North Korea has decided to send 12 thousand troops, including a special forces unit, to the war in Ukraine. This was reported by the Yonhap news agency with reference to the South Korean intelligence agency. South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol held a security meeting with key intelligence, military and national security officials to discuss the participation of North Korean troops in Russia's war against Ukraine, the agency writes. “Participants...

Abbess Ksenia (Chernega) The bill banning the “childfree” ideology deserves support, but requires improvement; in particular, the document should take into account monasticism. Izvestia writes about this with reference to the legal department of the Moscow Patriarchate. The publication refers to the words of the head of the legal department of the Moscow Patriarchate, Abbess Ksenia (Chernega).

RU South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) released an official statement today confirming that North Korea has begun sending troops to Russia to prepare for participation in the war against Ukraine. According to the NIS, the first group of 1,500 North Korean special forces soldiers arrived in Vladivostok between Oct. 8 and 13, transported aboard four landing ships and three frigates from Russia’s Pacific Fleet.

This year’s Nobel Prize in economics has been awarded to three social scientists who have managed to prove that strong institutions and a democratic society are conducive to sustainable social and economic growth — along with their population’s wellbeing.

The news The Insider October 18, 2024 In today's report: On the western flank of the Kursk bridgehead of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian troops have been fighting for a week for Lyubimovka and Olgovka In the Kursk region, a mechanized column of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was broken, which the Z-channels tried to pass off for Ukrainian equipment One of the commanders of the Kadyrovsky special forces with the call sign Shusty told RT in the RT report to the Chop Yar North

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Stanislav Shevchenko, a resident of Maykop (Adygea), to four years in a general regime colony under the article on public justification of terrorism on the Internet (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). TASS reports this with reference to the press service of the Russian FSB Directorate for Adygea.

Relatives of 14 Ukrainian civilian prisoners detained by the Russian military in 2022 on the territory of Ukraine filed a lawsuit in the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow demanding an investigation and the release of their loved ones. At the trial, they are going to file a motion asking that the detainees themselves take part in the trial. Since their arrest, nothing has been known about their fate.

Acting Minister of Construction of the Kursk Region Alexander Afonin called it inappropriate to currently allocate money for the purchase or construction of housing for residents of the Sudzhansky district affected by military operations, since this could lead to an outflow of the population. This is evidenced by a letter written by Afonin in response to a request from the head of the district, Alexander Bogachev. A copy of the letter was published by SotaVision.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the exchange of prisoners according to the “95 to 95” formula. According to the Russian military department, the exchange took place on October 18. The Russians who were exchanged are now in Belarus, after which they will be transported to the territory of the Russian Federation. The procedure was carried out with the assistance of the United Arab Emirates. The Ukrainian side has not yet confirmed its successful completion.

Amid reports of North Korean soldiers being sent to Russia, a video has surfaced showing what appears to be North Korean troops training in the Russian Far East. Open source intelligence (OSINT) analysts were able to geolocate the footage and believe it was filmed at the base of Military Unit 44980, home to Russia’s 127th Motorized Rifle Division in Primorsky Krai, near the North Korean border. This area was previously the site of the “Vostok-2022” exercises, which involved Chinese troops.

In Moscow, men of military age were again sent electronic summons to the military registration and enlistment office, writes the human rights project “Go through the Forest.” “Hello, I received a notification in the mail. I can’t look, I’m outside the Russian Federation, the site won’t load. The same notification came on September 13, when there was a mass mailing of electronic subpoenas,” one of the interlocutors told the project.

Apple has notified Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) that it has removed all of the company's applications from the Russian AppStore. This was done at the request of Roskomnadzor. The justification for removal states that the apps contain content that is illegal in Russia and does not comply with app review rules.” This was reported by Current Time, also part of the RFE/RL holding.

Antifacked Fake Vladimir Putin: BRICS countries overtook G7 countries in terms of GDP. The Insider 18 October 2024 At a meeting of the business forum, BRICS Vladimir Putin said : “The total GDP of the association is more than 60 trillions of dollars, and the total share in the global gross product confidently exceeds the corresponding indicator of the so -called“ Semey Group ”and continues to grow. <...> For example, see, 1992, “Group Semey” - 45.5 percent.

The Pacific Fleet Military Court sentenced 25-year-old student of the Lesozavodsky Industrial College Alena Katorzhnykh from Omsk to 14 years in a general regime colony, the Kommersant newspaper reports . The girl was found guilty of committing a terrorist act (clause “a”, part 2 of article 205 of the Criminal Code). For this she was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison.

In Latvia, designer Artemy Lebedev and parodist Valery Ponomarenko were declared persona non grata. This was announced by Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze. “I have decided to include Russian citizens Artemy Lebedev and Valery Ponomarenko in the list of undesirable persons for the Republic of Latvia and ban them from entering Latvia for an indefinite period. The decision was made in accordance with the article of the Immigration Law,” the minister said in a statement.