On November 21, the Ukrainian authorities celebrated Dignity and Freedom Day. It was on this day in 2013 that the first protesters against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's refusal to sign the Association Agreement with the EU took to the square in the center of Kiev.

On November 23, the Russian military struck such a massive blow that Ukraine was literally plunged into darkness. Moldova and Transnistria also lost electricity, which means that even in the face of a shortage, official Kiev is making money on electricity exports

Last Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Novo-Ogaryovo with the mothers of combatants in Ukraine. The event was timed to coincide with Mother's Day, which is celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of November. At this meeting, the President of the Russian Federation made several important political points.

Representatives of the clergy who have a fellow feeling for Russia have become targets for Ukrainian nationalists and the law enforcement agencies under their control, said a member of the People's Council of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR,) Vladislav Berdichevsky, commenting on the kidnapping of Andrei Pavlenko, rector of the St. Tikhvin Cathedral in Lysychansk.

The satisfaction of citizens with medical care noticeably increased in 2022. Today this indicator is almost 42%, while a year earlier it was 1.5 times lower (25.8%). This is evidenced by the data of an all-Russian sociological study conducted by the Social Mechanics Center.

The Government of the Russian Federation has allocated 9.4 billion rubles ($154.76 mln) for creation of eight eco-industrial parks in the regions by 2024. Such resolution was signed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on October 31.

As reported by the media, in 2022, imports from China to Russia of special equipment, including excavators, trucks and tires, increased significantly but the volume of purchases of smartphones and computers decreased, according the data provided by China.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that he might consider annexing Crimea to Ukraine “in a non-military way” but even the West does not believe this. “If someone offers us a way that will help return Crimea to the country in a non-military way, then I will be only for it. If a possible solution does not involve all Russian military personnel leaving the territory of Crimea, then there is no time to waste,” the Ukrainian leader said in an interview with the American newspaper Financial Times.

The year-end GDP decline is expected be about 3%, said the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin at a meeting on economic issues. The worst-case scenario, voiced by some experts in the first half of the year did not come true, and no double-digit production decline is expected.

On November 20, the 95th anniversary of the birth of Mikhail Ulyanov, theater and movie actor and art director of the Vakhtangov Theater (1987-2007) was marked.

Valentin Krasnogorov is one of the few playwrights who wrote a lot both in the Soviet years and continues to work actively today. His plays are very different in genre, subject matter, and the number of characters in them.

Everyone can form a full and objective opinion about this or that “servant of the people” by studying his or her biography and career in detail on the Web in the current era of general informatization. Some can draw the necessary conclusions by personally observing the work of “effective managers.”

Despite the Health Care national project being implemented since 2019, the headlines are full of the information about violations in this sector. Violations in the implementation of the Health Care national project were revealed, in particular, in Kalmykia.

The name of the director Eldar Ryazanov is embedded in the treasury of Soviet and Russian cinema. He is rightfully considered a classic of national cinematography. The work of Eldar Ryazanov can be compared to such a giant of Italian cinematography as Federico Fellini.

Midterm elections to the House of Representatives, the Senate and state governors are being held in the U.S. The votes are still being counted, the Democrats and Republicans are neck and neck, and every mandate is counted, so it is not known to the end what the final score will be.