Brunei's national football team is Russia's most exotic rival, most clearly demonstrating global isolation due to war Brunei national team during training at the Krasnodar stadium. Photo: fa.bruneidarussalam / Instagram Another match of the Russian national football team turned into a new portion of criticism of the Russian Football Union.

How the Russian military had their payments for injuries cut - and after criticism they were increased (but they were still dissatisfied) After Vladimir Putin ordered to change the procedure for payments to the wounded, compensation for some categories was reduced by 30 times. The promised three million rubles are now allocated only to the seriously wounded. The Kremlin's decision provoked fierce criticism in military chats and Z-channels.

Ahead of Sunday’s anti-war march in Berlin, Ilya Yashin explains why symbolism and solidarity matter Anti-war protesters pass in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, 13 March 2022.

You can now watch one of the main political films of the year, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” online. This is an Iranian thriller about the everyday life of an executioner and street protests in Tehran Still from the film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig.” Photo: trigon film Director Mohammad Rasoulof was forced to flee the country immediately after filming - from yet another arrest in a political case.

Vladimir Putin (R) and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) attend a joint press conference following their talks in the Kremlin, 15 February 2022. EPA-EFE/SERGEY GUNEEV/KREMLIN POOL/SPUTNIK / POOL German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Vladimir Putin for the first time since December 2022 in a phone call that lasted for about an hour, Reuters reported on Friday, citing a German government source.

MPs in parliament tore up a copy of the new bill and performed a traditional haka dance Member of the New Zealand Parliament Hana-Rawiti Maipi-Clark. Source: screenshot of the meeting broadcast Maori protests are heating up in New Zealand against a bill that would revise the principles of a historic agreement with the British Crown. A multi-day march has begun in the country, which has already united thousands of people heading towards Wellington.

Ilya Yashin told Novaya-Europa why it is necessary to go to the anti-war march in Berlin, despite quarrels within the opposition and general apathy Ilya Yashin. Photo: Yauhen Yerchak / SOPA Images / Sipa USA / Vida Press On Sunday, November 17, an anti-war march will take place in Berlin, initiated by politicians Yulia Navalnaya, Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza. The procession will start at 13:00 Berlin time at Postdamer Platz and will go to the Russian Embassy in Berlin.

Why do the residents of Abkhazia oppose the agreement with the Russian Federation and how are they fighting for their freedom from the Kremlin? A traffic jam during a protest against an investment deal related to Russia. Photo: Information Center of the President of the Republic of Abkhazia / AP / Scanpix / LETA On Friday, November 15, a parliament meeting is being held in Abkhazia, at which people's deputies are deciding whether to ratify the investment agreement with Russia.

Photo: social networks Photo: RusNews In Nizhny Novgorod, FSB and police officers came to search the artist Alexander Kuritsyn (Blue Pencil), the author of the art object “Walk through the Forest” in Yekaterinburg. RusNews writes about this. According to the publication, communications and books were confiscated from him. The artist is accused of “involvement in the activities of anti-Russian structures.” The searches were not officially reported.

Screenshot: social networks In the capital of self-proclaimed Abkhazia - Sukhum - people broke into the territory of parliament, protesting against the adoption of an investment agreement with the Russian Federation. Against this background, the country’s parliament did not approve the agenda of the meeting and canceled the session, reports Ekho Kavkaza. They wanted to approve an agreement with Moscow. Deputies and ministers left the complex of government buildings.

Zelensky attends a press conference after the European Political Community Summit in Budapest, 7 November 2024. EPA-EFE/ZOLTAN BALOGH Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that a new “resilience plan” was in the works during his evening address to the nation on Thursday, describing it as including “everything needed to ensure that Ukraine stays strong”.

Ksenia Karelina speaks with her lawyer during her August court hearing. Photo: EPA-EFE/STRINGER Ksenia Karelina speaks with her lawyer during her August court hearing. Photo: EPA-EFE/STRINGER The lawyer of Ksenia Karelina, a Russian-US dual citizen currently serving a 12-year prison sentence in Russia for donating €50 to Ukraine, has confirmed that the United States and Russia are currently negotiating a second major prisoner swap expected to take place in February.

On November 12, at Moscow’s Zhukovsky airport, the mother of film critic Anton Dolin, poet and bard Veronica Dolina was detained for transporting medicines without declaration, according to the Shot telegram channel associated with the security forces. At customs near Dolina they found the drugs Ivalgin, Tramadol, Sumatruptan, as well as drugs containing codeine and brotizolam. Dolina was released on an undertaking to appear.

The Gulag History Museum in Moscow. Photo: Annarapeyko Moscow’s Gulag History Museum was forced to shut its doors on Thursday after alleged fire safety violations were discovered, in what appears to be the Kremlin’s latest attempt to further cement its grip on historical memory in Russia.

Russia and the United States may exchange prisoners again in February 2025. Information about this was confirmed by the lawyer of Ksenia Karelina, convicted of treason. According to him, Karelina is on the list for exchange. It is unknown who else is included in it. “We knew that the exchange would take place one way or another. We did everything necessary for this,” the defender added.