Germany and Costa Rica did not make it out of the group at the World Cup in Qatar. Their match ended with the score 2:4. Spain lost to Japan 1-2, leaving Japan top of Group E. However, Spain also qualified for the play-offs. In the 1/8 finals, Japan will play with Croatia, and Spain with Morocco. Germany failed to qualify for the playoffs at the last FIFA World Cup, although it won first place at the 2014 World Cup.

Pupils of one of the schools in St. Petersburg were given six ready-made versions of a letter to Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine, and forced to copy one of them by hand. to Mediazone This was reported by the mother of one of the students. According to her, 250 handwritten copies were demanded from the school, which were copied not only by students, but also by teachers. “Hello, valiant fighters of the Russian Army! We are following what is happening now in Ukraine.

The European Court of Human Rights awarded compensation to six Russians for detentions at rallies that took place in 2010-2012. The decision was published on the website of the ECtHR. The Court ruled that the detentions violated Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“Freedom of Assembly and Association”). Two Russians detained at rallies after the elections to the State Duma in December 2011 were awarded compensation of 3,900 euros.

The Belgian national team played a draw with the Croatian national team in the final match of the group stage of the World Cup in Qatar. The match ended with the score 0:0. As a result, the Croatians finished second in Group F and advanced to the 1/8 finals. Belgium, on the other hand , were eliminated from the championship, having failed to reach the playoffs for the first time in 24 years. Meanwhile, Morocco beat Canada 2-1 to top Group F.

In Kazan, security forces detained journalist Nailya Mullaeva and drew up a report on her participation in an anti-war rally (part 8 of article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), which took place in September. This was reported in the Tatarstan branch of the Libertarian Party of Russia (LPR), in which the girl was a member. “Nailya was at the rally as a journalist,” the party claims. This morning, Mullaeva's house was searched, she herself told about it on her Twitter.

"Wait - see" with Ivan Kurilla The hero of the new output of the podcast “We’ll see - see” - historian Ivan Kurill. A year ago, he published the book “Battle for the past. How politics changes history. ” In it, with concrete examples, he shows how politicians manipulate history and tells how its interpretation affects the foreign and domestic policy of different countries.

A fire occurred in the shopping rows in the center of Minusinsk in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. This was reported in the regional Ministry of Emergencies. Photo: Emergencies The combustion area reached 1200 square meters. At about 22:00 local time (18:00 Moscow time), the fire was localized. At the moment, 48 people and 18 units of equipment work on the spot, they told the Ministry of Emergencies. According to preliminary data, there are no victims.

Fifty Russian servicemen have been returned from Ukrainian captivity, Russia’s Ministry of Defence announces in an official Telegram post. “A negotiation process resulted in the return from Kiev-controlled territory of 50 Russian servicemen who were in mortal danger while in captivity,” the ministry adds. Head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk “people’s republic” Denis Pushilin clarifies that Ukraine and Russia have swapped 50 servicemen each.

The Ministry of Justice has published on its website a unified register of persons recognized by "foreign agents." Screenshot: the site of the Ministry of Justice The list was posted in PDF format. The single register was introduced in accordance with the Law on “Ino -Agents”, which allows you to endow this status of a person without foreign financing and begins to operate from today's date.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the return of 50 Russian servicemen from Ukrainian captivity. This is stated in the message of the department. “As a result of the negotiation process, 50 Russian servicemen were returned from the territory controlled by the Kyiv regime, who were in mortal danger in captivity,” the Defense Ministry said. The head of the self-proclaimed DPR, Denis Pushilin, specified that the parties exchanged prisoners of war under a 50-50 scheme.

The exorbitant war expenditures are starting to affect Russia’s state budget. Here are the first signs the mobilisation will make the economy go under Photo: Arkady Budnitsky / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images Mobilisation in Russia is going to resume in December or early 2023, Ukraine’s General Staff and sources of various Russian media say.

After the explosion in the Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid, several more parcels with explosives inside have been discovered in Spain, El Mundo reports , citing police. Parcels with explosives were recently sent to the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, to the Defence Ministry of Spain, and to the Satellite Centre of the Torrejón Air Base. No one was hurt. Spain’s police sees connection between all three incidents.

How in Belarusian prisons are mocking political prisoners Maria Kolesnikova. Photo: Marina Serebryakova/Anadolu Agency Via Getty Images Two Belarusian political prisoners - Maria Kolesnikova and Nikolai Statkevich - were in the last days in a hospital bed in an information vacuum. Kolesnikov, sentenced to 11 years in prison, was brought from the correctional colony No. 4 to the city hospital Gomel and urgently operated on on November 28.

After the explosion at the Ukrainian embassy in Madrid in Spain, several more parcels with explosives were found. About this with reference to the police writes the newspaper El Mundo. Recently, parcels with explosives were sent to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, the country's Ministry of Defense and the satellite center of the Torrejon de Ardoz airbase. There were no casualties. The Spanish police are linking all three incidents.

Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, currently serving time in the Vladimir region’s Melekhovo penitentiary, has been sent to solitary confinement for the eighth time, Telegram channel Sirena, created by his associates, reports . This time, the reason for the punishment was “uniform violation”. According to Sirena, this information became known during a court hearing on the legitimacy of the prisoner trade union Promzona, created by Navalny months ago.