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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In 2027, Russia’s federal budget spending on servicing public debt will rise to 4.6 trillion rubles, or 9.4% of all expenditures, according to materials for the budget draft reviewed by Reuters. That is 670 billion rubles more than allocated for the current year, and almost as much as is planned for the entire «national economy».

#AntonSiluanov #VladimirPutin #publicdebt #MinistryofFinanceoftheRussianFederation #Russia

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Vladimir Putin signed a decree that restricts the export of cash rubles from Russia: citizens can no longer take out more than 1 million rubles to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), as well as to Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. For legal entities and individual entrepreneurs, the ban applies regardless of the amount, and the decree takes effect on September 29.

#VladimirPutin #eez #Russia #finance #Economy

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The German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that CIA Director John Ratcliffe unexpectedly arrived in Moscow at the end of August and delivered a grim warning to the Russian leadership about the state of the economy. According to the publication, he argued to the Kremlin that Russia would not be able to win the war in Ukraine economically and risked repeating the collapse of the USSR because of military spending.

#JohnRatcliffe #Moscow #Russia #Ukraine #FrankfurterAllgemeineZeitung #cia

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В книге «Эта проклятая прекрасная земля» (This Cursed Beautiful Land), которая поступила в продажу 29 сентября, корреспондент The Wall Street Journal Эван Гершкович рассказал о разговоре со следователем ФСБ Дмитрием Сапунковым. По его словам, следователь сказал, что если бы у следствия не было достаточных доказательств, его бы «просто отравили».

#TheWallStreetJournal #Yekaterinburg #Russia #FSB #cia #EvanGershkovich #Poisons

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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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The «Dodo Pizza» chain reported a hacking attack on its IT systems and the theft of part of customers’ data. According to the company, the incident was recorded on September 27–28; information about bank cards, it is claimed, was not affected.

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Vladimir Putin signed a decree increasing the authorized strength of Russia’s armed forces by 15,500 people. This is the president’s fourth such decision since the start of the year.

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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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Vladimir Putin signed a decree on September 28 that restricts public access to detailed information about Russia’s fuel and energy complex. The ban covers information about buyers and sellers of energy resources, export prices, carriers and insurers, vessels, supply routes, terminals and the timing of export operations, as well as data on refinery operations and exchange plans for selling gasoline and diesel.

#VladimirPutin #Russia #fuelandenergycomplex #FAS #fns #energyexports

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The number of people killed in the fire at a firecracker production facility in Yaroslavl Oblast has risen to 10. As a result of the incident, 11 people were injured, the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations said in a press release.

#MES #Incidents #Russia #YaroslavlOblast

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The Supreme Court of Komi on September 16 sentenced philosopher Nikolai Zyuzev to seven years in a high-security penal colony and another year of restricted freedom under the article on state treason. According to T-invariant, the case is linked to his online university project for Finno-Ugric youth and an initiative on education for the indigenous peoples of Russia.

#treason #Komi #Indigenouspeoples #NikolayZyuzev #repressions #Russia #FSB

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In August 2026, for the first time since 2020, apartment rents fell in Russian million-plus cities, CIAN lead analyst Elena Bobrovskaya told Kommersant. One-bedroom apartments in the 16 largest cities became cheaper by an average of 3% year on year, and two-bedroom apartments — by 6%.

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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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On September 28, Vladimir Putin signed a decree that restricted access to information about the fuel and energy sector. It is now forbidden to distribute this information through the media and the internet, except for data that companies disclose themselves about their activities.

#VladimirPutin #oil #oilrefinery #Russia #Rosstat #sanctions #fuelcrisis

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Hungarian OTP Bank is considering a full exit from Russia, Bloomberg пишет. The bank’s Russian business may hinder approval of the purchase of Baltic Luminor Bank, with decisions expected in the coming weeks.

#LuminorBank #OTPBank #Hungary #EuropeanCentralBank #Russia #finance

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In Primorsky Krai, after the shutdown of the «Shtykovo» substation in Shkotovsky District, four pumping stations stopped. More than 650,000 people were left without cold water.

#Vladivostok #Housingandutilities #MES #PrimorskyKrai #Incidents #Russia

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The Russian publishing house Individuum is ceasing operations after 11 years of existence. This was reported on September 28 by editor-in-chief Alexey Kiselev.

#Individuum #PopcornBooks #LGBTpropaganda #SupremeCourtofRussia #BooksinRussia #ministryofjustice #Russia #Eksmo

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On September 28, Vladimir Putin signed a decree transferring the Russian assets of the German hypermarket chain Metro Cash & Carry into temporary administration. The management company appointed was «UK Torg RUS».

#metro #MetroAG #VladimirPutin #Russia #UKTorgRUS

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German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, after meeting with Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, said that it was not possible to reach agreement on key issues. He stressed that Europe must take part in the dialogue with Moscow and said that he had proposed de-escalation.

#Vadeful #Germany #Lavrov #UN #Russia #Ukraine

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