Authorities in Bulgaria and Romania are trying to find ways for Lukoil oil refineries in their countries to continue operating despite American sanctions, Politico writes. Thus, the publication reports, Bulgaria has already passed a law allowing the government to appoint its management at the Lukoil-owned oil refinery in Burgas. The possibility of nationalizing the enterprise is also being considered.

About 300 people involved in the construction of a nuclear research facility based on the multi-purpose fast neutron research reactor (MBIR) in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region, went on strike, Kommersant writes. The construction is being carried out by JSC Institute Orgenergostroy. On Wednesday, November 5, employees took to the square in front of the company’s office in Dimitrovgrad, demanding payment of salary arrears.

The Ukrainian company Centerenergo reported on the evening of November 8 that the operation of all its thermal power plants was stopped due to Russian strikes. A statement issued by the company says that its thermal power plants suffered the most massive blow since the beginning of a full-scale war: An unprecedented number of missiles and countless drones - several per minute - were aimed at the same thermal power plants that we rebuilt after the devastating 2024 attack.

Street singer Ekaterina Ostasheva, who spent seven days under administrative arrest for a concert in support of the Stoptime musicians, was detained at the exit from a special detention center. According to Perm 36.6, citing lawyer Artem Faizulin, a new administrative protocol was drawn up against Ostasheva, this time for “disobedience to the police.” Pending the review of the protocol in court, the singer was left at the police station.

Anton Dolin - about a funny and successful revision of the classic franchise 20th Century Studios “Predator: Planet of Death” is being released in Russia - another film from an extensive franchise that begins with the cult “Predator” by John McTiernan with Arnold Schwarzenegger (1987). Film critic Anton Dolin says that director Dan Trachtenberg has created an instructive and touching tale - and just good entertainment, made with passion and humor.

On November 8, the opening ceremony of a memorial bench in memory of Alexei Navalny took place in The Hague. It was attended, among others, by the widow of the politician Yulia Navalnaya. A bench with a sign “Alexey Navalny (1976-2024), died for freedom” is installed next to the Russian embassy. Navalny's team The initiator of the installation of the memorial bench was a resident of the Netherlands, Liz Hollman, Dozhd reports.

One thousand three hundred fifty-four day. Russian attack on the Dnieper. Ukraine is being asked to release captured Kenyans. The commander of the "South" group of the Russian Armed Forces received a new post Yurii Tynnyi / Suspilne Ukraine / JSC “UA:PBC” / Global Images Ukraine / Getty Images Dnepr, November 8, 2025 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Highlights from The Atlantic Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images The Donald Trump administration is seriously focused on overthrowing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Several options for a military invasion plan have already been developed and a large group of ships has even been assembled in the Caribbean Sea.

Update. Sociologist Boris Kagarlitsky was released from the punishment cell on November 10, Rabkor reported . Kagarlitsky told the lawyer who visited him that he was sent to a punishment cell for three days for “mess in the nightstand.” The sociologist is sure that “this was not the initiative of the colony.” Sociologist and publicist Boris Kagarlitsky, convicted in the case of “justification of terrorism,” was sent to a punishment cell in a penal colony for three days.

Telegram users in different regions of Russia on the morning of November 8 encountered a malfunction in the messenger, according to data from the Downdetector and “sboi.rf” websites. Downdetector recorded complaints about both the failure of the mobile application and the failure of the messenger in general. According to Sboy.rf, most of the complaints came from Moscow. Users from many other regions, including the Novosibirsk region, St.

In November 2024, he won the presidential election. What has he not done during this time! Photos On November 5, 2024, Donald Trump won the US presidential election for the second time. Both during the election campaign and after returning to the White House in January 2025, he was and remains the world's main newsmaker.

Historian Alexey Uvarov - about the riot at Storozhevoy Valery Sablin. 1971 Wikimedia Commons 50 years ago, an armed uprising occurred on a Soviet warship of the Baltic Fleet. Political officer Valery Sablin, a convinced communist, decided to rebel in order to “revive socialism” in the stagnant USSR. He managed to take the ship out to the open sea and win over part of the crew to his side.

The leadership of the European Union plans to create a Center for Democratic Resilience to counter disinformation from Russia and other authoritarian regimes. A European Commission document obtained by The Guardian states that the center will engage in “exchange of information and early warnings” about possible manipulation by other states. It is expected that both EU member states and states wishing to join the European Union will participate in its work. Participation will be voluntary.

US President Donald Trump said that not a single US representative will take part in the G20 summit in South Africa. “It is a complete disgrace that the G20 will be held in South Africa. Afrikaners (people descended from Dutch settlers, as well as French and German immigrants) are being killed and their lands and farms illegally seized,” Trump wrote on his social network Truth.

82 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian territory on the night of November 8, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. Including, according to the military department, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 36 drones over the Rostov region, 10 drones over the Bryansk region, nine drones over the Kursk region, and eight drones over the Volgograd region. One drone was shot down over the Moscow, Kaluga and Smolensk regions.