Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies In relation to the street singer from St. Petersburg, Diana Loginova, known as Naoko, not one, but two protocols were drawn up for the so-called discredit of the Russian army because of the songs that her group Stoptime performed in the center of St. Petersburg. This was reported by the Rotunda publication with reference to the singer’s relatives.

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Diana Loginova (Naoko) immediately after the announcement of the court decision On October 16, a court in St. Petersburg sentenced street singer Diana Loginova, performing under the pseudonym Naoko, to 13 days of administrative arrest. She was detained on the evening of October 15 along with two other members of the Stoptime group, who also received 13 and 12 days of arrest.

In Sterlitamak on the evening of October 17, an explosion occurred in the explosives production workshop of one of the local factories. A hospital in the city has been switched to a special operating mode. Damage has been reported. According to eyewitnesses, the explosion occurred at the Avangard plant. The company specializes in the development and production of equipment, parts and tools for the oil and gas industry. However, one of the areas of its activity is the production of explosives.

Why does Putin need a new meeting with Trump, will the “carrot and stick” method work in relation to Russia, and what awaits Russian oil on the world market? Let's discuss it with journalist Alexander Gerasimov and oil and gas expert Mikhail Krutikhin.

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Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies A court in Poland decided to refuse to extradite to Germany a Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022, and released him from custody. This was reported by the Polish publication Rzeczpospolita. The Ukrainian, appearing in court documents as Vladimir Zh.

Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies US President Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton, who has become a Trump critic in recent years, voluntarily appeared in court in Maryland on Friday after learning of criminal charges against him for mishandling classified information. Bolton's lawyer declared his innocence.

Listen2 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies The brother of Great Britain's King Charles III, Prince Andrew announced that he is renouncing the title of Duke of York and the title of Knight Commander of the Order of the Garter. He made this decision against the background of the scandal with financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of organizing sex parties for members of the Western establishment.

Listen4 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rejected Russia's cassation appeal in the case of payment of about $50 billion to former shareholders of the Yukos oil company. This was reported on Friday, October 17, by the press service of the court.

Collage: presidents Putin and Trump may meet in Budapest. The US continues to put pressure on Russia On the eve of a meeting with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky scheduled for October 17, Donald Trump telephoned Vladimir Putin - or rather, as Putin’s assistant Yuri Ushakov confirmed, the Russian president himself called his American counterpart. After the conversation, the US President said that he could meet with Putin within the next two weeks.

The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Listen3 min. Audio created using artificial intelligence technologies The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don issued a verdict in the case of 15 Ukrainian prisoners of war, whom Russian authorities accused of participating in a terrorist organization, violent seizure of power and undergoing training for terrorist purposes.

At a meeting in Anchorage in August, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin failed to agree on almost nothing. Will it work in Budapest? On Thursday evening, the world witnessed a political sensation: US and Russian Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin agreed to a new personal meeting. According to Trump, the main goal of the negotiations will be to “put an end to the inglorious war” in Ukraine. During the previous meeting of the two leaders in Alaska on August 15, this could not be achieved.