British authorities have accused the Hauser & Wirth art gallery in London, which is run by Princess Eugenie of York, the daughter of Prince Andrew, the middle son of Queen Elizabeth II, of violating sanctions imposed on Russia, The Times reported on November 12. According to British authorities, the gallery "provided luxury goods to a person associated with Russia" between April and December 2022.

Democratic congressmen on the Oversight Committee of the US House of Representatives have published new emails from American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. “Democrats on the Oversight Committee have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein's horrific crimes,” Democrats said in a statement posted on Social Media X on November 12.

The Times newspaper published an article with excerpts from an interview with Ukraine's First Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislitsa, which said that Ukraine's negotiations with Russia in 2025 did not lead to significant progress and "have now ceased." Kislitsa said , commenting on this publication, that journalists “should distinguish the author’s opinions and assumptions of journalists and correspondents from direct quotes.” In an interview, Kislitsa said that since the summer, Kyiv has been

The Ryazan District Court began to consider the case of Alexey Poltavets, who told Meduza in 2020 that he participated in the murder of Artem Dorofeev and Ekaterina Levchenko, acquaintances of the defendants in the Network case . As Mediazona reported on November 12, the trial is being held behind closed doors. There is a case file for complicity in murder on the court's website, but the name of the accused is hidden. The publication “NeMoskva Says” claims that this is Poltavets.

One of the symbols of terror was the murder of a popular TikToker who supported the government army. Francis Kokoroko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Mali's military in Bamako, the country's capital Islamists from the Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM, “Group for Support of Islam and Muslims”) group in Mali kidnapped and publicly killed Mariam Cissé, a popular TikToker who expressed support for the Malian army in its fight against jihadists.

At the Presidential Physics and Mathematics Lyceum No. 239 in St. Petersburg, over the past 40 years, at least three teachers have worked, whom students accused of sexualized violence, according to an investigation by the publication “Paper.” Journalists spoke with dozens of lyceum graduates from different years - 12 of them claim that they faced harassment from teachers. One of them, 73-year-old mathematics teacher Mikhail Zhitomirsky, still works at the lyceum.

Residents of every apartment building in Russia must create an official chat in the Max messenger by the end of 2025, said Minister of Construction and Housing and Communal Services Irek Faizullin. “We have been given a serious task by both the government and the president in the area of ​​using the Max digital messenger in housing and communal services. Each apartment building must create a chat by the end of the year and transfer everything that was in Telegram and WhatsApp to it.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Justice Minister German Galushchenko and Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk can no longer hold their positions. This is how he commented on the investigation into corruption at Energoatom, the operator of all four operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine. “This is also a question of trust.

Two orderlies of the Obruchevsky social home (a specialized psychoneurological clinic) in Moscow were detained as part of a case of causing grievous harm to the health of a patient. This was reported by municipal deputy Roman Galenkin. “Two sanitary workers, who were on shift at the time of the tragedy, were detained for 48 hours and taken for questioning,” said a deputy who has been covering the story since October.

One thousand three hundred fifty-eighth day. “The enemy is developing success. Enemy sea." Russian troops almost captured Pokrovsk Kostiantyn Liberov / Libkos / Getty Images Pokrovsk. October 7, 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. What feelings are you experiencing?

An estimated billion barrels of oil are stranded on tankers in seas and oceans around the world — and that includes a “disproportionately large” amount of crude from countries under sanctions, Bloomberg writes, citing ship tracking data and analytics from Vortexa, Kpler and OilX. Since the end of August, the volume of oil accumulated on tankers has increased.

The Mazhilis (lower house of parliament) of Kazakhstan approved amendments to the legislation prohibiting “propaganda of pedophilia and non-traditional sexual orientation” in the country. The amendments make changes to nine laws at once, including on children's rights, advertising, communications, culture, education, cinema, media and online platforms.

Briefly about how the authorities are once again solving budget problems at the expense of business and citizens On November 6, the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation submitted for government consideration amendments to the law on industrial policy, according to which the so-called technology fee will be introduced in the country. Importers and domestic manufacturers of equipment will have to pay the new quasi-tax, regardless of the degree of localization.

The office of Israeli President Isaac Herzog has received an official letter from US President Donald Trump asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case. “I urge you to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu, who was an outstanding and decisive wartime prime minister and who is now leading Israel into an era of peace,” the letter said.

A London court sentenced 47-year-old Chinese citizen Qian Zhimin to 11 years and eight months in prison on charges of money laundering and the largest cryptocurrency fraud in British history, the BBC writes . According to investigators, the defendant, who was called the “crypto queen” in the media, headed the fraudulent project Lantian Gerui in China from 2014 to 2017.