The new interim Syrian constitution reduces the number of members in the country’s unicameral parliament from the Assad-era 250 down to 210. Ahmed al-Sharaa has been given the right to appoint 70 lawmakers of his choosing, and according to the temporary rules for forming parliament, these people are to be selected based on professionalism rather than personal loyalty to the president. The remaining 140 seats are allocated through a vote conducted via an electoral college system.

In late October, the Kursk Garrison Military Court sentenced 31-year-old serviceman Ramazan Gadzhimuradov to nine years in a general-security penal colony and a three-year driving ban over a car accident in central Belgorod. In February 2025, Gadzhimuradov, who was intoxicated and had no driver’s license, crashed at high speed into an ambulance. Two paramedics — Marina Parovyshnik and Olga Liubimova — were killed.

The US Treasury Department has authorized transactions with Rosneft subsidiaries in Germany until April 29 next year. This is stated in the license published by the department. “All transactions involving Rosneft Deutschland GmbH or RN Refining & Marketing GmbH, or any entity in which they hold a share of 50% or more, are permitted until 00:01 Eastern Daylight Time on April 29, 2026,” the document says.

A special chatbot has appeared in Russia to collect complaints about cases of inducement to abortion. It was created by the “Women for Life” foundation, which advocates the introduction of fines for such actions, reports the publication “Verstka”.

A Paris court has ruled to extradite Russian basketball player Daniil Kasatkin, detained in France, to the United States. In the States, he faces up to 25 years in prison on charges of computer fraud. A RIA Novosti correspondent reports this from the courtroom. The chairman of the court said that the decision satisfies the extradition request of the American authorities.

On October 29, 2025, Nvidia made history as the first company in the world whose market value exceeded $5 trillion. This happened against the backdrop of a global boom in neural network technologies.

Almost a fifth of responses from popular chatbots to questions about the war in Ukraine contain links to Russian government sources, including media banned in the EU. This conclusion was reached by researchers from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), who analyzed the work of ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek. Experts tested four chatbots, asking them 300 queries in English, Spanish, French, German and Italian.

The Smolninsky District Court of St. Petersburg imposed new terms of administrative arrest on Diana Loginova, known under the creative pseudonym Naoko, and Alexander Orlov from the Stoptime group. Before that, they had already spent 13 and 12 days under arrest. Naoko was sentenced to 13 days for organizing a mass event. After this, they immediately reviewed the second protocol, under the article of petty hooliganism - allegedly Loginova performed songs with obscene language on Nevsky Prospekt.

The oil tanker Furia, which left the Russian port of Primorsk on October 20, changed its route after the announcement of American sanctions against Lukoil and Rosneft. The ship was initially heading to India, but then changed its destination to Port Said, Egypt. Bloomberg reported this. As the agency notes, on October 20, almost 730 thousand barrels of Urals oil were loaded onto the tanker in the port of Primorsk.

In short, Syria has no democratic tradition to draw on. The new authorities have promised to draft and implement clear rules regarding party formation and political participation in the coming years, but until then, the parliament will have to be formed on a non-party basis. Elections under control The new interim Syrian constitution reduces the number of members in the country’s unicameral parliament from the Assad-era 250 down to 210.

A network of companies in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia has been supplying fuel to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet,” according to an investigation by Lithuania’s national broadcaster LRT , conducted jointly with 15min , Eesti Ekspress, and Nekā personīga .

The Odessa regional prosecutor's office brought charges against the former mayor of Odessa Gennady Trukhanov for official negligence leading to the death of people. As follows from the statement of the prosecutor's office, the head of the city did not ensure timely repairs of sewerage, drainage and drainage systems, which is why the streets of Odessa were regularly flooded.

“The situation is absolutely under control,” Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak calmly repeats in conversations with journalists, assuring that supply and demand in the country are balanced, and problems in certain regions are being resolved manually. In particular, the government completely banned the export of gasoline until the end of the year. Diesel fuel is traditionally produced twice as much as the domestic market needs, so only non-producers are prohibited from exporting it.

United Russia deputy from Khakassia Alexander Pashchenko said that a dissatisfied resident of the region “at the front would be nullified for such words.” The reason for the harsh statement was a discussion about stray dogs, during which the deputy was called a “dummy.” According to Beware News, in a chat in one of the districts of Sayanogorsk, residents discussed the increase in the number of stray dogs. People complained that animals were not caught due to a lack of contractors.

Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told US President Donald Trump during their meeting in Tokyo that a ban on imports of Russian liquefied natural gas "would be difficult." Two Japanese government officials told Reuters on Wednesday, asking not to be identified because the information is not public. The issue of Russian LNG came up during a bilateral meeting of the leaders on Tuesday, with Takaichi asking Trump to be sympathetic to Japan's energy needs.