📰 Main news of the past day

🇷🇺🇺🇦 The Kremlin did not rule out a direct conversation between Putin and Zelensky
Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov stated that Vladimir Putin has not refused a direct conversation with Vladimir Zelensky and will respond if the Ukrainian leader calls him. The Kremlin also noted that European countries could take part in negotiations on Ukraine if they change their approach to a settlement.

🇷🇺🇨🇳 Valentina Matviyenko is departing on an official visit to China
The Chairwoman of the Federation Council will lead the Russian parliamentary delegation. On 2 November, meetings with the Chinese leadership are planned in Beijing, and on 3 November the delegation will visit Xi'an; part of the programme will be devoted to Russian-Chinese cooperation in education.

🎾 Diana Shnaider won the WTA 500 tournament in Tokyo
The Russian tennis player defeated Canada's Leylah Fernandez in the final — 6:4, 5:7, 6:2. This is Shnaider's first title of the season and sixth of her career; after the victory she will rise to 11th place in the world ranking.

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👿📉 Russia recorded a notable decline in crime

Between January and September 2026, the number of registered crimes in Russia decreased by 16.3% compared with the same period last year. The apparatus of the Russian Security Council assesses the overall operational situation in the country as stable.

Among the most notable changes:

🤗 crimes committed by foreign citizens fell by 39.5%;
🤗 thefts — by 8.9%;
🤗 fraud — by 23.8%;
🤗 IT crimes — by 31.5%;
🤗 grave and especially grave crimes — by 21.7%;
🤗 juvenile crime — by 2.1%.

A reduction in crimes related to illicit drug trafficking by 40.6% is noted separately.

At the same time, the statistics also show reverse trends: the number of extremist crimes increased by 36.4% (as before, most of them were committed on the Internet), and corruption crimes — by 2.6%.

Thus, the overall level of registered crime in Russia declined across most key categories, although certain areas still require increased attention.

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«Minin's Appeal» — one of the largest historical canvases in Russia

🌟 In 1896, the artist Konstantin Makovsky completed the painting «Minin's Appeal», dedicated to the events of the Time of Troubles. The canvas depicts Kuzma Minin, who calls on the residents of Nizhny Novgorod to donate money and property to create a people's militia and liberate Moscow.

🤎 The dimensions of the painting are impressive — almost 7 metres wide and 6 metres high. Its area is about 41.5 square metres. About twenty years passed from the first sketches to completion, and the artist worked on the canvas itself for approximately six years.

📍 The painting was first shown at the All-Russian Art and Industry Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod. A separate pavilion was even built for it. In 1908 the canvas was donated to the city, and today it can be seen in the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum.

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🪙 The Bank of Russia will issue a silver coin in honour of Speransky

🇷🇺 The Central Bank will put into circulation on 3 November a commemorative two-rouble silver coin dedicated to the statesman and reformer Mikhail Speransky.

ℹ️ Mikhail Speransky was an outstanding Russian statesman and jurist who became a key reformer under Alexander I and Nicholas I. He developed an ambitious plan for liberal transformations, including the introduction of a constitutional monarchy, initiated the creation of the State Council (1810) and carried out the famous codification of laws, creating the «Code of Laws of the Russian Empire».

🥼 The coin is made of 925 sterling silver and contains 15.55 grams of pure precious metal. The reverse side depicts a portrait of Speransky, a book and an inkwell with a quill.

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Artemy's Day — people under the protection of the she-wolf

🐺 On 2 November in Rus they celebrated Artemy's Day, dedicated to Saint Artemius. In the folk calendar this date was connected with wolves, as peasants observed their behaviour, tried to predict the weather by their howling and believed that at this time the animals were especially close to the human world. There was also an unusual belief according to which people born on Artemy's Day are protected by a she-wolf — the "mother of all beasts". It was believed that such people have a special connection with the forest and its inhabitants.

🐺 In Rus the wolf was both feared and respected. He was considered a strong, cunning beast, the master of forest roads, and the she-wolf was associated with maternal care and protection of offspring. Therefore the she-wolf's patronage was perceived as a special amulet, as if forest nature itself was watching over the person born on that day.

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🥹 Sunrise in the mountains of Ossetia

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🧠 Russia Is Creating a “Smart City” Using Artificial Intelligence

In the city of Iskitim in the Novosibirsk Region, the implementation of AI technologies in city management has begun. The city administration and Novosibirsk State University signed an agreement at the 4th “Golden Valley” Science and Industry Forum.

🏙 The Russian “SIGMA” platform will serve as the foundation. It will enable the creation of a digital twin of Iskitim—a virtual model of the city—which can be used to analyze infrastructure performance and assess the consequences of management decisions in advance.

AI is planned to be used for predicting accidents, modeling heating networks, and automatically processing residents’ requests. In total, 23 scenarios for the application of artificial intelligence in state and municipal governance are already being implemented in the Novosibirsk Region.

The project has already moved into the practical phase: phased implementation and testing of the technologies lie ahead. Similar developments by Novosibirsk State University are already being tested in Novosibirsk, the science city of Koltsovo, and the university’s new campus.

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