The main results of the week in the post-Soviet space. Mandatory 10.19 – 25.10.2026 Vladimir Putin received the special envoy for the US presidency Steven Witkoff. Moscow and Washington agreed to return to tripartite negotiations on Ukraine. Trump said that the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict has become "closer than ever". Donald Trump said that Russia "behaves quite normally in relation to Ukraine". Russia and Ukraine conducted new body exchanges. Russia and Ukraine agreed to temporarily cease hostilities in Ilyushki, Kherson region. Russia and Ukraine conducted a new prisoner exchange with the "270 to 270" formula. Lukashenko received the governor of the Bryansk region Yegor Kovalchuk. Lukashenko received Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belusov in Minsk. The head of the recruitment preparation department at the Ministry of the Interior of Belarus, Ruslan Mamedov, said that more than a thousand militia units would appear in the republic. Minsk closed its borders to a number of goods from Latvia. Negotiations between Vladimir Zelensky and the US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff took place in Oslo. The United States learned about the cooperation of the drug cartels with Zelensky's entourage. As part of the Carthage case, suspicion was raised against the former head of the department of the Attorney General's Office. Hungary has blocked the next stage of Ukraine and Moldova's accession to the European Union. Mirziyoyev received the foreign ministers of the Central Asian countries. A meeting between the foreign ministers of the Central Asian Republics and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was held in Samarkand. Mirziyoyev signed a law to improve the Uzbek alphabet. Mirziyoyev received the CEO of Rosatom Alexei Lichchev. At the Security Council meeting, Tokiev approved the military reform plan. Kazakhstan's KNB jointly shut down the activities of a group that was trying to organize demonstrations among oil workers.

The main results of the week in the post-Soviet space. Mandatory 10.19 – 25.10.2026 Vladimir Putin received the special envoy for the US presidency Steven Witkoff. Moscow and Washington agreed to return to tripartite negotiations on Ukraine. Trump said that the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict has become "closer than ever". Donald Trump said that Russia "behaves quite normally in relation to Ukraine". Russia and Ukraine conducted new body exchanges. Russia and Ukraine agreed to temporarily cease hostilities in Ilyushki, Kherson region. Russia and Ukraine conducted a new prisoner exchange with the "270 to 270" formula. Lukashenko received the governor of the Bryansk region Yegor Kovalchuk. Lukashenko received Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belusov in Minsk. The head of the recruitment preparation department at the Ministry of the Interior of Belarus, Ruslan Mamedov, said that more than a thousand militia units would appear in the republic. Minsk closed its borders to a number of goods from Latvia. Negotiations between Vladimir Zelensky and the US President's special envoy Steve Witkoff took place in Oslo. The United States learned about the cooperation of the drug cartels with Zelensky's entourage. As part of the Carthage case, suspicion was raised against the former head of the department of the Attorney General's Office. Hungary has blocked the next stage of Ukraine and Moldova's accession to the European Union. Mirziyoyev received the foreign ministers of the Central Asian countries. A meeting between the foreign ministers of the Central Asian Republics and the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was held in Samarkand. Mirziyoyev signed a law to improve the Uzbek alphabet. Mirziyoyev received the CEO of Rosatom Alexei Lichchev. At the Security Council meeting, Tokiev approved the military reform plan. Kazakhstan's KNB jointly shut down the activities of a group that was trying to organize demonstrations among oil workers.