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Russia, the United States and the European Union (EU) held secret talks on Nagorno-Karabakh just days before Azerbaijan launched a special operation in the region last month. This is reported by the newspaper Politico.

In the Altai Territory, FSB officers prevented an attempted terrorist attack. A man recruited by the Ukrainian special services attempted to blow up the Rubtsovsk city administration building, RIA Novosti reports.

Representatives of the G7, who will agree on the parameters of possible new restrictions on diamonds from Russia, do not object to the purchase of these stones by the Indian lapidary industry.

The winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 were Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausch and Anne L'Huillier "for experimental methods of generating attosecond pulses of light to study the dynamics of electrons in matter."

"Roscosmos has offered the space agency of Brazil, Turkey and South Africa to participate in the Russian orbital Station, the delegations of these countries have expressed interest

The ratification of the Rome Statute of the ICC by the Armenian Parliament is an incorrect decision, questions have arisen to official Yerevan

In 2024, the average pension in Russia will be slightly more than 23.2 thousand rubles per month. This was stated by the head of the Ministry of Finance Anton Siluanov, RIA Novosti writes.

It has become more difficult for Armenian brandy to get to Russia, the Minister of Economy of the Republic Vahan Kerobyan said. The words of the representative of the department cites Aysor.am.

Roskomnadzor plans to issue an order according to which, from March 1, 2024, all VPN services in Russia will be blocked

VKontakte will hold a Fandom Fest that will unite thousands of fans of different directions of pop culture. The festival will be held on November 10-12 at the Moscow festival site — Main Stage.

In the Moscow region, a court sentenced a resident of Kaliningrad and a Chinese citizen to a high-security colony for smuggling 813 kilograms of amber.

From January to September, Russian banks issued 5.4 trillion rubles to customers for the purchase of real estate — the volume of mortgage loans issued was 10 percent higher than in the whole of 2022.

The Energy Forum of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries will be held in the capital of Kazakhstan on October 3-4, the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Aybek Smadiyarov said.

The date of Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Kyrgyzstan has been determined, preparations are underway, his press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the head of North Ossetia Sergey Menyailo on Monday, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov said.