Representatives of the US Democratic Party won the first regional elections that took place since Donald Trump came to power. In addition to Zoran Mamdani, who was elected mayor of New York, Abigail Spanberger in Virginia and Miki Sherrill in New Jersey won the gubernatorial elections, CNN reports . Former CIA employee and ex-congresswoman Spanberger beat Republican Winsome Earl-Sears with 57.5% of the vote to 42.3%.

Gazprombank sold the Mega shopping center chain to the Veles Management management company, the transaction amount is estimated at 300 billion rubles. TASS reports this with reference to a source close to the deal. Earlier today, the press service of Gazprombank reported that the bank transferred management of the Mega shopping center to Veles Management.

PJSC Far Eastern Energy Company (DEC) stopped supplying electricity to the Angara launch complex site in the Amur region. The reason was the debt of the general contractor, the company's press service reported. The contractor's message states: “The restrictions included the construction company’s facilities used by the contractor at the Angara launch complex site.

It is even difficult to comment on the words about the alleged threat to Russia’s sovereignty in our time: it is obvious that no one is interested in the destruction of a state recognized by all and a permanent member of the UN Security Council, and the existence of Ukraine, which has made a choice in favor of the European Union and a pro-Western orientation in general, did not threaten Russia’s independence in any way, although in 2023 Putin called the war in Ukraine “our battle for

In the border Shebekinsky district of the Belgorod region, serviceman Alexei Kostrikin, who escaped from arrest, was detained and is suspected of murder and rape. As Ashes Belgorod reports , the fugitive was detained in the village of Voznesenovka. According to local residents, Kostrikin was trying to buy beer in a store, but at that moment the military approached him. During the arrest, the suspect was wounded - he was shot in the legs.

The fifth son of the ruling monarch, a multimillionaire, and the vice president and deputy prime minister of the UAE, Sheikh Mansour is known not only for his more peaceful passions — football, Arabian horses, and luxury yachts. He is also the patron of one of the most brutal men on the planet: Lieutenant General Mohamed Hamdan ‘Hemedti’ Dagolo, who controls vast territories in western Sudan.

A court in Pskov sentenced the deputy chairman of the Yabloko party, Lev Shlosberg, to 420 hours of compulsory labor in a case of failure to fulfill the duties of a “foreign agent.” RusNews reports this from the courtroom. The Pskov politician is accused in another criminal case - about “discrediting” the Russian army. The verdict has not yet been rendered; the oppositionist faces up to 5 years in prison.

During the years of full-scale war, Ukrainian railways lost almost half of their freight traffic, said Serhiy Leshchenko, deputy head of the supervisory board of Ukrzaliznytsia, in the Verkhovna Rada. According to him, from 2021 to 2025, the volume of transported cargo decreased by 49%, primarily due to the destruction of infrastructure and the loss of industrial regions in the east of the country.

Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Vitaly Korolev as acting governor of the Tver region, TASS reports . Korolev is 45 years old, he was born in Krasnoyarsk. For the last 20 years, he has worked in the Federal Antimonopoly Service, where he first regulated the energy sector, and in 2015 he took the position of deputy head of the department. The official also heads the department of antimonopoly regulation at MGIMO.

These shipments helped the RSF maintain its combat capability — and even stage successful offensives in multiple directions. Within just a few months, Hamdan’s forces seized control of almost all of Darfur. The government army kept only one major stronghold — the city of El Fasher, which had taken in many refugees from RSF-occupied areas. In the spring of 2024, just a year after the war began, this last bastion of government forces was encircled by Hamdan’s troops and placed under siege.

Donald Trump’s visit to Tokyo in late October concluded with the signing of a deal on rare earth metals, a ceremonial joint declaration marking the start of a purported “golden age” in Japanese-American relations.

On Oct. 30, the IAEA reported that Europe’s largest nuclear facility has been pushed to the brink of disaster as a result of the war in Ukraine. Power lines supplying the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant have been destroyed, and Ukrainian officials suspect that Russia plans to connect the ZNPP to its own energy grid. Experts believe that while the plant remains idle, it is relatively safe, but reconnecting it amid active hostilities could pose a serious nuclear safety risk.

Local authorities in the town of Magadan, located in Russia’s Far East, recently issued verbal orders banning schools and libraries from holding events dedicated to victims of Soviet-era political repressions — or even mentioning them online — according to a report by the independent outlet Govorit NeMoskva . The instructions were reportedly circulated in teachers’ and librarians’ chat groups ahead of Oct. 30, the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Political Repressions.

The Russian port of Tuapse on the Black Sea suspended exports of petroleum products, and a local oil refinery owned by Rosneft stopped processing oil after a Ukrainian drone attack on November 2. This was reported by Reuters, citing industry sources and data on vessel traffic. According to the agency, the drone strikes damaged the port infrastructure and caused a fire. Regional authorities confirmed the fire.

Brussels airport was closed on the evening of November 4 after reports of unknown drones. According to The Guardian, the airport in the Belgian capital was closed all night and dozens of flights were cancelled. In addition, drones were seen in the area of ​​the Kleine Brogel and Florenes military air bases, as well as the airport in Liege, whose operation was also disrupted.