Three Russians have been arrested in New York for shipping electronic components to Russia in violation of U.S. sanctions, American officials said on October 31.
Russian citizen Mansur Movlayev, an outspoken critic of Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov,who was sentenced in Kyrgyzstan earlier in October to six months in prison for illegal border-crossing, says he has been tortured in a detention center in Bishkek.
Montenegro's new government has finally taken power after ensuring the backing of an anti-Western alliance which has called for closer ties with the Kremlin. But Ursula von der Leyen said the country is still a frontrunner among the candidates for the EU membership.