Memory of the singer Zuli Kamalova, who inspires me to look for the future Zul Kamalova. Photo: VK The famous speech of the American human rights activist Martin Luther King begins with the words “I have a dream” (English “I have a dream”). I also dream, and my dream of the future of Russia. I was prompted by the recent death of the Australian-Tatar singer Zuli Kamalova (1969–2024), as well as the need for a discussion about the country's future in difficult times for her.

On the shore of the Caspian Sea in the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan, 289 dead seals were found from October 24 to 29. This was reported by Lada.kz with reference to the researcher at the Institute of Hydobiology and Ecology Zhaziru Sydykov. “In animals, biological samples (fangs, claws, stomachs, tissues of internal organs) have been selected to clarify their age and causes of death. We will be able to report the causes of death only after the relevant laboratory tests, ”said Sydykova.

Women in politics are faced with Heit, sexist comments and inappropriate questions much more often than men. We tell how double standards work Kamala Harris at the pre -election event in Pennsylvania, USA, October 21, 2024. Photo: jim lo scalzo / epa-efe In early November, the US will be held in the USA. Kamala Harris, a candidate from the Democrats, and Donald Trump, a candidate from the Republicans, constantly bickering with each other.

Natalia Loshchinina: Photo: Telegram An official in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region announced her resignation on Wednesday following a wave of public anger directed against Roma residents of the Korkino district that was sparked by the murder of a taxi driver last week.

Photo gallery "New-Europe" The consequences of floods in Valencia, Spain, October 30, 2024. Photo: Alberto Saiz / Ap Photo / Scanpix / Leta Swarning rains collapsed to the south and east of Spain, the floods flooded cities and blocked roads and railway lines. According to preliminary data, at least 51 people died. The number of flood victims was the largest in Europe since 2021, when almost 200 people died, mainly in Germany.

The aftermath of the attacks on Kherson. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Three people have been killed and 15 more injured in a series of Russian attacks on the Kherson region of southeastern Ukraine, Kherson Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said on Wednesday. According to Produkin, 14 settlements in total had been targeted in Russian airstrikes, including the city of Kherson itself, which suffered damage to energy infrastructure including gas pipelines.

Photo: Media In St. Petersburg, the Moscow Region, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the Irkutsk and Arkhangelsk regions, searches were held in the case against the telegram channel “Anti-torture” . This was reported by the Office of the Investigative Committee for the Sverdlovsk Region. Several people were detained. How much is unknown. Several addresses were searched. Kommersant-Ural, with reference to the source, was the first to say that it was a “anti-torture” community.

Protesters gather in front of Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate during a demonstration in support of Ukraine, 24 February 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE / FILIP SINGER Three of Russia’s most prominent opposition politicians issued a statement on Wednesday announcing plans to hold an anti-war demonstration in Berlin on 17 November.

The Youth Organisation for the Study of Juche in session. Photo: Ostorozhno Novosti / Telegram A high school history teacher in the city of Khabarovsk in Russia’s Far East has founded an organisation to encourage young people to study Juche, North Korea’s official ideology of self-reliance, at the school where he works, Russia’s state-owned news agency TASS reported on Tuesday.

How might the Central Bank’s decision to raise Russia’s key interest rate to 21% affect ordinary Russians? The Russian Central Bank in Moscow. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA-EFE Last week Russia’s Central Bank raised its key interest rate from 19% to 21%, the highest level in modern Russian history. It justified the move as a way to bring inflation down to target levels and reduce expectations of further inflation among the public.

The former Open Russia activist Igor Rogov, who is now under arrest in Poland on charges of preparing the explosion, could be substituted. He was asked to transfer the parcel “from Ukrainian volunteers”, which was probably explosives. This was told "like this" with reference to the sources. Activist Igor Rogov, photo: social networks According to two interlocutors of the publication from the Rogov’s entourage, in July the activist was in Prague, where he received the parcel.

Ramzan Kadyrov attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, 21 October 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE / EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA Ramzan Kadyrov, the brutal warlord installed by the Kremlin to run Chechnya, has claimed that several Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian Special Forces University in the Chechen city of Gudermes on Tuesday.

Opposition supporters protest in Tbilisi, Georgia, 28 October 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/DAVID MDZINARISHVILI Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation into electoral fraud allegedly carried out during Saturday’s parliamentary election, and has summoned Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili for questioning, it announced on Wednesday.

At least 51 people in the Spanish province of Valencia have died due to flooding following heavy rains. Reuters writes about this. More than a thousand soldiers from Spain's emergency response units were sent to devastated areas, AP writes . The flooding has forced trains to Madrid and Barcelona to be cancelled, and schools and other essential services have been suspended in the worst-hit areas. Dozens of flights were cancelled. There are interruptions in electricity and communications.

An expert on international relations-on the rapprochement of Russia with the Taliban and the lessons of the 20-year war in Afghanistan The Taliban celebrate the second anniversary of the coming to the power of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan in Kabul, August 15, 2023.