The head of the Central Election Commission of Georgia, Giorgi Kalandarishvili, was doused with black paint at the beginning of the meeting at which the results of the parliamentary elections were officially confirmed. The meeting was broadcast on the CEC Facebook page. The incident occurred when Kalandarishvili announced that the ruling Georgian Dream party had won 53.93% of the votes. “You don’t hear the Georgian people, you don’t hear the protesting students.

The human rights organization Human Rights Watch published a report in which it stated that Israel is responsible for the massive forced displacement of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as well as for war crimes and crimes against humanity. The report covers the period from October 2023, when Israel launched a military offensive against Palestinian armed groups in Gaza in response to the October 7 attack.

Schemes journalists gained access to leaked exclusive documents from the Russian occupation administrations, provided by a group of Ukrainian hackers KibOrg. Thanks to this data, it was possible to explore how Yunarmiya introduces militaristic ideology in Ukraine through schools, summer camps and “patriotic” events, and how young Ukrainians, falling under the influence of this organization, become part of the Russian military machine and end up in the ranks of the Russian army.

The U.S. has announced that $7.1 billion worth of authorized funds remains to be distributed as military aid to Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), along with $2.2 billion under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). All these funds are expected to be utilized by Jan. 20, 2025 — prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump . In the near term, 500 surface-to-air missiles for Patriot and NASAMS systems will be supplied.

The Russian Telegram channel VChK-OGPU reported that Vladimir Novikov (call sign “Beliy,” lit. “White”), commander of the 110th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade, was involved in a brawl with military prosecutors at a bar in Donetsk, although “war correspondent” Andrey Filatov initially claimed Novikov had been arrested over a conflict with a drug cartel.

The T-Mobile network was among the systems hacked during a Chinese cyber espionage operation, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports , citing sources familiar with the situation. Hackers linked to Chinese intelligence were able to break into the mobile operator's systems as a result of a months-long campaign to spy on the phone conversations of sensitive intelligence targets.

The defrocked Perm priest Nikolai Vernigor signed a contract for war in IK-29 of the Perm Territory. According to the local human rights publication Fight! with reference to the priest’s wife Anastasia, he could not do this voluntarily, since he was going to file a cassation appeal and fight for innocence. She suggests that he was forced to sign the contract under pressure in the punishment cell. “He served the church honestly all his life.

The Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg arrested Nikita Nikitin, suspected of preparing sabotage at an electrical substation. This was reported by the joint press service of the city courts. According to investigators, on November 15, Nikitin was planning to set fire to a substation on Zanevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg. In a press release, the court claims that the arrested person was “guided by mercenary motives” and filmed the area near the substation.

Film critic Susanna Alperina on her Facebook page reported the death of actress Svetlana Svetlichnaya with reference to film expert Vyacheslav Shmyrov . This information was confirmed to RBC by Svetlichnaya’s daughter-in-law Olga. “Svetlana Svetlichnaya has passed away. <…> The first beauty of the USSR. The phrase “It’s not my fault!” “He came himself” haunted her through life,” Alperina wrote. Svetlana Svetlichnaya was born on May 15, 1940 in Leninakan (Gyumri).

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs proposes to change the rules for the stay of Ukrainian citizens in the country, namely to cancel the presidential decree on their right to stay in Russia indefinitely and work without obtaining permits. Kommersant reports this. We are talking about decree No. 585, adopted in August 2022, before the annexation of the “DPR”, “LPR”, Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

Trump's Soviet-born legal adviser Boris Epstein could become special envoy to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. According to The New York Times, Epstein himself proposed his candidacy for this role on board the plane when Donald Trump, after winning the election, was flying to a meeting with current US President Joe Biden. According to the publication, Epstein has long had influence in Trump’s circle, but after the presidential election his position became stronger.

According to the Telegram channel “VChK-OGPU”, the commander of the stormtroopers of the 110th Motorized Rifle Brigade Vladimir Novikov with the call sign Bely, who was arrested earlier, as “military correspondent” Andrei Filatov claimed, for a conflict with the drug mafia, actually beat up, along with his subordinates, employees of the military prosecutor’s office in during a fight in one of the Donetsk bars.

In the Saratov region, on the basis of the regional clinical psychiatric hospital of St. Sophia, until November 20, 2024, a unified register of drug users who are required by a court decision to undergo treatment will be created. This order was signed by the region’s Minister of Health, Vladimir Dudakov, on November 14. SarInform reports this. It will also include citizens who must undergo drug testing, as well as medical or social rehabilitation, the publication writes.

Tver resident Ivan Kudryashov, convicted in the case of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office, was placed in a psychiatric hospital at pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Smolensk, reports the human rights project “Solidarity Zone”. Human rights activists became aware of Kudryashov’s placement in a psychiatric hospital on November 15. On October 24, the young man was transferred from prison in Yelets, Lipetsk region.

Former undisputed world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson lost a boxing match to American blogger Jake Paul. The fight took place at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and lasted eight rounds; Paul won by decision (79-73). The last time Tyson won was in February 2003. After that, he suffered three defeats in a row. In the fight with Paul, Tyson avoided a knockout defeat for the first time in his last three fights. Tyson is 58 years old, Paul is 27.