More than 150 flights have been delayed at the airports of the Moscow air hub, and several dozen have been cancelled. As of 20:30 on October 17, Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky were operating without restrictions. However, disruptions to flight schedules that occurred when airports were closed due to the threat of drones have not been completely eliminated.

Vladimir Zelensky said that the United States is trying to organize a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine, the United States and Russia. “The US is working on this. They have a proposal for a trilateral meeting,” the President of Ukraine told reporters. The report on the meeting was published on Zelensky’s telegram channel. According to the President of Ukraine, the United States is considering “one of the Middle East countries”—the UAE or Saudi Arabia—as the venue for such a meeting.

Former head of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais, before leaving Russia in March 2022, wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for an immediate end to the war. Chubais’ letter is discussed in a report prepared by UN special rapporteur on human rights in Russia Mariana Katsarova. “He was then publicly attacked by the President,” the report says.

The events are transferred to modern times, nothing remains of the horror. Now it's a teen movie about online bullying Prime Amazon On October 7, Amazon Prime Video released a new film adaptation of Carrie, Stephen King's first published novel, which has already been made into films several times. This is not the first time director Mike Flanagan has taken on King's prose, and the result is again unimpressive.

Protesters burned down Limoges City Hall Pascal Lachenaud / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Limoges. Fire at City Hall In France, again - for the fourth week - there are mass demonstrations against the rising cost of living and for improving the conditions of study in schools and the abolition of the current system of admission to universities. The previous such protest took place on October 6, when, according to various estimates, from 250 to 450 thousand people took to the streets in France.

The Bitget cryptocurrency exchange has included Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan in the list of countries whose residents are prohibited from using its services. The corresponding changes, The Insider reports, were made to the user agreement of the exchange on October 16. The agreement also specifically prohibits bypassing geographic restrictions using a VPN. Restrictions do not apply to all users. Bitget will notify those affected by the ban individually.

Terminals of the military version of Starlink - Starshield - on the territory of Ukraine still operate with restrictions, President Vladimir Zelensky told reporters. A few days ago, the Ukrainian military was faced with the fact that if the speed of a drone with a Starlink terminal installed on it exceeds 160 kilometers per hour, the connection is lost and the operators lose the drone.

In the Altai Republic, near the Manzherok resort, massive deforestation is taking place for a new gambling zone. A video of deforestation in October was posted on Instagram by local blogger Artem Shefer. At the time of publication of the news, the video was not available on Schaefer’s page, but you can watch it, for example, on the Dozhd TV channel. “The spectacle is very sad,” Schaefer comments on large-scale deforestation filmed from a car window.

Drugs continue to flow into Europe and the United States - and in record volumes US Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command Large drug seizure near Costa Rica More than a year ago, Donald Trump launched a campaign against drugs from Latin America. Since then, the United States has regularly struck boats believed to be transporting cocaine. And a few days ago, on October 15, 2026, Trump announced intensifying attacks on the ground targets of drug cartels in Latin America.

1697th day. Zelensky announced a powerful Russian strike on the Ukrainian energy sector and accused Trump of a “sanctions blackout” Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing? How does war affect your life and your attitude towards the world?

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Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to approve a program for “restoring trade and logistics infrastructure” damaged as a result of Ukrainian strikes. The corresponding item was included in the list of instructions following the meeting of the Presidential Council for Strategic Development and National Projects. The council meeting was held on August 19, the list was published on October 17.

She left Gelendzhik for Yerevan without work and savings (but with her husband and cat). Now she has her own language school, and she manages to help other emigrants Recently, Meduza launched the “Emigrant Questionnaire” column, dedicated to the life of Russians abroad. We are going to tell the stories of emigrants, famous and not so famous. The first questionnaire was filled out by Monetochka.

A bill “On the prohibition of corrupt oil transactions with Russia” has been introduced into the US House of Representatives. Its author is Democratic Congressman, member of the Foreign Relations Committee Gregory Meeks. The co-authors of the bill are 16 Democratic congressmen and one Republican, Don Bacon.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk proposed to US President Donald Trump to limit the operation of Starlink in Ukraine, four sources familiar with the discussion told The Telegraph. Trump, according to the publication's interlocutors, agreed with Musk's proposal, after which the Pentagon, which is responsible for the military version of Starlink - Starshield, introduced restrictions. Musk has previously stated that he was not the one who turned off Starshield.