Israeli citizen Simon Leviev (real name Shimon Hayut), known as the “Tinder swindler,” was released from prison in Kutaisi after two months in prison, his lawyer Mariam Kublashvili told Echo of the Caucasus on November 14. According to her, Leviev left prison without any conditions - no bail, no procedural obligations and no restrictions on movement. Leviev was detained on September 15 at Batumi airport at the request of the German authorities; he was wanted by Interpol.

The US Treasury Department has allowed Lukoil to carry out some transactions after sanctions against the Russian oil company take effect on November 21, Bloomberg reported on November 14. The Ministry of Finance allowed Lukoil until December 13 to carry out certain transactions related to the company's retail gas stations and agreements for the sale of its international assets.

Senior officials from the US presidential administration will meet with representatives of the White House and the National Security Council to convince Donald Trump not to resume nuclear weapons testing, sources told CNN.

American researchers have documented the first case of death due to a red meat allergy caused by a tick bite. This is stated in the work of scientists from the University of Virginia, published November 12 in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice. According to scientists, a 47-year-old airline pilot died in the summer of 2024 from an allergy to mammal meat. His first allergy symptoms appeared after a day spent in nature, when he dined on a beef steak.

He is there - but there is no convincing “compromising evidence” on him Matt McClain / The Washington Post / Getty Images Poster in Washington demanding the release of materials on the Epstein case The House Oversight Committee has released a large archive of emails from Jeffrey Epstein, the financier accused of sex trafficking. Epstein died in prison in 2019. According to the official version, he committed suicide.

US President Donald Trump said he asked government authorities to check the connections of American financier Jeffrey Epstein , who was accused of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation, with the 42nd US President Bill Clinton. The president also said that he would ask to check Epstein’s connections with former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, businessman and one of the founders of LinkedIn Reed Hoffman, as well as with one of the largest banks JPMorgan Chase & Co.

The Russian Ministry of Digital Development has expanded the “white list” of sites - a list of services and resources available during mobile Internet shutdowns “for security reasons.” The list included sites: state bodies - the State Duma, federal ministries, services and agencies, state information systems, the Prosecutor General's Office, governments of constituent entities of the Russian Federation; "Russian Post"; Alfa Bank; state system of digital labeling of goods “Honest Sign”; some

The Russian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma that will oblige Russian operators to disconnect communications at the request of the FSB. In the event of such a shutdown, the draft law states, operators will not be held liable for failure to fulfill obligations under the service agreement. The authors of the document propose to amend Articles 44 and 46 of the Federal Law “On Communications”.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents” to include journalist Elena Kostyuchenko. Elena Kostyuchenko collaborated with Novaya Gazeta and Meduza. She wrote the book “My Favorite Country,” published by Meduza Publishing House. Also on the list of “foreign agents” are economist and former NES rector Ruben Enikolopov, journalist Kirill Krivosheev and Forpost LLC.

A bill has been introduced to the State Duma that would impose administrative fines of up to 700 thousand rubles for owners of Russian websites for violating user authorization rules.

One thousand three hundred and sixtieth day. Russia dealt a massive blow to Kyiv - and again one of the strongest in the entire war. Destruction in all areas of the city. Six people died Oleksii Filippov / AFP / Scanpix / LETA One of the houses in Kyiv damaged as a result of the Russian strike. November 14, 2025 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war.

The Sverdlovsk District Court of Perm partially satisfied the claim of the former governor of the Kirov region Nikita Belykh against the Russian Ministry of Finance and ordered the department to pay him compensation for illegal criminal prosecution. Interfax reports this. The court decided to pay Belykh 200 thousand rubles. The court decision has not yet entered into force and can be appealed.

This is unlikely, journalists from The Atlantic write. Alexey Nikolskiy / Sputnik / Profimedia Vladimir Putin and Nicolas Maduro at a meeting on May 7, 2025 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the launch of Operation Southern Lance against Latin American drug cartels. He did not disclose any details. But it is clear that the main target of the operation will most likely be Venezuela: the United States intends to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro.

Pavel Otdelnov - in memory of his teacher Pavel Otdelnov On November 8, the artist Pavel Nikonov, one of the key painters of the “severe style” and a member of the informal group “Nine,” died in Moscow. He was 95 years old. Nikonov participated in the famous 1962 exhibition “30 years of Moscow Union of Artists” and was among the artists criticized by Nikita Khrushchev: the Soviet leader did not like his painting “Geologists”.

Updated . A court in Moscow sentenced journalist Yuri Dud in absentia to one year and 10 months in a general regime colony for evading the duties of a “foreign agent,” Mediazona reports . During the debate in the Moscow Magistrate's Court, the prosecutor asked that journalist Yuri Dudya be sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison on charges of violating the rules of activity of a “foreign agent” (Part 2 of Article 330.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).