Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ( ADNOC ) is in talks to buy Russia's 56 percent stake in Serbia's state oil company ( NIS ), The Wall Street Journal reported on November 20, citing US government documents. The publication noted that the deal could still fall through. NIS came under US sanctions in October. Washington said it would lift sanctions if Russia completely withdraws from the company.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky held a meeting with the Servant of the People parliamentary faction on November 20. Following the meeting, sources from Ukrayinska Pravda and Hromadske reported that Zelensky made it clear that he would not fire the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak because of corruption in Energoatom, the operator of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

Journalist Ksenia Luchenko’s book “With Good Intentions: The Russian Orthodox Church and Power from Gorbachev to Putin” received a special award from the “Enlightener” award - “PolitProsvet,” according to the project’s telegram channel. The book was published by Echo Books publishing house with the support of the StraightForward project. In his work, Lucenko describes the degradation of the church in Russia.

The war has been going on for almost four years. We will briefly tell you who demanded what during this time - starting with Putin’s ultimatum in 2021 (this was just before the invasion) Alina Smutko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Kyiv, October 22, 2025 The administration of US President Donald Trump has developed a new plan for ending a full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. Negotiations on how to stop it have been ongoing since its inception - but with very long interruptions.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said at a meeting with US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll that he is ready to work with Washington on a new peace plan developed by the United States, Axios reports . Zelensky himself said that the Ukrainian and US teams “will work on the points of the plan to end the war.” According to Axios, Driscoll presented Zelensky with a copy of the plan during negotiations that took place in Kyiv on November 20.

We remind you who they are (spoiler: successful businessmen who a year ago were far from diplomacy) Sefa Karacan / Anadolu / Getty Images; Jeenah Moon / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Kirill Dmitriev, Steve Witkoff On November 19, it became known that Russia and the United States are secretly working on a new plan to end the war in Ukraine.

A court in the Moscow region arrested a 46-year-old resident of the Bogorodsky district on charges of murder and sexualized violence, the press service of the regional department of the Investigative Committee reported. A resident of the Moscow region has been charged with the murder of two girls, inducing two other girls to use drugs, as well as rape and sexual assault.

European Union authorities have imposed sanctions on 10 Russian judges and security officials involved in human rights abuses and repression in Russia, the EU's official journal said. The sanctions list included employees of the FSIN department for the Rostov region: the head of the department Andrei Polyakov, the head of pre-trial detention center-2 of Taganrog Alexander Shtoda and his deputies Andrei Mikhailichenko and Andrei Sapitsky.

On November 20, the management of the port of Istanbul did not issue permission to moor the cruise ship Astoria Grande with Russians on board, Interfax reports. This is the first time such a situation has occurred; previously, the liner had repeatedly called at Istanbul - the port administration did not explain the reasons for the refusal to the shipowner, said the company SK Aquilon (sales agent for tours on the Astoria Grande liner).

Updated . The Office of the President of Ukraine confirmed that at the meeting the generals officially presented Zelensky with the US peace plan. The President of Ukraine plans to discuss it with Donald Trump in the near future. The President of Ukraine met in Kyiv with a delegation of high-ranking American military personnel led by US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, RBC-Ukraine reports, citing a source. The meeting, which has just begun, is expected to soon move into an expanded format.

Maya Plisetskaya searched for him all her life and sought to work with the world's best choreographers Cecil Beaton/Conde Nast/Getty Images One hundred years ago, on November 20, 1925, Maya Plisetskaya was born. She became a symbol of Soviet ballet, although she could not stand the Soviet system: during the years of the Great Terror, her father was shot, and her mother and younger brother were sent to a camp.

We'll tell you briefly about each one - this is a ready-made list for a trip to the bookstore. On November 20, the Enlightener Prize will announce the laureates - every year they become the authors or translators of the best popular science books published in Russian.

The authorities of Khakassia have stopped paying 1.1 million rubles from the regional budget to the families of military personnel who died in the Russian-Ukrainian war, reports the publication Sibir. Realities" with reference to a source close to the government apparatus. The fact that the regional authorities have stopped such payments is also reported by the pro-government publication Bez Format, citing the head of the regional branch of the Popular Front, Ksenia Buganova.

One thousand three hundred sixty-sixth day. Donald Trump's new peace plan - briefly and point by point Francisco Richart Barbeira / NurPhoto / Getty Images Consequences of a Russian drone attack. Sumy, November 14, 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. What do you think about the peace plan proposed by the US?

The St. Petersburg City Court recognized as “extremist material” a collection of articles by the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party and former deputy of the legislative assembly Boris Vishnevsky, “Chronicles of the Revived Arkanar,” the press service of the city courts reports. The St. Petersburg prosecutor's office filed a lawsuit.