Photo: Parliamentary newspaper In the villages of the Gazimuro-Zavodsky district of the Trans-Baikal Territory, the military police used torture and violence against relatives of military personnel who left their place of service without permission. This was reported by “People of Baikal” and the newspaper “Vechorka” . One of the victims is 24-year-old Pavel from the village of Trubachevo.

Photo: “Medical Volunteers” The State Duma adopted in the third reading a bill on working hours for all medical graduates. The initiative obliges medical university students to work in their specialty for up to three years (and not for three years, as in the previous version of the bill) in a medical institution that provides services in the compulsory health insurance system. These are mainly government agencies.

In memory of Erik Bulatov Eric Bulatov. Photo: Joel Saget / AFP / Scanpix / LETA On November 9, at the age of 92, one of the most famous contemporary artists of Russia, Erik Bulatov, passed away. His work is much more complex and interesting than a critical conversation about the Soviet past. And Bulatov’s legacy not only has not lost its relevance, but, perhaps, has now become even more necessary. Art critic Sorin Brut talks about how the painter’s universe works.

As Georgia’s slide into autocracy continues, Europe appears to be losing faith it can reverse the process Police use water cannons and tear gas to disperse protesters in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, 29 November 2024.

A complete shutdown was announced in the Ulyanovsk region until the end of the war. “New Europe” found out what residents of the region think about it Illustration: “New Newspaper Europe” In Ulyanovsk and other cities in the region, they officially announced a complete shutdown of mobile Internet until the end of the war with Ukraine. Such a drastic decision is the first such case in Russia.

Ivan Repin. Photo: “Free Rybinsk” The former head of the Center “E” office in the Yaroslavl region, Ivan Repin, who was arrested in a bribery case, accused his former colleagues of torture during detention. The human rights project “Public Verdict” writes about this with reference to the words of Repin himself and the video recording of the beating. Ivan Repin.

Former Moscow culture minister Alexander Kibovsky. Photo: Russian Historical Society The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has demanded the state recover over 1 billion rubles (€10.6 million) of assets from Moscow’s former culture minister and his associates, state-owned news agency TASS reported on Monday. According to the lawsuit, Alexander Kibovsky and his wife officially earned a total of 211 million rubles (€2.2 million) between 2010 and 2024.

Medical students who study on a budget are now required to undergo targeted residency training. What do they themselves think about this? The State Duma adopted a law on mandatory targeted training for state-funded doctors in residency. Now students will be required to work for 3 years in the public health care system. Otherwise, they will have to pay fines; in Moscow they can reach up to 20 million rubles.

Novaya Gazeta Europe spoke with an expert Illustration: Lyalya Bulanova The destruction of the Belgorod reservoir dam produced an effect in regional media comparable to the tragedy at the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric station. These events, which are not comparable either in scale or in the nature of the consequences, as New Europe found out, can still be fatal.

A residential building in Ramenskoe, outside Moscow, following a Ukrainian drone strike, 11 March 2025. Photo: EPA / Maxim Shipenkov The Russian authorities have begun blocking mobile phones being brought back into the country from abroad for 24 hours in an attempt to undermine Ukrainian drone strikes, the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media announced on Monday.

A Russian MiG-31 fighter carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic missile flies over Moscow’s Red Square during the annual Victory Day parade, 9 May 2018. Photo: EPA / Yuri Kochetkov Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has accused Ukrainian intelligence agents of attempting to recruit Russian pilots to hijack a MiG-31 fighter jet armed with a hypersonic Kinzhal missile as part of a “large-scale provocation” against Russia, Interfax reported on Tuesday.

In Ulyanovsk and several cities in the region, mobile Internet was turned off until the end of the war in Ukraine. This was announced by the Minister of Digital Development of the Ulyanovsk Region Oleg Yagfarov during the conference.

Photo: Russian Historical Society The Prosecutor General's Office demanded that former Moscow Minister of Culture Alexander Kibovsky, his relatives and proxies recover property worth more than one billion rubles. TASS writes about this with reference to a source familiar with the lawsuit. According to the lawsuit, the total income of Kibovsky and his wife from 2010 to 2024 amounted to 211 million rubles.

Is it possible to justify combatants of an unjust war: the philosopher answers Russian military personnel of assault units during combat training, August 17, 2024.

Photo: BUSINESS Online On November 10, the Government Commission on Legislative Activities approved draft amendments providing for an increase in fines for economic crimes by approximately 1.5-2 times. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to two sources close to the commission. According to journalists, the project covers dozens of articles - from fraud to tax evasion.