The main news for the weekend of October 21–22 – Kommersant
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Summit in New Cairo ended agreement of the participants on the issue of delivering aid to the Gaza Strip. The subject of disagreement was the ceasefire and the degree of condemnation of the parties to the conflict. There were people at the summit who wanted to condemn only one side of the conflict. None of the conference participants left.
Russian mixed martial arts fighter Islam Makhachev won Alexandra Volkanovski from Australia at UFC 294 in Abu Dhabi. The fight ended with a knockout in the first round. The 31-year-old Russian defended his UFC lightweight title for the second time.
US President Joe Biden believes One of the reasons for the Hamas attack on Israel is the desire to disrupt the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. According to Joe Biden, the Saudi authorities were ready to recognize Israel.
Refugee camp in the city of Jenin, located near the Al-Ansar mosque, subjected to shelling, Palestinian doctors said. Israel said it struck an underground tunnel that was located under the mosque. The attack occurred in the early morning of October 22. Two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured. As the agency notes, this is at least the second airstrike on the West Bank in recent days.
TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov reported dismissal orientalist Evgeny Satanovsky from the Solovyov Live channel for his statements addressed to the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Bogdanov. On October 17, Yevgeny Satanovsky, in an interview with Israeli journalist Alexander Waldman, criticized the position of the Russian Foreign Ministry in connection with the fighting in Israel. He stated that Maria Zakharova “Israel can’t stand it and doesn’t really hide it,” and called her a “heavy drinking scum.” He called Mikhail Bogdanov “heavily drunk.”
Rabbi Samantha Wall killed in Detroit (USA, Michigan). The Detroit Police Department said the body was found downtown with blood trails leading to the victim’s home. A possible motive for the crime has not been reported. “We are shocked and saddened to learn of the unexpected death of Samantha Wall,” the synagogue said in a statement.
Minister of Sports Oleg Matytsin reportedthat the department is interested in joining Belarusian teams to professional Russian leagues in almost all team sports. To start negotiations, a list of Belarusian clubs that are ready to join the initiative is required.
European Union in the coming days will start consultations on the 12th package of sanctions against Russia, sources told Bloomberg. It may include a ban on Russian diamonds and new measures against circumventing existing restrictions.
In Nikita Efremov’s sneaker store on Petrovka passed search. Law enforcement officers seized 5 thousand pairs of shoes. The director for the protection of legal turnover of the CRPT, Maxim Kurgansky, said that some of the shoes were imported into Russia illegally, and therefore they do not have the “Honest Sign” marking. Afterwards, stores in Moscow and St. Petersburg were closed.
Director of the Consular Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Alexey Klimov reportedthat in the first nine months of 2023, 4.4 thousand people renounced Russian citizenship. At the same time, according to him, more than 15 thousand people received Russian passports abroad.
1966 FIFA World Cup champion with England and former Manchester United captain Sir Bobby Charlton died at the age of 86 years. Since 1983, the footballer has been a member of the board of directors of Manchester United. Bobby Charlton was knighted in 1994.
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