The Supreme Court of Russia overturned the decision of lower authorities, which ordered the former administrator of the WEX crypto exchange Alexey Ivanov (formerly known as Alexey Bilyuchenko) to pay the owners of the online platform 18.2 billion rubles. This was reported by journalist Andrei Zakharov, author of the book “Crypt. How cypherpunks, programmers and crooks shackled Russia with blockchain,” which describes the history of WEX.

The Domodedovo City Court satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office against the former co-owners of Domodedovo Airport Dmitry Kamenshchik and Valery Kogan. They were charged over 3 billion rubles. This was reported in a press release on the department's website. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, Kamenshchik and Kogan did not pay the state “taxes, fees, insurance premiums and fines” by 3 billion rubles.

Donald Trump said that Vladimir Putin should focus on ending the war with Ukraine instead of testing missiles, CNN reports . Thus, the US President commented on reports of the Burevestnik tests, talking with journalists on board his plane during a flight to Asia: “He [Putin] had to end the war. The war, which was supposed to take one week, is already in its fourth year.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has recognized the Ukrainian Ideas for Change and Truth Hounds as “undesirable” organizations. This is reported on the department's website.

By October 2025, a third of Russian regions made payments to recruiters who help send people to war. According to the calculations of “Important Stories”, only 11 entities that disclosed information about such expenses spent at least 2 billion rubles from the regional budget. To find money to reward recruiters, most had to take money from reserve funds.

Norwegian military intelligence confirmed on Monday, October 27, that Russia last week tested a nuclear-powered long-range cruise missile, Burevestnik, writes Reuters. According to Norwegian intelligence services, the launch was carried out from the Arctic archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in the Barents Sea. Russia yesterday announced the successful test of the 9M730 Burevestnik missile (in NATO classification - SSC-X-9 Skyfall), but did not specify the launch location.

Tesla's board of directors has warned shareholders that they could lose Elon Musk as CEO if they don't support his $1 trillion compensation package. This is stated in a letter to shareholders sent on Monday, reports Businness Insider. Tesla Chairman Robin Denholm said Musk is capable of unlocking the full potential of the electric vehicle manufacturer. She added that failure to approve the compensation package could lead to Musk leaving and Tesla losing significant value.

A network of Kremlin “trolls” — paid operators behind pseudonymous accounts on X (formerly Twitter) — has been spotted praising Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and a special representative of Vladimir Putin. The anti-disinformation project Bot Blocker ( @antibot4navalny ), which uncovered the accounts, shared its findings with The Insider . Analysts with the project identified 50 accounts tied together by their coordinated activity around Dmitriev’s posts.

Доступно на русском On Oct. 23, the Russian propaganda outlet Vesti reported on a sensational claim made by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán: “The European Union says it supports Ukraine, but in reality, it is preparing to divide the country, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stated. The politician stressed that Ukraine has long ceased to be a sovereign state and that its fate is in foreign hands.

The sunken Estonia: A graphic reconstruction NATO suspects that Russia is using the wreckage of a sunken ferry — the Estonia , which went to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in 1994 — for espionage purposes. According to officials, the debris is being used as a training site for underwater operations and as a cover for surveillance equipment.

Each year, the number of euthanasia requests in the Netherlands grows by an average of 10%. In 2024, 9,958 people underwent the procedure — 5.8% of all deaths in the country that year. The vast majority were terminally ill patients over the age of 60. The most common diagnoses were cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis. Euthanasia is least often performed on patients under 30.

Twenty Israelis freed by Palestinian militants on October 13 are being discharged from hospitals after receiving initial medical treatment. Almost all of them spent most of these two years in Hamas’s underground tunnels. Ahead lie long months of therapy and rehabilitation. Their first testimonies about captivity are beginning to appear in the media — stories of torture, humiliation, and constant hunger. But not only that.

Rosaviatsia cancels the operator certificate of Angara Airlines to operate commercial flights. The carrier will not be able to carry them out from November 5, according to the department’s Telegram channel. The Federal Air Transport Agency reported that the decision was made “in order to ensure flight safety” based on an unscheduled inspection by Rostransnadzor. No other details are provided. Angara, the largest air carrier in Eastern Siberia, operated flights to 11 destinations.

The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC presented the results of a large-scale international study that showed that artificial intelligence systematically distorts news content - regardless of language, country or platform. The study involved 22 public service broadcasters from 18 countries operating in 14 languages. Professional journalists evaluated over 3,000 responses from ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Perplexity.

Pro-Kremlin Ukrainian commentator Tetiana Montian has been added to the Russian Federal Financial Monitoring Service’s list of “terrorists and extremists,” according to an update to the agency’s registry released on Oct. 27. Montian, who moved from Ukraine to Russia in 2021, worked for the state-controlled propaganda outlet RT and has publicly supported Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.