The 235th Garrison Military Court in Moscow remanded the head of the logistics and training base directorate of the Main Directorate for Combat Training of the Russian Armed Forces, Major General Sergei Nikitushkin, in custody. The motion from the Main Military Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia was considered on the evening of September 30; the defense requested a more lenient measure, while investigators have not yet disclosed the exact charges.

#Arrests #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #Moscow #ParkPatriot

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In Saratov Oblast, starting November 1, the one-time payment to families of fallen servicemen will be cut by 10 times — from 1 million to 100,000 rubles. At the same time, the authorities have limited the deadline for applying for the money and set a payment of 450,000 rubles for prisoners who sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense.

#WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #Funeralpayments #RegionsoftheRussianFederation #SaratovOblast

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The RPTC denied reports from Telegram channels that Russian troops may have lost part of Dmitry Donskoy’s relics during a withdrawal in the Lyman area of Donetsk Oblast. Vakhtang Kipshidze, deputy head of the synodal department of the RPTC, called these reports fabricated and suggested an anti-church motive.

#Zenvironment #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #DmitryDonskoi #Donbass #Liman #ROC

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Problems with transporting agricultural products via the Black Sea have so far not led to a food crisis on the scale of spring 2022, but they have already caused the fastest price increase since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Bloomberg Agriculture Spot Index rose by 13.1% in Q3 and reached its highest level since Q1 2022, when it gained 19.5%.

#bloomberg #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #graindeal #acrisis #UN #food #statistics #Turkey #BlackSeaFleet

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Russia’s Defense Ministry said it struck the HOSTING-UA data center and the port of Chornomorsk in Odesa on the night of October 1. Ukrainian authorities reported casualties in Odesa, Kyiv, and Rivne region, as well as deaths and destruction in several other regions.

#uav #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #StateEmergencyServiceofUkraine #MinistryofDefenseoftheRussianFederation #Odessa #StrikesagainstUkraine

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According to Alfa-Bank analysts, in 2027 non-interest, non-defense spending of Russia’s federal budget will fall to about 9% of GDP — the lowest level since 2005. At the same time, spending under the «national defense» item will rise to 35% of all expenditures, while key civilian sectors face cuts.

#AlfaBank #BudgetoftheRussianFederation #WarinUkraine #publicdebt #Russia #finance #Economy

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In St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Omsk, local authorities and management companies have begun collecting money from residents and businesses to equip shelters and bomb shelters in the basements of buildings. In Yekaterinburg, the targeted payment for residents of one district will amount to 841 rubles per person, and in Omsk, parents of kindergarten pupils are being asked to contribute 200 rubles for benches and a water supply.

#bombshelters #WarinUkraine #Yekaterinburg #Housingandutilities #Omsk #StPetersburg #StrikesagainstRussia

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Russian forces attacked Ukraine’s energy sector on September 30 with drones carrying a special warhead that, according to Ukrainian presidential adviser and military technology expert Serhii Flash, was developed to destroy high-voltage pylons and metal bridge structures. According to the authorities, the strikes hit major power lines near Kyiv and energy facilities in the Chernihiv and Zhytomyr regions, after which emergency blackouts were introduced in several regions.

#uav #WarinUkraine #DTEK #StrikesagainstUkraine #Ukraine #powerengineering

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that at the moment there is no immediate threat to the alliance’s territory from Russia. According to him, NATO is much stronger than Russia and Moscow will not be able to defeat the alliance in the event of a military confrontation.

#Thepossibilityofamajorwar #WarinUkraine #EuropeandRussia #MarkRutte #NATO

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The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said at a briefing that European factories producing weapons for Ukraine are considered by Russia to be potential military targets. She also said that discussing a trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine, and the US now makes no sense.

#Thepossibilityofamajorwar #WarinUkraine #MariaZakharova #RFMFA #PomoshUkraine #RussiaandEurope

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The CEC completed the distribution of seats in the State Duma of the ninth convocation after more than 50 candidates from United Russia declined parliamentary seats. The party won 349 of 450 seats, and 46 people associated with the war against Ukraine entered the new convocation.

#WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #Elections2026 #TheStateDuma #UnitedRussia #CommunistParty #LDPR #OkkupaciaUkrainy #cyc

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At a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev again called for freezing hostilities in Ukraine in order to move to negotiations. He also called Vladimir Putin «the most acceptable political figure» for Europe and the world.

#VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #Germany #Kazakhstan #KassymJomartTokayev #Russia #FriedrichMerz

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In the fall, amid rumors of a new mobilization, the number of requests to human rights projects helping people leave Russia increased by one and a half times compared with spring, The Bell reported. At the same time, interest in moving and actual departures remain noticeably below the 2022 peak.

#Armenia #WarinUkraine #Georgia #Gothroughtheforest #Kazakhstan #ark #mobilization #Russia #Serbia

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The Veliky Ustyug District Court of the Vologda region found two men and a woman guilty of fraud against a participant in the special military operation and sentenced them to 3 to 4 years in a general-regime penal colony. According to the prosecutor’s office, they stole more than 1.3 million rubles from the victim.

#WarinUkraine #VologdaOblast #crime #Russia #SVOshniks

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Russia-controlled authorities in Crimea allocated money for the restoration of residential buildings and compensation to residents after several attacks by Ukrainian drones. In the Council of Ministers’ decrees, the attacks themselves are not named: the consequences were classified as «man-made emergencies», and in the case of Feodosia the cause of the damage was listed as «an explosion of an explosive object».

#uav #WarinUkraine #Crimea #OccupationofUkraine #Russia #StrikesagainstRussia #Ukraine

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Spending on the «national defense» item in the 2027 budget draft will rise to 17.1 trillion rubles, which is 32.2% higher than the current level. For 2028, 16.6 trillion rubles are allocated for this item versus 13 trillion.

#BudgetoftheRussianFederation #WarinUkraine #militaryindustrialcomplex #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #MinistryofFinanceoftheRussianFederation #MinistryofEconomicDevelopmentoftheRussianFederation #finance #Economy

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While ordinary Russians are being denied the opportunity to obtain visas to the EU, sanctions are being lifted from two emblematic figures of Putin’s Russia. The negative consequences of this decision are clear. But are there any positive ones? 

#AlisherUsmanov #Analytics #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #doublestandards #EuropeanUnion #compromises #Luxembourg #MikhailFridman #oligarchs #sanctions #France #elites

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The FSB accused the United Kingdom of creating a «controlled political project» involving Russian emigrants who support Ukraine, and said that their fates are «sealed». In the same statement, the security service said it had opened a case against Russian citizen Ksenia Maksimova, who lives in Britain.

#AntiWarCommitteeofRussia #UnitedKingdom #WarinUkraine #Russianemigration #FBK #FSB

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Former commander of the «Center» and «North» troop groupings, Colonel General Rustam Lapin, will become the deputy prime minister of Tatarstan. The head of the republic, Rustam Minnikhanov, said that Lapin will head a new government unit on support for participants in the «SVO».

#WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #Russia #tatarstan

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The administration of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung demanded an apology from Ukraine after Kyiv publicly said it had handed Seoul two prisoners of war from the DPRK, that is, North Korea. In Seoul, they said this undermined trust between the countries and could damage bilateral relations.

#VladimirZelensky #WarinUkraine #odd #UN #policy #Ukraine #Southside

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