News The Insider October 17, 2025 US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met on Friday at the White House to discuss ways to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, CNN reports . The meeting came a day after Trump's two-hour phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, after which Trump said he would meet with the Russian leader in Budapest to negotiate peace in Ukraine.

News The Insider October 17, 2025 The Moscow All-Russian Museum of Decorative Arts (VMDI) hosted the “DPRK Art Exhibition. A country of great people." The Insider's correspondent visited the exhibition and studied the reviews of visitors that they left in special books. The emotions of Russians turned out to be mostly positive - but not because of art as such, but because of the participation of North Korean soldiers in battles in the Kursk region. “Art exhibition of the DPRK.

Французская контрразведка DGSI задержала четырех мужчин, подозреваемых в подготовке убийства основателя правозащитного проекта Gulagu.net Владимира Осечкина, проживающего во Франции. This was reported by Le Parisien and Le Figaro , citing data from the National Prosecutor's Office against Terrorism (PNAT). По информации французских СМИ, задержания прошли 13 октября в парижском регионе и в департаменте Луара-Атлантик. Подозреваемым от 26 до 38 лет, среди них есть граждане Франции и России.

News The Insider October 17, 2025 Photo: RIA Novosti By his decree, Vladimir Putin approved the Concept of State Migration Policy of the Russian Federation for 2026–2030. The document was published on the Kremlin website. Judging by its content, the main goals of Russian migration policy are to establish total control over labor migrants, as well as force their families to leave.

“Art Exhibition of the DPRK: The Country of a Great People.” Photo: The Insider An exhibition of North Korean art titled “The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea: The Country of a Great People” has taken place at Moscow’s All-Russian Museum of Decorative Art. The Insider’s correspondent visited the show and reviewed the comments that visitors left in guestbooks.

A court in Warsaw refused to extradite Ukrainian Vladimir Zhuravlev, suspected of blowing up Nord Stream, to Germany. The Polish agency PAP writes about this. The court also canceled his preventive measure in the form of detention, the agency clarifies. Earlier, in early October, the Polish authorities expressed an unambiguous position on the issue of the possible extradition of Zhuravlev.

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has been aggressively expanding its surveillance arsenal in recent weeks, signing contracts for technology to identify people by their irises and facial features, as well as to track social media activity and physical movements. The Washington Post writes about this with reference to federal spending data. The massive purchase of surveillance technology is linked to ICE's campaign to find and deport illegal immigrants.

In recent years, the European economy has been going through difficult times. Due to several energy crises related to supplies from Russia, EU residents have faced increased inflation, rising refinancing rates and a slowing economy. EU GDP growth was only 1% last year, and before that it was even lower. The European Commission does not expect significant improvements and predicts that in 2025 growth will remain at approximately the same level, and in 2026 it will increase to 1.5%.

A team of archaeologists has solved the mystery of how ancient Polynesians moved massive moai stone statues weighing up to 74 tons over distances of up to 18 km on Easter Island. Scientists have established that the monuments were transported in a vertical position and literally “walked” to their platforms thanks to the special design of the base and the center of gravity shifted forward. The results of the study were published in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

News The Insider October 17, 2025 #Military report In today's summary: In the Kharkov direction, it is announced that the Russian military has seized the Pacific east of Volchansk In the Kupyansk direction there is a “mixing” of the battle formations of the warring parties in Kupyansk In the Pokrovsk direction, Russian troops are expanding the zone of control in the southern and southwestern parts of Pokrovsk ​​In the southern Donetsk direction, the command of the Russian Armed Forces is

The Supreme Court of the Netherlands has finally rejected Russia's appeal in the case of paying former shareholders of the Yukos oil company $50 billion. The court upheld an international arbitration decision, according to which Moscow deliberately bankrupted the company more than 20 years ago in order to seize assets and eliminate its head, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Associated Press writes about this.

Musician Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley, lead guitarist and co-founder of the rock band Kiss, has died at the age of 74. Variety reported this with reference to the musician’s family. According to the artist's representatives, Frehley died surrounded by family at home in Morristown, New Jersey. He died as a result of injuries sustained in a recent fall.

A few days ago, 87-year-old Ramiz Mehdiyev, a man who for many years was part of the inner circle of the country’s ruling family, was detained in Azerbaijan. He was once an assistant to Heydar Aliyev, and then to his son Ilham, who inherited the presidency and dismissed the official in 2019. After his arrest, Mehdiyev, who was placed under house arrest, was charged with preparing a conspiracy to seize power.

The summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska turned out to be a fiasco because, instead of a deal on Ukraine, the American president received from the Russian a lengthy historical lecture about medieval princes, the Financial Times writes, citing sources. Putin rejected the US offer to ease sanctions in exchange for a ceasefire, demanding the complete capitulation of Ukraine and the transfer to Russia of territories not yet captured by it in the Donbass.

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky left the White House after negotiations with US President Donald Trump, spending just under 2.5 hours there. After this, his press conference took place, CNN reports . Zelensky said he received “positive signals” from Trump, but both decided “not to talk” about long-range weapons because the US “does not want escalation.” Also, according to Zelensky, he did not discuss with Trump the attacks on the energy systems of Russia and Ukraine and sanctions.