The agreement on the repair of Soviet-made weapons came into effect this summer. Kabul is now one of the few opportunities for Russia to expand its influence abroad, with Tatarstan serving as a channel for economic and cultural cooperation.
On 25 October, the supreme leader of "All the Russias" convened two groups to address and solve the problems of the entire world. The first meeting brought together military officials and nuclear weapons specialists. After this, he joined religious leaders, who had patiently waited for him in the most solemn halls of the Kremlin.
Representatives of parliamentary assemblies from 70 countries of the world gathered in Prague for the 'Crimea Platform'. It is becoming increasingly clear that what began in 2014 is no longer a regional problem, but a conflict whose solution must be found all together. So that it can truly be the beginning of a different world.
In the 'ideological framework' of Putin's upcoming election campaign for re-election as president in 2024, the topic of the family is taking on an even more specific role. Experts at the Moscow Institute for Social Research say: 'This is where the difference between the ethical systems of the West and Russia can be seen. But there are also surveys that show opposite trends.
Today's news: Gaza and Israel conflict displaces at least 20,000 in Lebanon; South Korea rescues four North Korean defectors; Japan's nominal GDP rises from third to fourth place globally; Pakistan announces that it will not expel Afghans awaiting visas from the West; Tombstones of Stalinist victims disappear in Russia.
Today's news: The Philippines summons the Chinese ambassador over clashes in the South China Sea; In Indonesia, President Widodo's son to run as deputy in elections; In South Korea, number of elderly workerforce is increasing; Iranian journalists who covered death of Mahsa Amini sentenced to prison; Tatarstan wants to use child labour to assemble drones.
From the Belt and Road Initiative Forum in Beijing, the Russian president does not seem to have brought home any new concrete agreements, only a reaffirmation of Eurasia's challenge to the West. Beijing has increased trade with Moscow by 30% but still does not recognise the annexation of Crimea and other territories. The current Ukrainian quagmire is the ideal situation for China.
Kirill's appeal to all the heads of the Orthodox Churches against the ban on Russian jurisdiction of Orthodoxy in Ukraine sanctioned by the Kiev parliament has gone unanswered. While the sending of Metropolitan Tikhon to Crimea, the most contested front line, many are wondering whether this is yet another punishment or a possible ecclesiastic and political exaltation.
Today's news: more Israeli air raids on Gaza with dozens of victims, 850 arrests in the West Bank since the beginning of the war. Tension between India and Canada: starting today, the withdrawal of immunity for dozens of Ottawa diplomats in the Asian country. Drought alarm in Bali. The Kiev parliament approved the suspension of religious organisations linked to the Russian Federation.
Destroyed monuments and defaced gravestones: since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine in the mass burial places of prisoners shot in the Soviet era or in the cemeteries of the concentration camps many symbols have started to be targeted. The cemetery in Levašovo, near St. Petersburg, where many Ukrainian and Polish victims of imprisonment on the Solovki Islands are buried also targeted.
Today's news: Pakistan aims to repatriate all Iranian and Afghan nationals illegally present in its territory; Student shot by Hong Kong police in 2019 protests convicted in court; Japan cuts deficit by more than 75%; In Minsk Lukasenko negotiates with Tehran's top leadership to deliver assault drones; After the arrest of the first three, Aleksej Naval'nyj's fourth lawyer, Aleksandr Fedulov, leaves Russia.
The admission by Aksenov, who since the beginning of the conflict had always declared that war with Ukraine was far away, urged Russian tourists not to give up their trips to the Black Sea peninsula. Which again became a desert as described by some writers in the years following the Bolshevik revolution.
Today's news: The number of political prisoners in Russia up 15-fold in recent years; Pyongyang's escalation - also nuclear - to regional nation's meeting with the US in Jakarta; India accelerates in space race with the goal of putting an astronaut on the Moon by 2040; Dengue is on the rise in Vietnam.
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