The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich writes in the book «This Damned Beautiful Land» that Vadim Krasikov, whom Germany handed over to Russia during the prisoner exchange in August 2024, was captured a year later on cameras at the Chkalovsky airfield near Moscow and behind the wheel of a BMW X6 in Moscow. Gershkovich suggests that this may indicate Krasikov’s return to work for the intelligence services.

#VadimKrasikov #VladimirPutin #Gru #FSB #Chkalovsky #EvanGershkovich

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Ukraine returned 14 children from the part of Kherson region controlled by the Russian army, said the head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, Oleksandr Prokudin. Among them were four boys and 10 girls aged six to 17.

#VladimirPutin #InternationalCriminalCourt #UN #Russia #Ukraine #Khersonregion

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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 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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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.

#Thelikelihoodofamajorwar #VladimirPutin #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #mobilization #Russia

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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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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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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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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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Vitaly Borodin demanded that the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice declare the publication «Agentstvo» an undesirable organization. He cited a publication about Vladimir Putin’s granddaughter as the reason.

#agency #Borodin #VladimirPutin #KaterinaTikhonova #project #FederalBorderService

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The Prime Minister of Lithuania, Mindaugas Sinkevičius, called for ensuring residents have access to cash and the ability to pay by bank card in the event of a crisis or mobilization. He also proposed preparing banks, retail businesses, and some ATMs to operate during communication and power outages.

#Baltics #VladimirPutin #europe #Lithuania #mobilization #RussiaandEurope

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The Ministry of Energy proposed that government bodies consider introducing external management of the assets of EuroTrans, which owns the Trassa gas station network. No decision has been made yet, and as an alternative, the transfer of the assets to one of the vertically integrated oil companies is being discussed.

#VladimirPutin #DenisManturov #EuroTrans #minenergo #mosbirzhe #track

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Tomsk City Hall has posted a request for quotations on the public procurement portal for training five municipal employees in mobilization preparedness and the conduct of mobilization. The maximum contract value is 170.2 thousand rubles.

#TheInsider #VladimirPutin #TheStateDuma #mobilizationpreparation #TomskCityHall #Tomsk

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Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty called for an immediate ceasefire in the occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, unrestricted access for humanitarian organizations, and a safe evacuation of civilians. He said the humanitarian crisis in the city is rapidly worsening, and civilians, including children, are left without enough food, medicine, running water, or electricity.

#VladimirPutin #DmitryPeskov #Oleshki #Russia #CouncilofEurope #Khersonregion

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A group of 14 American senators from both parties asked U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel Vladimir Putin’s invitation to the December G20 summit in Miami. The appeal was prepared by Republican Roger Wicker and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, joined by six more senators from each party.

#g20 #VladimirPutin #DonaldTrump #Russia #USsanctions #Ukraine

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St. Petersburg businessman Ilya Traber on September 24 again joined the founders of LLC «Primorsky Universal Terminal» and received a 32% stake. In the summer, while in pretrial detention, he withdrew from this company and several others.

#AlexanderPetrov #BasmannyCourt #VladimirPutin #IlyaTraber #PrimorskyUniversalTerminal #Tambovorganizedcrimegroup

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On September 24 and 25, Vladimir Putin relieved Russia’s ambassadors in France and in the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland of their posts. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia would not rush to appoint new ambassadors to these countries.

#AlexeyMeshkov #AndreyKelin #VladimirPutin #DmitryPeskov #Russia #France

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The first session of the State Duma of the IX convocation will take place on September 30, just 10 days after the elections. The corresponding decree was signed by Vladimir Putin.

#IXconvocation #VladimirPutin #TheStateDuma #DmitryMedvedev #ConstitutionofRussia

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A Moscow court fined the publication «Abzats» and its editor-in-chief Mikhail Shakhnazarov 315,000 rubles over a July note about a possible new increase in the retirement age. Shakhnazarov was fined 65,000 rubles, and the publication — 250,000 rubles; after the court decision, the material was removed.

#paragraph #VladimirPutin #InstituteofEconomicsoftheRussianAcademyofSciences #MikhailShakhnazarov #retirementage #Roskomnadzor

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