Russia voiced strong condemnation for the increased Israeli air strikes on Syria, deeming them as "unacceptable." Moscow expressed concerns that these actions could potentially lead to a broader regional conflict stemming from the Israel-Hamas war. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov engaged in a conversation with his Syrian counterpart on Tuesday, during which he underlined Russia s opposition to Israel s airstrikes within Syrian territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on the Russian opposition to "take appropriate steps to change something in their country," during an interview with Sky TG24 on Oct. 4.
Vladimir Putin’s party is facing a battle to win back one of the only regions in Russia it does not control after its candidate for next week’s local election quit following a poll showing he would lose.
In June 1964, amid a massive crisis pregnant with revolutionary possibilities, the Pabloite LSSP entered into Madame Bandaranaike’s Sri Lanka Freedom Party government. This was the first time that a party claiming to be Trotskyist and historically associated with the Fourth International had entered into a bourgeois government.
Prigozhin, 62, spearheaded a mutiny against Russia's top army brass on June 23-24, which President Vladimir Putin said could have tipped Russia into civil war. Others who have opposed Putin or his interests have also died under unclear circumstances or come close to death. Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was flown to Germany in August 2020 for medical treatment after being poisoned in Siberia with what Western experts concluded was the military nerve agent Novichok.