As a result of the drone attack, the Yandex data center in Kaluga was damaged, several of its modules were completely disabled, the company’s press service reported . This is the second Yandex data center attacked in two days: on October 8, after a UAV strike and fire, the data center in Sasovo, Ryazan region, stopped working. The company previously called the Kaluga facility its most powerful data center in Russia, The Insider discovered.

UAV "Geranium-4". Photo: aviation21.ru Photos and videos of a 32-element CRPA antenna taken from the Geranium-4 UAV that crashed in Ukraine have been distributed on Telegram channels. Until now, Russian drones have been equipped with devices with no more than 16 elements. The appearance of a 32-element antenna in the Russian army will significantly complicate the fight against “Geraniums” and “Gerberas” .

In Russia, from January to September 2026, 28 thousand companies and individual entrepreneurs working in the catering sector closed. This is 15% more than in the same period last year, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing analyst research. At the same time, the number of new business registrations decreased by 0.83%, to 32.2 thousand companies and individual entrepreneurs. Restaurateurs attribute the increase in closures to higher taxes, higher costs and lower traffic.

In the Tver region, on the night of October 9, after a drone attack, a fire occurred at a plant in the village of Redkino, said Governor Vitaly Korolev. He did not specify the name of the enterprise, however, according to the Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+, the Redkinsky experimental plant, which also produces fuel components for the Russian X-55 and X-101 cruise missiles, was under attack.

The Kazakh authorities have released Ukrainian woman Lyubov Rozhanskaya, who was detained at the request of Russia. As “That’s So” writes with reference to the woman’s lawyer Alexei Pryanishnikov, she was released from the detention center on October 4. After this, Rozhanskaya spent several days at the Ukrainian Embassy, ​​and then left for Odessa. “The detention period has expired. Since no preventive measure was chosen, she was released from the detention center. She left Kazakhstan.

The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, an 85-year-old human rights activist from South Africa. According to the Nobel Committee's website, the prize was awarded "for efforts to promote peace and international law." Pillay is an Indian-born South African lawyer and human rights activist. In 1967, Pillay became the first female lawyer to open a law practice in the South African province of Natal.

The Montenegrin police, together with the National Security Agency, detained in the city of Risan, which is located on the shores of the Bay of Kotor, the head of the Russian propaganda project “Rybar”, Mikhail Zvinchuk. Montenegrin media Pobjeda and Vijesti reported this with reference to sources in law enforcement agencies. It is noted that several other people were detained with him, including his wife Valeria Zvinchuk.

The United States will broadcast live on December 3 the execution of former soldier Nidal Hasan, who killed 13 people at the Fort Hood base in Texas in 2009. Associated Press reports this with reference to Pentagon head Pete Hegseth. He will be the first US Army soldier since 1945 to be executed by firing squad. According to Amnesty International, public executions have been recorded in Iran and Afghanistan in recent years.

Yandex itself confirmed that the facility had been hit by drones. “A fire broke out at the Yandex data center in Sasovo as a result of a drone attack, affecting part of the infrastructure. There were no injuries, and emergency services are working at the site to deal with the aftermath,” Kremlin-aligned outlet RBC quoted the company as saying. The center’s operations are currently suspended, rendering some services unavailable to users.

The Donald Trump administration has suspended access of Microsoft, Adobe and a number of IT outsourcers to the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program, through which employers sponsor foreign employees to obtain US residence permits. The decision was announced Thursday by Vice President J.D. Vance and representatives of the Department of Labor, Fox News reports . The companies have been accused of abusing the visa system to the detriment of American workers.

Forced migrants from Donetsk, Lugansk, Kharkov and Kursk regions addressed Vladimir Putin with a video message. They ask him to prevent their eviction from temporary accommodation centers (TAP) in the Tula region. According to the authors of the appeal, their housing was destroyed during the war or is located in closed settlements, and they never received certificates to replace the lost apartments and houses. They are also not paid benefits.

Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores have been charged in the United States with another charge of conspiracy to commit torture. According to Reuters, it appeared in an amended indictment that prosecutors filed in federal court in Manhattan. According to the prosecution, the couple tortured political opponents in order to maintain power. Prosecutors describe several episodes.

Photo: FB 52-year-old political prisoner Igor Yakovenko died in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Krasnodar, the project “Support for Political Prisoners” reported . Memorial". Yakovenko became at least the ninth political prisoner to die in Russian custody since the beginning of 2026, The Insider calculated. According to human rights activists, he was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.

American rapper Kanye West received about $20 million for concerts that were supposed to take place in St. Petersburg, but were cancelled. Kommersant writes about this with reference to two sources. “This is not a pure fee - this money is used to pay, for example, the services of his staff,” said one of the newspaper’s interlocutors. The second noted that the musician most likely will not return the money, since this is not stated in the contract.

Searches took place at the home of military blogger Roman Alekhin, who was included in the list of “foreign agents.” He himself wrote about this in the Telegram channel: “I expected it. And I wrote about it. We are waiting for a lawyer. I’ll say right away: I’ve been doing sports and crossfit since I was 18–19, it’s incompatible with drugs.” It is unclear what exactly the search is connected with and what case it is being carried out on.