World News and Politics

An Oct. 19 Chartbook newsletter points to a mounting crisis in Indonesia, but its brief public preview gives few details on the developments involved.

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• October 21, 2026

The Wall Street Journal reports Trump and Musk spoke after Starshield restrictions became public; sources differ on whether they spoke beforehand.

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• October 21, 2026

Zelensky says the US is holding up NATO-funded Patriot and AIM-9X deliveries to Ukraine. The White House has not publicly explained the alleged delay.

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• October 20, 2026

AKIT asked Russia’s prime minister for emergency rules during state-system outages and temporary permission to store personal data in friendly countries.

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• October 20, 2026

Reuters reports Trump envoy Steve Witkoff plans to join Zelensky and European partners in Oslo, then travel to Russia to meet Putin.

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• October 20, 2026

Anton Siluanov is set to become a deputy prime minister for finance as Irina Okladnikova takes over the cabinet apparatus amid fiscal pressures.

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• October 20, 2026

Trump says he would meet Putin and Xi to discuss nuclear weapons. A reported Russian proposal focused on Ukraine, but Trump described a different agenda.

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• October 20, 2026

Workers and sellers describe how strikes on Wildberries and Ozon warehouses disrupted jobs, deliveries and businesses across Russia.

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• October 19, 2026

English teacher Elmira Drau tells Meduza how she left Russia for Yerevan in 2022 with little money, no remote jobs and a cat to support.

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• October 19, 2026

A Meduza book chapter recounts how 12-year-old Veronika was separated from her mother after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

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• October 19, 2026