Cover photo: Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of his Security Council members, government and law enforcement heads, at the Novo-Ogarevo state residence, October 30, 2023. SPUTNIK / via Portal
- A Russian oligarch, Alexei Kuzmitchev, who is close to Vladimir Putin, was indicted in Paris on Wednesday in particular on charges of money laundering, serious tax fraud and suspicion of money laundering. He was placed under court supervision and had to pay bail of eight million euros. He is portrayed as a “major shareholder in the Alfa Group conglomerate, which includes Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest taxpayers,” according to the European Union, which added him to the list of those affected by sanctions on March 15. 2022 after Russia invades Ukraine.
- Ukraine suffers the largest Russian attack since the beginning of the year
“In the last twenty-four hours, the enemy bombed 118 locations in ten regions,” Ukraine’s Interior Minister said in a message posted on social networks. “This is the largest number of towns and villages to fall victim to an attack since the beginning of the year. » - For the chief of staff of the Ukrainian army, the war is at a dead end
“Just like in the First World War, we have reached the level of technology that brings us to a dead end,” General Valeri Zaloujny told the weekly British newspaper The Economist. - Josep Borrell ensures that the EU continues to support Ukraine despite the Gaza conflict
Ukraine and its Western allies fear that Russia will step up its attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure before winter, as it did last year. - The United Nations estimates that 8 million people in Ukraine need humanitarian assistance
One of the main challenges for the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) “remains the lack of humanitarian access to parts of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions, which are temporarily under Russian military control.” - The Wagner Group begins recruiting in Russia again
Several Russian media outlets report that the Wagner Group, which has become a unit of the Russian National Guard (Rosgvardia), has resumed its recruitment campaigns in Russia, particularly in Perm and Novosibirsk. The Wagner militia’s recruiting centers were closed after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s uprising. - Bulgaria expels Russian journalists
Alexandre Gatsak of the official Russian daily newspaper Rossiïskaïa Gazeta took refuge in the Russian Embassy premises at the end of September and refused to respond to the authorities’ request for his expulsion. He left Bulgaria permanently on Wednesday, the same source added.
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Read all our articles, analyzes and reports on the war in Ukraine
Editorial. Europe is facing two wars
Investigation. Russian oligarch Alexei Kuzmitchev has been charged with tax fraud and money laundering in France
Decryption. Moscow is looking for migrants to fill the ranks of the army
Reporting. In the Poltava region of Ukraine, young people from Kiev are training for war: “Here they have the right to make mistakes”
Decryption. The Europeans are torn between the Ukrainian and Israeli fronts
Decryption. Why Ukraine’s counteroffensive is failing
Chronic. After the Israel-Hamas war breaks out, Vladimir Putin “rubs his hands”
Analysis. In Ukraine at war is the virtue of democratic debate
Interview. Sofia Andrukhovych, writer: “In Ukraine, death is now an integral part of daily life”
Interview. Dmitri Mouratov, Russian journalist, Nobel Peace Prize winner: “I am foreign agent number 665”
Decryption. Kiev is surprised by the Russian counterattack at Adviivka
Good leaves. How Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel were wrong about Vladimir Putin: Read the excerpts from “The Blind” by Sylvie Kauffmann
Cards. The maps of the war in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2022