An exception will be made for the United Group of Forces fighting in Ukraine They want to postpone the payment of December pay to Russian military personnel not participating in the SVO to January for the first time in at least 18 years; Vorstka drew attention to the corresponding draft order of the Ministry of Defense.

Clients of a private company receive priority slots at consulates, but Russians have to wait months for a free queue Russians abroad have to wait months for an opportunity to get into Russian consulates. But for those who are willing to pay, there is a way to reduce the waiting time - contact the private company Consul Prime. By agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she offers assistance in completing documents and obtaining priority place in the queue.

Human rights activists point out that the current regulations require the presentation of a document only if it is available The absence of a military ID for an applicant of military age may become grounds for refusal to accept documents for a foreign passport, TASS reports with reference to materials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The first batches are small, but Yerevan expects to expand exports and product range Armenia began exporting fruits and berries to Oman amid restrictions on the supply of agricultural products to Russia. From July to September, apricots, cherries, peaches, nectarines and strawberries were sent there, said Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. According to him, the deliveries were still of a trial nature, and the batches were small.

In 2025, the court recognized Denis Shtengelov and his father as an “extremist association” A top manager associated with former Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev has been appointed to manage the KDV food holding, which the state seized from billionaire Denis Shtengelov in October 2025, Vorstka discovered.

The investigation uses VPN and disappearing messages as an argument in favor of detention The use of VPNs and disappearing messages in instant messengers began to be cited as an argument in justifying requests for detention. Member of the Russian Presidential Council for the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights Eva Merkacheva told Fontanka about this. According to Merkacheva, the investigation sees signs of conspiracy in the use of these technologies.

The business partner of Alexey Dyumin’s brother may be behind the project Residents of the residential building closest to the Kremlin are in panic - an unknown company has initiated a state examination to convince the authorities to remove the status of a monument from their housing. In this case, the house on the Kremlin embankment may be considered unsafe and demolished. They just did a similar thing with two historic houses immediately opposite.

The count continues amid reports of Russian interference in the election campaign via social media. In Israel, vote counting continues for the parliamentary elections held on October 27. According to interim data from the Central Election Commission, after processing 85.2% of the votes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc receives 53 seats in the Knesset - less than the 61 seats required for a majority.

In the Tula and Lipetsk regions, one person was injured each On the night of October 28, drones attacked Novomoskovsk, Tula region. A fire started at the Azot chemical plant, Astra and Ukrainian monitoring channels reported. The governor of the Tula region, Dmitry Milyaev, confirmed a massive attack on the region. According to him, due to the “fall of UAV debris” in Novomoskovsk, an apartment building, private houses and infrastructure in the adjacent industrial zone were damaged .

The telecom operator showed the most widespread failures during yesterday's shutdown in Moscow Megafon turned out to be the leader among the largest mobile operators in terms of the number of shutdowns in Russia, according to data from the Amnezia Pulse project, which monitors Internet availability, which Vorstka reviewed. In order not to miss new texts from “Layout”, subscribe to our telegram channel The measurements were carried out in May, September and October of this year.

From October 27 to 29, the capital will host a forum of gas exporting countries and the Russia-Africa summit. In the center of Moscow on October 27, a regime of limited access to mobile Internet began to operate . Until October 29, communications within the Third Transport Ring may be limited during the summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum and the Russia-Africa summit. The measures are related to ensuring the safety of event participants, the Ministry of Digital Development reported.

They discussed the end of the war with the Russian president and conveyed messages from Kyiv to him On October 27, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre had a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They discussed the war in Ukraine and the upcoming negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi, the office of the Norwegian Prime Minister said. The call was initiated by Stubb and Støre, who were in Helsinki.

The former pro-government blogger said in court that he exercised his constitutional right to criticize On October 27, the Primorsky District Court of St. Petersburg began considering the criminal case of blogger and lawyer Ilya Remesla on the dissemination of so-called fakes about the Russian army. The reason for the persecution was a post in which a former supporter of the Russian authorities explained why he stopped supporting President Vladimir Putin. Craft has pleaded not guilty.

Ukrainian volunteers reported 200 requests for evacuation In the area of ​​Aleshki occupied by Russian troops in the Kherson region, a ceasefire regime began to operate on October 27. It is necessary to prepare a humanitarian operation: they plan to deliver food and medicine to the city, and help residents who wish to evacuate. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced a ceasefire in the Kherson direction from 4:00 Moscow time.

Granulated sugar increased in price the most - by almost 15% A number of food products, as well as food in fast food establishments, rose to a record price during the fuel crisis in May-September compared to similar periods in the previous eight years. This is evidenced by Rosstat data, which was analyzed by Vorstka. In particular, the increase in prices for turkey meat, some types of fish, honey and granulated sugar has become a record since 2018.