The main message that Putin sent at Valdai: he is in an excellent mood. Life is good. He has, of course. Last week, Vladimir Putin gave a three-hour speech at the Valdai Forum. Dmitry Peskov promised that this performance would be historic. Putin is generally a historical figure, and in this sense, yes, his speech was historical. The fact that he is young and healthy also obviously has some historical significance.

The Promised Land has turned into hell. Photo: Russian View Hamas attacked Israel. The IDF responds by striking the Gaza Strip. Tel Aviv declared a state of war for the first time in 50 years. History of the conflict The Arab-Israeli confrontation is the longest of all unresolved conflicts in the world. It began in the 1940s with the problem of creating Jewish and Arab states in Palestine. So far, Arab countries have launched five wars against Israel - and lost all of them.

In the midst of the VIII SlovoNovo forum in Montenegro, Sobesednik spoke with its founder Marat GELMAN*. Photo: Social networks SlovoNovo is the main festival of new emigrant culture in Russia. However, “festival” sounds too windy for an event that attracts Russian-speaking writers and publicists, musicians and politicians. Grebenshchikov* and Makarevich* play on the SlovoNovo stage from time to time, and Zemfira* and Alla Pugacheva meet behind the scenes.

The names of the Nobel Prize winners for 2023 were announced in Oslo and Stockholm. Photo: Social networks Narges Mohammadi The current Nobel was not without intrigue and controversy. Perhaps the most scandalous was the prize in physiology and medicine - it was awarded to the Hungarian biochemist Katalin Kariko and the American immunologist Drew Weissman for developing the technology that became the basis for the mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 from Pfizer and Moderna.

Would Russia be better off without Vladimir Putin or not? On October 7, the President of Russia turned 71 years old, of which he has ruled the state for 24 years. What if Vladimir Putin were not at the head of Russia? While Vladimir Vladimirovich was celebrating, “Interlocutor” embarrassed famous Russians with this question. Iosif PRIGOGIN, producer: Photo: Family archive of GDP – Do you, “Interlocutor”, want to take me to the monastery? What a provocative question?!

It will be...Boris Nadezhdin Photo: Social networks There are less than six months left before the presidential elections, which are scheduled to take place in March 2024. Where are the candidates? We know one, although it has not yet been officially announced. “Interlocutor” can name the second one now – Boris NADEZHIN, a municipal deputy of the Moscow region town of Dolgoprudny, told us about his intention to run for president of Russia (pictured).