Belgian authorities raise terror alert level to maximum A man opened fire in the Belgian capital Brussels, killing two people. this The Associated Press reports with reference to a police statement. Belgian broadcaster RTBF reports that shots were fired at around 19:15 near Place de la Centlet, Boulevard Ypres and Boulevard Niñem de Ligne. It is five kilometers from the Heysel Stadium, where the Swedish national football team was due to play Belgium in a Euro 2024 qualifier.

Protodeacon Andrei Kuraev, who opposes the war in Ukraine, left Russia. this He reported on his Telegram channel. The clergyman noted that he “decided not to be like the hero of the joke who died after three times refusing to board a rescue helicopter.” We are talking about a joke in which the main character did not escape the flood, hoping for God’s help. As a result, it turned out that God sent him help three times, but he refused it.

Three lawyers representing jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny were arrested in Moscow last week in what appears to have been a warning against defending political prisoners Alexey Navalny with lawyers Olga Mikhailova and Vadim Kobzev.

How the Chekists fled from the capital on October 16, 1941, waiting for the assault from the Wehrmacht Illustration: Anastasia Kshishtof On October 16, 1941 (more precisely - 15.16 and October 17) - this is the culmination of the first four -month period of the war.

The Israeli Defense Army reported the murder of the Hamas intelligence head in the city of Han-Junis in Gaza. The army showed the frames of undermining the building. The name of the head of intelligence is not specified. The head of the general security service (Shabak) Ronen Bar first commented on the attack of Hamas on October 7 and took responsibility for what happened. The Israeli media showed a letter addressed the day before to the employees of the special services and their families.

Before that, three of his colleagues were arrested Lawyer Alexander Fedulov, representing the interests of the imprisoned oppositionist Alexei Navalny, left Russia. He himself announced this on his Instagram page, the publication “Says Nemoskva” paid attention to this. “The situation has developed strange. The arrest of our colleagues who defended Navalny made significant adjustments to the work of the remaining defenders, ”he wrote.

A long line formed a long line from Russia to Ukraine. Some people spend the night in the cold on the street, while others earn on this The border checkpoint "Polotilovka" in the summer. Photo: Rosgranstroy Kolotilovka is the only valid border crossing from Russia to Ukraine. Through it, Ukrainians can return home if they survive in a huge queue. The checkpoint and so often closed due to shelling, and in recent weeks its operating time has decreased.

The Israel Defense Forces reported that Hamas was holding 199 Israelis hostage. Their relatives were notified of the incident. Another 291 families were notified of the deaths of their relatives. “We hug the families of the victims. Our hearts are with them,” said IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari. Six British citizens have died and 10 more are missing as a result of the Hamas attack on Israel, said Prime Minister Rishi Sunak . He called for the immediate release of all hostages.

As a result of Israel's war with Hamas, which began on October 7, at least 13 journalists have already been killed. This was reported by the non-governmental organization Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). According to CPJ, among the dead were 10 Palestinian journalists, two Israeli and one Lebanese. According to the organization, at least eight journalists were injured.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation recognized the activities of the Central European University as “undesirable” on Russian territory. This is stated in a press release from the department.

Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration has rejected an asylum request submitted by a Russian citizen who fears his outspoken support for Ukraine means deportation to Russia would endanger his life. The decision not to grant Ali Batayev asylum in Switzerland was justified by the fact that Chechnya was a “safe and stable” territory, independent media outlet Kavkaz.Real reported on Sunday.

Who is Ruben Vardanyan - a businessman, a philanthropist and a supporter of compromises, the last of which did not justify himself Photo: Andrey Rudakov / Bloomberg / Getty Images The court in Azerbaijan last week left the detention of Ruben Vardanyan - in the recent past, a billionaire from the Russian Forbes list and the former state minister of the unrecognized Republic of Nagornoi Karabakh.

Director Malika Musaeva’s debut feature ‘The Cage is Looking for a Bird’ is a game-changing drama that reframes the narrative around modern Chechnya “The Cage is Looking for a Bird”. Photo: IMDB Red-haired, freckled Yakha and her friend brown-eyed Madina are in their final year at a rural high school in Chechnya. Local norms dictate that girls enter into arranged marriages at a young age, but Yakha is still uncertain about her future.

Russian lawyers appealed to their colleagues to carry out a “preventive collective action” and stop participating in procedural actions of all types of legal proceedings from October 25 to 28. The appeal was published on the Legal Petition website. Lawyers note that they will notify the participants in the relevant actions in advance about the need for a pause in their proceedings.

It later deleted the statement Yesterday, a group of people in trucks allegedly belonging to the Ministry of Health in Gaza removed fuel and medical equipment from the territory of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). this The agency announced on Twitter, citing messages received. “Our staff were forced to evacuate from UNRWA headquarters in Gaza on the night of Friday 13 October.