A “cooling period” has started in Russia, according to which citizens returning from abroad will have their mobile Internet turned off for a day. This was reported to the Ministry of Digital Development. The department said that the mechanism began working in test mode on November 10. The restrictions will affect people who returned to Russia from another country or have not used a SIM card for 72 hours. They will have their mobile internet and SMS messages turned off for 24 hours.

Human rights activists say this is the first such case. An employee of the Kazan defense plant, Ilyas Sh., was kidnapped by unknown persons in the spring of 2025 under the pretext of clarifying data at the military registration and enlistment office. Despite having a confirmed “armor” from conscription, he was recognized as a “deserter” and kept in a military unit on the territory of the “LPR”. Echo writes about this.

Russian telecom operators will be required to disconnect subscribers at the request of the FSB. Why do the authorities need this and how will the initiative work? Photo: Alexander Mironov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press Russian telecom operators will be obliged to forcibly stop providing services to subscribers at the request of the FSB.

The cruel treatment of a civil activist has become a metaphor for the fate of dissenters throughout Russia Olga Komleva during the Baymak protests in Bashkortostan, January 2024. Photo: Telegram / Komleva Despite being in prison, activist and journalist Olga Komleva is still well-thought of in her home town of Ufa, the capital of Bashkortostan, a republic in Russia’s central Volga region.

Could oil production decline and oil prices collapse? And how will this affect the Kremlin’s war budget? View of an oil refinery in Orsk, Orenburg region, August 28, 2025. Photo: AFP / Scanpix / LETA Russian oil workers are right now deciding where to put their oil, and this is one of the deepest crises in the industry, which generates approximately a quarter of federal budget revenues. It turned out that no one needed significant volumes of raw materials from Russia.

How dozens of drones test Europe's strength Europe is already in conflict with Russia. So, at least, says German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. NATO says it is on high alert. And for good reason. Russian drones, fighters and reconnaissance aircraft are increasingly violating NATO airspace at various points. Novaya Gazeta Europe counted the number of such incidents. Since August there have been more than 70 of them. Why is Russia doing this? Is this the beginning of a new “hot” conflict?

Russian telecom operators will have to stop providing services at the request of the FSB to “protect against threats to the security of citizens and the state.” Vedomosti writes about this with reference to sources. Changes are planned to be made to the federal law “On Communications”.

Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov before a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, 11 July 2025. Photo: EPA / Mikhail Metzel / Sputnik / Kremlin The Russian security forces have detained a man they suspect of aiding a serviceman who went on the run after being charged with rape and murder, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov announced on Monday.

In the leadership of the Ministry of Defense, everyone has relatives in power Photo: Ramzan Kadyrov / Telegram 76% of high-ranking Russian officials have relatives who are also employed in government or government-related businesses. This is stated in the Project’s study on nepotism “Fathers and Grandfathers”. Journalists analyzed the biographies of 1,329 people who hold positions in all major areas of government in Russia.

The money will be used to finance the production of microchips needed to create weapons, and the final payer will be buyers Vladimir Putin on TV screens in a household appliance store, Novosibirsk, December 14, 2023. Photo: Vlad Nekrasov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / Vida Press From September 2026, a new “technological fee” for smartphones, laptops and other equipment may appear in Russia. Although formally everyone will pay, Russian producers will receive funds back through state support programs.

Screenshot from the broadcast of a meeting of the authorities of the Belgorod region Security forces detained an alleged accomplice of the military man, Alexei Kostrikin, who was escaping from arrest for murder and rape in the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka. The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, spoke about this.

Alexandra Z. A photographer from the city of Yekaterinburg in the Urals has been charged with “distributing pornography” for publishing fanfiction she wrote in 2022 that describes same-sex relationships, state-affiliated tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda (KP) has reported . The photographer, a 35-year-old woman who has only been named as Alexandra Z, had her home raided by police, who seized books she had written, as well as her laptops, an iPad and two smartphones.

Patriarch Kirill suddenly sent his viceroy in Western Europe, Metropolitan Nestor (Sirotenko), to resign and put on trial.

Photo: Yuri Gripas/EPA The US Senate voted to adopt a compromise law on funding the government, which previously suspended work for 40 days, CNN writes . Senators voted 60 to 40. The law includes measures to finance the government until January 30, 2026 and a number of programs for the entire fiscal year. The shutdown began on October 1 after Republicans and Democrats could not agree on the parameters of the federal budget.

Photo: Aaron Schwartz/EPA US authorities expect to achieve the release of another 50 political prisoners in Belarus. American President Donald Trump announced this on his social network Truth Social. According to him, his lawyer John Cole has been nominated for the post of US special envoy to Belarus. Trump noted that thanks to his actions, 100 political prisoners have already been released in the republic.