Remote profile

An open letter from more than 100 scientists and environmental experts urges Russian lawmakers to revise a bill that ostensibly only streamlines land transfers. They warn it could open nature reserves to gold mining, ski resorts, and other development. https://t.me/novaya_eu_istorii/5234

lol, a Russian court has fined a woman 30k rub for reposting an old announcement from the federal censor about lifting its ban on Telegram (a ban that's now unofficially back in place). Roskomnadzor argues that sharing the old news today could lead to "mass unrest." https://t.me/ostorozhno_novosti/56279

One theory about today's searches at Ukraine’s central bank: Governor Andriy Pyshny maybe turned a blind eye while a purported fixer for the president’s office secretly ran state-owned Sense Bank. A lawmaker has accused Pyshny of lying to parliament about what regulators knew. https://t.me/stranaua/252311

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar on his opposition to accelerated EU membership for Ukraine, saying he doesn't think a country at war can join: “It undermines the credibility of the European Union if you put some (prospective) member countries on a fast track." https://apnews.com/article/hungary-magyar-interview-orban-accountability-migration-ukraine-d55d79e603b3d7d03157531bc4ba9dd3

Tightening sanctions does aid Ukraine, which of course has merit, but it's somewhat baffling to me that it's still being billed as a means to "end" the war, as though the U.S. has that economic power over Russia.

European Parliament Vice President Pina Picierno has announced a hunger strike to draw attention to Russian-occupied Oleshky, where civilians are trapped without adequate food or medical care. She's demanding a humanitarian ceasefire and safe evacuations.

Russia’s anti-abortion group Women for Life got over 37M rubles in grants & subsidies in 2024–25, DW reports, & backs anti-abortion prayer services. Its leader, Natalya Moskvitina, entered parliament in Sept & wants a nationwide ban on “encouraging” abortions.

https://www.dw.com/ru/antiabortnica-moskvitina-polucaet-vse-bolse-deneg-i-vlasti/a-79707556

The group sends activists posing as pregnant women to check if doctors discourage abortions. It also backs an online AI series where an embryo tells its mother it loves her. 👀 At one clinic, Moskvitina tore down a contraception PSA and a health official accompanying her then stomped on it.

Omsk region lawmakers take up a bill banning retail sales of vapes and their liquids for five years, starting in March 2027. It would also double the minimum floor space for shops selling tobacco & nicotine products to 10 sq meters in 2028. The bill still needs two readings. https://t.me/gorod55ru/23334

Three people were reportedly killed when a Ukrainian drone struck a funeral-service vehicle near Pervomaisk in the occupied Luhansk region, according to local head Leonid Pasechnik. https://t.me/readovkanews/116318

Yabloko says its Omsk leader, Tatyana Schneider, faces an Oct. 21 court hearing over alleged hate speech on VK from 2011. She denies writing it, says her account has been hacked repeatedly, and accuses prosecutors of preventing her from fully reviewing the case materials. https://t.me/ostorozhno_novosti/56237

A week after Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv considers ⁠the matter "closed," South Korea says it will withdraw more embassy staff after Ukraine failed to address its objections to Zelensky's disclosure that two captured North Korean soldiers had been transferred to Seoul. https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/south-korea-withdraw-more-embassy-staff-ukraine-after-pow-dispute-2026-10-20/

American liberals shift with remarkable ease from criticism of the U.S. bombing of Iran to outrage that Moscow has given Tehran a fraction of the military aid Washington has sent to Kyiv.

"Broken glass! Don't walk your dogs here!" signs spotted in St. Petersburg’s Vasilyevsky Island, where witnesses reported a hospital roof fire, & officials say one person died & 12 apartment buildings were damaged citywide in Ukrainian drone strikes on Oct. 18. https://t.me/ostorozhno_novosti/56235

if I see one more headline about the AI apocalypse, I'm going to vibecode Skynet myself TONIGHT

Trump says he's open to a three-way meeting with Putin and Xi to discuss nuclear weapons and denuclearization (not the "Yalta 2.0" to talk about Ukraine, as described in the media). The Kremlin says it could take place at an Asia-Pacific economic summit in China next month. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-he-is-open-joining-trilateral-meeting-with-xi-putin-2026-10-19/

times are bad, my fellow americans, but we used to have slavery. we used to be under british invasion (not the good kind). we used to wear ridiculous pants that couldn't hold keys or a plus-sized cell phone. don't force me to vibecode an app proving you all wrong.