The European Union is going to tighten visa rules for Russian citizens, effectively stopping the issuance of multiple-entry Schengen visas in most cases, Politico reported on November 5, citing the words of three European officials. If the decision is made, Russians will only be able to obtain single-entry Schengen visas. An exception will be made only for humanitarian reasons, the publication notes. The new, stricter rules are expected to be adopted and put into effect this week.

He was arrested on suspicion of harassing other women. Carlos Santiago / Alto Press / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA Claudia Sheinbaum In Mexico City, a man hugged and tried to kiss Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum without her consent, Reuters reports . The incident occurred on November 4 in the historical center of the city, when Sheinbaum was heading to a public event near the presidential palace.

The European Commission called on the Serbian authorities to carry out “thorough security checks” when granting Serbian citizenship to Russian citizens. This is stated in the report ( .pdf ) dated November 4, which the European Commission prepared regarding Serbia as a candidate country for EU membership.

How Russia celebrated National Unity Day. Photos In Russia, November 4 was celebrated as National Unity Day. Festive events and festivities took place throughout the country.

An article dedicated to Anna Tsivileva, Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, cousin of President Vladimir Putin and wife of Energy Minister Sergei Tsivilev, has been restored in the Russian-language version of Wikipedia. One of Meduza’s readers drew attention to this. The article was restored almost three months after it was removed on August 10 due to the fact that Tsivileva’s current position does not fall into the “politicians” and “military” categories.

Employees of the territorial recruitment center (TCC, an analogue of the military registration and enlistment office) in the Nikolaev region detained a Ukrainian who worked as a driver for actress Angelina Jolie during her visit to Ukraine. Attention. There is a swear word in the next paragraph. The telegram channel “Khuevaya Odessa” was one of the first to report this.

At first, one might think that Putin and Trump were simply bragging about the power of their nuclear weapons. Now we don't know what to think. Chain of events Tech. Sgt. Draeke Layman / US Space Force Tests of the American Minuteman III rocket. November 5, 2025 October 26 ↓ Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia has tested the Burevestnik unlimited-range cruise missile with a nuclear power plant.

Crisis at Patriarch's Ponds. Restaurants there are closing Yaroslav Chingaev / Moscow Agency On the Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow, 11 restaurants have closed within a few months, the publication Msk1.ru has calculated . As journalists note, not only establishments that opened a couple of years ago are closing, but also those that have been operating there for about 10 years. The patriarchs left the Asian gastropub Gutai, the restaurant Lou Lou, the Italian restaurant Focacceria and the Nude bar.

Gamers suffer from bugs and unreasonable complexity, but the game has beautiful Moscow Cyberia Nova On November 4, 2025, the Russian studio Cyberia Nova released the game “Zemsky Sobor”. This is an action-adventure game set in the Troubles universe. The same (by the way, rather bad) game on which they spent either 500 million rubles or a whole billion from the Russian budget.

Is it time to get a flu shot? We answer in one paragraph Tatyana Makeeva / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Despite the fact that people are still suffering from Covid all over the world, there is no mass vaccination campaign against it in Russia. The question arises: is it necessary to get vaccinated at all? And if so, does it make sense to do this with a Russian vaccine that has not been updated for two years? Is it time to get a flu shot?

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie visited Kherson, Ukrainian public pages and the Suspilne publication report, citing sources. The telegram published photographs of the actress, presumably in a bulletproof vest, on the streets of the city and in some room where she was playing with children. «Ukraine context | russia no context" claims that Jolie visited Kherson medical institutions, including a maternity hospital and a children's hospital.

Now Gunvor is completely owned by Törnqvist - and he has not severed ties with Russia Kaylee Greenlee/Reuters/Scanpix/LETA Torbjorn Tornqvist during an interview in Houston, Texas, March 10, 2025 At the end of October, Lukoil came under American sanctions - and a few days later announced the sale of its foreign assets to the Swiss oil trader Gunvor. It is now owned by Swedish businessman Torbjorn Tornqvist.

Actress Aglaya Tarasova fully admitted her guilt in the case of drug smuggling (Part 1 of Article 229.1 of the Criminal Code), a TASS correspondent reports from the Domodedovo court in the Moscow region. “I admit my guilt in full, I will speak out in more detail during a further court hearing,” Tarasova said in court. The actress's lawyer asked to close the trial, but the judge did not agree, RBC reports .

One thousand three hundred fifty-first day. North Korea sends five thousand more troops to Russia KCNA / KNS / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Kim Jong-un hugs a North Korean soldier who participated in Russia's war with Ukraine. August 22, 2025 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters in our daily materials because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us the thoughts you have about the war.

During a meeting of the Security Council, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov suggested that Vladimir Putin immediately begin preparations for a full-scale test of nuclear weapons on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago, the Kremlin press service reports. According to Belousov, the US authorities are consistently withdrawing from agreements in the field of arms reduction and limitation, and are also “carrying out accelerated modernization” of strategic offensive weapons.