Photo: David mdzinarishvili / epa-efe Parliament elections were held in Georgia. Voting began at 8:00 local time (7:00 Moscow time). In total, 18 parties took part in the elections. More than three thousand polling stations were discovered across the country and abroad. According to the CEC of the country, the turnout at 17:00 amounted to 50.6%. This is a maximum of 2012. The media reported several cases of violence. In some areas, the light was disconnected.

The platform for answering anonymous questions Ask.fm announced its closure on December 1 As the developers stated in their farewell post, the decision is due to a significant reduction in the user base. The message was probably published on October 24 - from this date registration on the site was closed. “Unfortunately, our platform no longer meets the needs of modern social media users. <...> Thanks to everyone who was interested in the questions and boldly gave sincere answers.

The main events of the week are in “terrible news” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, Kirill Martynov, editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, comments on the most important news that happened in Russia and the world over the past week. * This week in Kazan was the Brix summit. Not only the leaders of the Blok and Secretary General of the UN, but also the states, who are only considering the opportunity to join him, met with Putin. The Central Bank increased the key rate to a record level.

Iran correctly considered Israeli signals and does not plan to respond to night shelling, experts told Novye-Europe Photo: Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA-EFE On the night of October 26, having waited 25 days after a missile attack from Iran, Israel responded to a response. Not quite the one that was expected in Israel and were afraid in Iran, but quite tangible.

The country votes for the parliament in the elections, which were called "historical." For the first time in 12 years, the opposition can win Photo: Paul DZA / Sipa / Scanpix / Leta Polls show that there really is a chances of winning the opposition, since the ruling “Georgian Dream” managed to quarrel with the West so much that instead of negotiations on joining the EU, the country was in international isolation.

A Russian teenager jailed for his criticism of Putin has reported being subjected to violent abuse in prison “The situation is very difficult, critical,” wrote Arseny Turbin, one of Russia’s youngest political prisoners, to his mother in October after his cellmate punched him while he was in bed and then proceeded to force his head into the toilet bowl. “The night will be very hard. But I will hold on,” the teenager, who was found guilty of “terror offences” aged just 15, added.

Screenshot: Washington Post For the past two years, the Russian Federation has been building a construction on the territory of the closed military town of Sergiev Posad-6, where the Soviet Biolaboratory was located. It is reported by Washington Post.

Photo: SHOT A mugshot of one of the convicts published by SHOT. Six inmates escaped a prison in central Russia’s Lipetsk region on Saturday, according to Lipetsk Governor Igor Artamonov, who added later that two of them had been recaptured in the neighbouring Tambov region.

Israeli military analyst - about the "hit of retaliation" on Iran View of Tehran after explosions, Iran, October 26, 2024. Photo: Majid Asgaripour / Wana / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Israel inflicted on Iran the very response blow that was expected from the first days of October, when Tehran released more than 180 missiles on Israel. DSAL reports that missile plants and complexes of the Earth-Athos were attacked.

Georgians cast their ballots at a polling station in Tbilisi on Saturday. Photo: EPA-EFE/DAVID MDZINARISHVILI Georgian voters are casting their ballots in a parliamentary election seen by many as a crucial vote that will either set the country on a pro-European path or bring it closer to Russia. More than 3,000 polling stations opened nationwide on Saturday morning, with a total of 18 parties competing to form the country’s next government.

Why BRICS+ countries do not need an alternative Swift that Putin wants to create Vladimir Putin with a BRICS banknote at a summit in Kazan, October 23, 2024. Photo: Grigory Sysoev / Brics-russia2024.ru Moscow calls on the BRICS+ countries to create a parallel global financial infrastructure in order to get away from calculations in dollars.

How are the US presidential elections arranged? Candidates are forced to travel to several states endlessly, and the interests of most of the country are not taken into account Donald Trump plays at the election rally in GreenSboro, North Carolina, USA, October 22, 2024. Photo: Erik S. Lesser / EPA-EFE On November 5, millions of Americans will go to voting sites. But not in order to choose the future president, as many believe.

Photo: social networks The Israeli Defense Army reported that she had struck the territory of Iran. This is stated in the press service of the IDF. “The regime in Iran and its proxy in the region tirelessly attack Israel from October 7 - on seven fronts, including direct attacks from Iranian territory. Like any other sovereign country in the world, the state of Israel has the right and obligation to answer, ”the military said.