisons and detention facilities at a time when Moscow faces widespread accusations of torturing Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians.

Video game publisher Electronic Arts announced it has reached a deal to sell the company for $55 billion to a group of investors. This was reported in a company press release. The buyer consortium included the Saudi Arabian Sovereign Fund (PIF), as well as private investment funds Silver Lake and Affinity Partners. The latter is owned by Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. In fact, they will pay $52.5 billion, writes RBC. PIF already holds a 9.9 percent stake in EA.

SOPA Images / Sipa USA / Vida Press Sergey Khotimsky during the Bank of Russia Financial Congress in St. Petersburg, July 4, 2024 Sergey Khotimsky, the founder and co-owner of Sovcombank, transferred portions of his American real estate holdings to his former wife, Elena Baskina, at the outset of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, allowing her to avoid U.S. sanctions, according to a joint investigation by iStories , The Post and Courier , and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution .

Deputy Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Vlasov was detained several hours after he announced that he was volunteering for war. 93.ru writes about this. Vlasov announced on the morning of September 29 that he was suspending his duties. “I decided to join our Kuban brigade to carry out combat missions of a special military operation,” Vlasov said. He did not specify what exactly this decision was related to. In the afternoon, security forces came to Vlasov with searches.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a telephone conversation with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al Thani, apologized for the violation of the country's sovereignty as a result of the Israeli airstrike in Doha, Channel 12 and Axios reported, citing sources. During the conversation, Netanyahu also expressed regret over the death of a Qatari security officer in the attack. The leaders of Israel and Qatar, according to publications, spoke in the presence of US President Donald Trump.

Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, has announced new limits on gasoline sales on the annexed peninsula. Effective immediately, motorists will be allowed to buy no more than 30 liters (eight gallons) of gasoline at a time. “I ask Crimeans not to stock up on gas and to refuel their vehicles as usual,” Aksyonov said. He added that the regional Energy Ministry’s website will publish the addresses of gas stations where fuel is available. Officials have also imposed price caps.

Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova dismissed Vladimir Kekhman, general director of the Gorky Moscow Art Theater. TASS writes about this with reference to the corresponding order of the minister. According to the order, Kekhman will leave the post of general director of the Moscow Art Theater on September 29. He will be paid three monthly salaries. At the beginning of July, searches were carried out at Kekhman and at the Moscow Art Theater.

The Kremlin’s proposed ‘anti-fraud’ laws mean fewer freedoms, more surveillance, and a free pass to hack its enemies In Russia, the fight against “fraudsters” has become a favorite pretext for tightening digital legislation. Some of the new measures are genuinely aimed at cybercrime, but others appear designed to expand the state’s repressive machinery.

The sale of gasoline has been restricted in Crimea. This was stated by the head of the administration of the annexed peninsula, Sergei Aksenov. According to the new rules, which will come into force immediately, it will be impossible to buy more than 30 liters of gasoline at a time. “I ask Crimeans not to buy gasoline for future use and to refuel their vehicles as usual,” Aksenov said. The authorities also introduced a ceiling on gasoline prices.

What a declassified CIA report reveals about popular sentiment in the late USSR when, like today, a former KGB official was in power Daniel Simon / Gamma-Rapho / Getty Images Moscow, 1981 The first half of the 1980s was a period of political, ideological, and economic crisis in the Soviet Union. Aging general secretaries were dying one after another, empty store shelves were a common sight, ethnic tensions were on the rise, and sincere belief in communist ideals had become a cause for ridicule.

The Investigative Committee announced the initiation of a criminal case against Ksenia Luchenko, a journalist, religious scholar, and author of the telegram channel “Orthodoxy and Zombies.” She is suspected of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army based on political, ideological, national or religious hatred or enmity (clause “e” of Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code, punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to ten years).