New Europe spoke with an observer and translator who work at polling stations in New York A polling station at a school in Manhattan, New York, USA, November 5, 2024. Photo: Kent J. Edwards / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Presidential elections are taking place in the United States. There are only a couple of hours left before the polls close. New York, one of the largest states in America, is considered a home state for Democrats; the last time Republicans won there was back in 1984.

Aerial view of a protest in front of the train station in Novi Sad, November 5, 2024. Photo: Fedja Grulovic / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Thousands of protesters in the Serbian city of Novi Sad protested to demand the resignation of the authorities after 14 people died as a result of the collapse of a concrete canopy at a railway station on November 1, writes Danas.

What Russian propaganda writes about the US elections - New Europe review A polling station in the lobby of the Brooklyn Museum in New York, USA, November 5, 2024. Photo: Sarah Yenesel/EPA-EFE The US presidential election has already started: the whole world is watching the voting and, undoubtedly, will continue to watch the counting of votes throughout the election night.

Ilya Azar met with Russians living in the United States and found out what they are worried about, who they are campaigning for and what they expect from the elections Photo: Cj Gunther / EPA-EFE Russians have always played a prominent role in the United States, a country of immigrants. During presidential elections, the outcome of which cannot be determined, they especially attract attention, even if they cannot vote for either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris on November 5.

We are following the presidential elections in the United States together with political strategist Pavel Dubravsky Voters fill out ballots at a polling station in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, November 5, 2024. Photo: David Goldman/AP Photo/Scanpix/LETA The 60th election of the 47th president is taking place in the United States. It is already known that a third of voters voted early.

Yevgeny Bestuzhev. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov Yevgeny Bestuzhev. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov St. Petersburg political scientist and opposition activist Yevgeny Bestuzhev was handed a suspended sentence on Tuesday for disseminating false information about the Russian Army. Despite prosecutors arguing for an eight-year prison sentence, Bestuzhev was given an unusually lenient five-year-and-three-month suspended sentence and was set free in court.

Komi Governor Vladimir Uyba resigned. He announced this in a video message to residents on his Telegram channel. According to the official, he will soon take up other work at the federal level. He did not specify which one exactly. “Now our president has entrusted me with a new front of work at the federal level. For me this is a new challenge and a huge responsibility. I thank Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin for his trust and offer,” Uiba said.

State Duma deputy, ex-head of the self-proclaimed “DPR” Alexander Borodai called Russian volunteers going to war in Ukraine “meat” and “superfluous people.” A recording of the conversation appeared on the Internet back in September; today Borodai himself confirmed its authenticity to RTVI.

At a meeting with the “heroes of the Northern Military District,” the head of the Russian Orthodox Church justified the death penalty, reinterpreting the Holy Scriptures Patriarch Kirill. Photo: Maxim Shipenkov / EPA “Cast out the corrupt from among you” - with this phrase from the 1st letter of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (1 Cor. 5:13), Patriarch Kirill (Gundyaev) justifies the need to restore the death penalty in the Russian Federation.

Why the victory of pro-European forces in Moldova’s election has a far wider significance Moldovan President Maia Sandu speaks to reporters after casting her vote in the second round of voting in the country’s presidential election, 3 November 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE/DUMITRU DORU The results of the Moldovan presidential election are historic not just for Moldova, but for the region and Europe as a whole.

Why are Russians from Brighton Beach voting for Trump? November 5 is the final day of the US presidential election. Americans have been casting their votes early by mail for weeks now, choosing between Republican Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. New York traditionally votes Democratic. But there are three exception areas. One of them is Brighton Beach, where mainly immigrants from the former USSR live.

In Belgorod, a Ukrainian drone attacked an apartment building, said the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. According to the Ashes Belgorod telegram channel, the drone crashed into a residential building on Kashtanovaya Street. As Gladkov stated, one person was injured as a result of the strike - he received a mine explosion injury and a shrapnel wound to his leg.

St. Petersburg political scientist 64-year-old Evgeny Bestuzhev received a five-year suspended sentence because of a post on social networks. For the first time in the city, a court handed down such a sentence for “fakes” about the Russian army. Evgeny Bestuzhev. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov Today, the Kalininsky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced Bestuzhev to 5 years and 3 months of imprisonment.

Photo: Telenews/EPA-EFE Russian military intelligence tried to organize explosions and arson on planes that the logistics company DHL sent from Europe and the UK to the US and Canada. This is stated in the material of The Wall Street Journal. In July, within a few days of each other, parcels transported by DHL caught fire in Leipzig, Germany, and Birmingham, England. In both cases, the cargo was delivered from Lithuania.

Dixville Notch polling place. Photo: Li Rui / Xinhua / Chine Nouvelle / Sipa / Scanpix / LETA In the United States, where presidential elections are scheduled for November 5, the first polling stations have begun to open. This is stated in the CNN text broadcast. According to a tradition that has been observed since 1960, residents of the small town of Dixville Notch in New Hampshire were the first to vote at midnight local time (8:00 Moscow time).