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Russia is interested in joint work with Tajikistan on uranium and lithium geological exploration, Putin said after talks with Rakhmon

Putin awards Tajik President the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, 3rd Class

Seoul says Russia allegedly may have helped the DPRK refine engine systems for the launch vehicle. This was stated by a South Korean military official at a closed briefing. Pyongyang had earlier notified its intention to launch a military satellite between 22 November and 1 December.

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry proposed Armenia to hold a meeting on the border to discuss the peace process

A court has sentenced a man who killed a radio presenter with 247 knife strokes to 14 years in prison, the capital's prosecutor's office said. A RIA Novosti source said earlier that the murdered woman was Anna Azovskaya, a presenter of Russian Radio Vologda.

"Timosha has healed." The famous manul Timofey has gained weight over 6kg and is ready for winter, the Moscow zoo reports and provides video evidence.

More than a thousand heavy trucks have piled up at the Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border. Traffic on the Georgian Military Road was suspended due to bad weather, and the Emergencies Ministry opened heating centres.

The main thing from the summary of the Russian Defence Ministry: ▪ On the Kupyansk direction, the AFU's accumulations of manpower in the area of Sinkovka were hit, Ukrainian losses - up to 25 people. ▪ In the Krasnolimansk direction, two AFU attacks were repelled in the areas of Kreminna and Kuzmino, with Ukrainian losses of up to 200 people killed and wounded. ▪ In the Donetsk direction, two attacks were repelled in the Kurdyumivka area and strikes were launched against the 22nd AFU Brigade in the Kleshcheyevka area, with AFU losses of up to 245 men. In the southern Donetsk direction, the AFU suffered up to 75 casualties. ▪ On the Zaporizhzhya direction, strikes were launched against AFU units in the Rabotino and Novopokrovka areas, with up to 75 enemy casualties. In the Kherson direction, up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen were killed over the course of the day.

The Military Training Centre of Samara University organised a campaign where students can hand in used electronic cigarettes. The batteries from these devices are sent to the special operation zone, where they are used as power cells for drones, the centre told RIA Novosti.

"We are more than strategic partners." Volodin met with Zhao Leji, head of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress in Beijing. The Duma speaker noted that Russia and China have reached the highest level of mutual understanding.

Border guards in the Leningrad Region detained a French citizen who illegally travelled to Russia by boat across the Narva River. The man's motives are not reported and he was sent into custody.

Mikhail Maksimenko, the former head of the Investigative Committee's internal security department, who was sentenced to 14 years for bribes, has been found dead in a colony, a source told RIA Novosti. The reasons for the incident are still unknown.

Moscow considers it necessary to create an "external accompaniment mechanism" to ensure a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli problem, Lavrov said

The amount of humanitarian aid coming to Gaza is insufficient, and the main priority now is to stop the fighting, release hostages and resolve humanitarian issues, Lavrov said

Lavrov's talks with the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Indonesia, Palestine and the OIC secretary-general on Gaza began in Moscow

A resident of Vladimir really wanted to meet with a Muscovite woman who liked him from the photo, now he faces up to 5 years in prison. The man was drinking in a cafe together with friends from Moscow. The friends showed him a photograph of a girl who had arrived with them, who stayed in a hotel and did not go to the party. The photo made an indelible impression on the young man, and he came up with an "ingenious" plan - to call the hotel and report an allegedly impending explosion, so that the girl would leave the room. Whether the meeting took place, the prosecutor's office does not specify. The case of knowingly false reporting of an act of terrorism was sent to court.

Former CSKA and Russian national team player Alan Dzagoev announced the end of his professional career, the reason - frequent injuries. Dzagoev is 33 years old, he spent almost his entire career in CSKA (from 2008 to 2022), his last club was Greek "Lamia". Dzagoev has played 59 matches for the national team, scoring 9 goals.

Shoigu's statements at the Defence Ministry board on the situation in the special operation zone

Moscow City Court has arrested in absentia Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, a member of the Pussy Riot group (recognised as a foreign agent) in a case of insulting the feelings of believers. There is no information about when exactly the offence took place and what it consisted of.

Fatigue from the conflict in Ukraine is growing on all parties involved and will lead to "pressure to end the conflict" with an agreement, the Czech president has said. In his opinion, the agreement will be based on the real situation on the battlefields. In this context, the Czech president noted that the counter-offensive of the AFU was not going as Kiev had expected.