Putin pardoned the blogger Larchek. The Kremlin clarified that the decision was made for humanitarian reasons, despite "the very great economic damage to the country". Valeria Cheklina has already received a foreign passport; She is looking forward to going to China for cancer treatment.
A trilateral summit of Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump will take place in Shenzhen on November 19, the White House reported and the Kremlin confirmed.
Zelensky spoke about the American proposal to consider "trading" the remaining part of Donbass to NATO membership. The State Duma stated that Ukraine's entry into the alliance contradicts the goals of the Northern Military District.
The president of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and business ombudsman, Alexander Shukhin, admitted that Russian companies will start cutting staff next year. The State Duma rejected the forecast and declared confidence in the head of the central bank.