On the night of October 30, unknown persons hacked the largest crypto exchange Binance and transferred, according to various estimates , from 1.7 to 5.5 billion dollars in cryptocurrency. If these estimates are confirmed, the hack will be the largest in history.

Novaya Gazeta will be evicted from its office on Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where it has been based for 29 years, the news outlet Ekho reported. Ekho cited a letter to readers from editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov and journalist Irina Gordiyenko. “They’re simply throwing us out, giving us barely any time to pack up. The Anna Politkovskaya museum is closing, and portraits of our friends who were killed are being taken down from the walls,” Sokolov and Gordiyenko wrote.

Routes for a humanitarian mission in Oleshky, in Ukraine’s Kherson region, have been cleared of mines. Russian and Ukrainian human rights commissioners Yana Lantratova and Dmytro Lubinets said the humanitarian convoy is ready to depart. The convoy will head to the central district hospital, the commissioners said. Residents who have decided to leave the city will have until 2 p.m. on Friday, October 30, to do so.

Omar Marques / Anadolu / Getty Images The Russian consulate in Krakow, Poland, on May 12, 2025. In summer 2025, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski revoked the consulate’s permission to operate following reports of Russian intelligence services’ involvement in an arson attack on a Warsaw shopping center. A company that charges Russians abroad to find available appointments at Russian consulates has ties to people in Roman Abramovich’s circle, Verstka reported .

The editorial office of Novaya Gazeta will be evicted from its office on Potapovsky Lane in the center of Moscow, where it has been located for 29 years. This is stated in a letter from editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov and journalist Irina Gordienko to readers, Ekho reports. “They simply throw us out, giving us a minimum amount of time to get ready. The Anna Politkovskaya Museum is closing, portraits of our dead friends are being removed from the walls,” the letter says.

Alexey Maishev / RIA Novosti / Sputnik / Profimedia A rainbow flag on the U.S. Embassy building in Russia, June 2020 Nearly three years ago, Russia’s Supreme Court banned the nonexistent “international LGBT movement” as extremist. Since then, “LGBT extremism” has become grounds for at least 14 criminal investigations and hundreds of citations for administrative offenses.

Actor and director Patrick Stewart has died. He was 86 years old. Stewart died at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by loved ones. The actor died "after a short but difficult battle with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia," the family said in a statement. CBS/Getty Images Stewart is best known for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Charles Xavier in the X-Men series.

In the city of Aleshki in the Kherson region, demining of routes for a humanitarian mission has been completed. As reported by the Ombudsmen of the Russian Federation and Ukraine, Yana Lantratova and Dmitry Lubinets , the humanitarian convoy is ready to depart. The column, the ombudsmen said, will head to the central district hospital. Residents who decide to leave the city will be able to do so until 14:00 Friday, October 30.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sent word to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is ready to discuss territory at an in-person meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha told the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre conveyed Zelensky’s position to Putin during a phone call on October 27. Sybiha said the European leaders initiated the call in coordination with Kyiv.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow is ready for war with Europe but does not want one. Many [in Europe] talk about nothing but preparing for war [with Russia] by 2030. Is that the right approach? No. First of all, we’re ready, but we don’t want any war with Europe. If any of them want one, let them prepare.

Gennady Stepakhno, a former deputy speaker of the Murmansk Regional Duma, is under criminal investigation for treason, the regional branch of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said. The agency said Stepakhno, whom it described as “an opponent of the special military operation ,” had cooperated with Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow is ready for war with Europe, but does not want it to happen. Many [in Europe] are only talking about preparing for war [with Russia] by 2030. Is this correct? No. First of all, we are ready, but we don’t want any war with Europe, and if anyone wants them, let them get ready.

Amazon; LitRes Several passages in the Russian translation of American author Joe Hill’s novel “King Sorrow” were rewritten to avoid censorship problems, changing the author’s meaning. Nikolai Karayev, who runs the speculative fiction Telegram channel Zvezdnye Mayaki Kapitana Norta, drew attention to the changes by sharing several passages from the original alongside their Russian translations. Hill, Stephen King’s son, writes fantasy and horror.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky conveyed to Russian President Vladimir Putin that he is ready to discuss the issue of territories at a personal meeting. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga told Helsingin Sanomat about this. Zelensky’s position was conveyed to Putin by Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Støre during a telephone conversation that took place on October 27.

On October 27, Forbes reported that Russia’s Digital Development Ministry is considering routing all foreign internet traffic through TSPU filtering equipment (TSPU is the Russian acronym for “technical means of countering threats”), effectively separating the Russian internet from the global internet at a technical level. The measure could primarily affect people who use VPN services to bypass blocks. The plan is to cap the amount of foreign data each user can consume.