Taliban delegation at SPIEF 2024. Photo: EPA-EFE A bill has been introduced to the State Duma that would allow the Taliban to be removed from the list of terrorist organizations. This was reported on the website of the lower house of parliament. The initiators of the document were five deputies and seven senators, including Andrei Klishas, ​​Vasily Piskarev and Andrei Lugovoy.

In the Chelyabinsk region, the family of Igor Kosimov, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who died in the war in Ukraine, received the body of another military man from the Tyumen region. This was reported by Verstov. Info" and 74.ru. Igor Kosimov, photo: social networks Kosimov’s funeral was supposed to take place on November 24 in the village of Rzhavka, Agapovsky district. The local administration stated that they will be postponed indefinitely. As Verstov writes.

How to avoid being sent to the front, what rights do you need to know and what to do if you don’t want to fight in Ukraine? Russian conscripts called up for military service during the ceremonial departure to the garrisons at the assembly point of the local recruiting station in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, October 20, 2024.

The Russian Ministry of Justice refused to register Ekaterina Duntsova’s political party “Rassvet”. A member of the party’s Central Council told New Europe about this. According to him, the party leadership received a notification from the Ministry of Justice about the refusal of registration on November 24.

Russia’s attempts to forge closer ties with countries in Africa are unlikely to succeed without more substance A Malian boy holds a sign showing his support for Russia at a protest in Bamako, Mali, 22 September 2020. Photo: EPA-EFE / H.DIAKITE Veteran Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeatedly boasted at this month’s Russia-Africa Partnership Forum that the Kremlin’s relations with Africa had never been more active.

Nina Khrushcheva. Photo: Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre The Boris Yeltsin Presidential Centre in Yekaterinburg has cancelled a scheduled appearance by Nina Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, following complaints from pro-war activists at her anti-war stance, Yekaterinburg regional news outlet E1.RU reported on Monday.

Putin's Russia calls itself "conservative" and opposed to the left-liberal West. But it has nothing to do with “real” conservatism Mass events in the Peter and Paul Fortress regarding referendums on the annexation by Russia of the occupied territories of Ukraine, St. Petersburg, September 2022. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov The phrase “traditional values” in Russian now has a mockingly frivolous connotation. Independent media usually refer to it in quotation marks.

Nikita Zhuravel. Photo: SOTAvision A court in the southern Russian city of Volgograd has handed 20-year-old Nikita Zhuravel an additional 13.5 years in prison for treason, independent news outlet RusNews reported on Monday.

The Volgograd Regional Court sentenced student Nikita Zhuravel to 13 and a half years in a maximum security colony in a case of high treason (Article 275 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the regional courts and the publication V1.ru. Zhuravel was also sentenced to a year of restriction of freedom after the end of his real term.

The list of publications that threaten the national security of Belarus sets an example for censors in Russia Books on a bookstore shelf. Photo: Dmitry Tsyganov Over the weekend, two pieces of news emerged from the world of literary censorship.

Residents of several Russian regions have reported a shortage of rabies vaccines. The portal “NeMoskva Speaks” drew attention to such reports in the media. In particular, there is no rabies vaccine in some emergency rooms in St. Petersburg , the state-run Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported . As townspeople told the publication, doctors are sending them to emergency rooms in other areas. The shortage of the drug was anonymously confirmed by emergency room doctors. The St.

The aftermath of a missile strike on Odesa, Ukraine, 25 November 2024. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine A Russian missile strike on Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv on Monday morning left 23 people injured and caused damage to over 40 buildings, according to Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov. Preliminary information indicated that the attack was carried out using an S-400 surface-to-air missile system, Synyehubov said, adding that 14 people had been hospitalised as a result of the attack.

Daniil Sidorov. Photo: Ekaterinburg Diocese The Oktyabrsky District Court of Yekaterinburg did not arrest priest Daniil Sidorov, who is suspected of attempting to rape a girl. The man was given a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions. This was reported by E1.ru and KP-Ekaterinburg . As journalists from the courtroom said, Sidorov was prohibited from communicating with witnesses and the victim, including by telephone and via the Internet.

The Yeltsin Center in Yekaterinburg canceled the presentation of the book by Nina Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of the former first secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Nikita Khrushchev. This was reported to E1.RU by the center's management. Nina Khrushcheva, photo: Yeltsin Center website On November 26, the great-granddaughter of the former head of the USSR was supposed to present the book “Nikita Khrushchev.

The aftermath of the cargo plane crash near Vilnius Airport, Lithuania, 25 November 2024. Photo: Delfi Lithuania / Telegram One person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Lithuania’s Vilnius Airport on Monday morning, independent Lithuanian news outlet Delfi has reported .