The chairman of the Russian Orthodox Church’s patriarchal commission on family, motherhood, and childhood issues, Fyodor Lukyanov, said that there have been more church weddings in Russia since the start of the war in Ukraine. He linked this to a decline in the influence of Western «anti-church propaganda» and said that the «anti-church hypnosis» from pro-Western forces had «gone away».

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The Moscow City Court rejected the appeal against the extension of the arrest of 24-year-old auditor from Moscow Artyom Minyaylo. According to his lawyer, Minyaylo developed an infection in the pretrial detention center, although an operation had been scheduled for him before the arrest.

#FBCdonations #MoscowCityCourt #repressions #Russia #pretrialdetentioncenter #FBK

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Court in Yekaterinburg arrested Yabloko member Alexander Kudelkin for 10 days under Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses on displaying Nazi and «extremist» symbols. The decision was issued by Judge Yulia Lobanova of the Leninsky District Court.

#Yekaterinburg #repressions #Russia #Sverdlovskregion #FBK #Apple

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The Presnensky District Court of Moscow has ordered in absentia the arrest of Dozhd founder Natalia Sindeeva and the channel’s CEO Mark Ten. They are charged under Part 3 of Article 284.3 of the Criminal Code — with organizing the work of an «undesirable organization».

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The federal budget deficit for January–August 2026 amounted to 5.79 trillion rubles, the Finance Ministry said. This is 53% more than the amount planned for the year and corresponds to 2.5% of GDP.

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Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the vast majority of European countries are facing blocked bank accounts and refusals to rent premises for worship services and cultural events, said the special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry head for international cooperation on ensuring the right to freedom of religion, Mikhail Melekh. He said this to Russian journalists in Geneva.

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The special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Kirill Dmitriev, proposed holding a Russian-German-American business forum in 2027. According to him, the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) should join it to revive business dialogue.

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The 1st Eastern District Military Court on August 19 handed down a verdict in the murder and robbery case against war participants Vladimir Kabakov and Dmitry Mazur. Kabakov was sentenced to 19 years in a strict-regime penal colony and stripped of the military rank of reserve corporal, while Mazur was acquitted by the jury and recognized as having the right to rehabilitation.

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Romania’s Intelligence Service said on Tuesday that it had thwarted a sabotage operation that, according to its version, was coordinated by Russia. Police detained a 40-year-old Russian citizen, and prosecutors are asking the court to arrest him for 30 days.

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At a hearing of the Moscow City Court, Alexei Gorinov complained of nausea and dizziness, which he called signs of poisoning, and asked for help in obtaining medical care, since the colony administration does not register his requests. The court refused; he participated in the hearing by video link from IK-10 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai.

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Hungary announced the expulsion of 10 Russian diplomats, saying they had engaged in activities unacceptable under the Vienna Convention. The country’s foreign minister, Anita Orban, said the measure was needed to protect Hungary’s security and sovereignty.

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Seven people were detained in the Moscow region, including three police officers and the chairman of the board of directors of PJSC EuroTrans, Igor Martyshov. They are suspected of possible theft of fuel belonging to the Main Directorate of the Interior Ministry for the Moscow Region.

#MinistryofInternalAffairsoftheRussianFederation #Moscowregion #Russia #InvestigativeCommitteeoftheRussianFederation #fuelcrisis

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Former Georgian Prosecutor General Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze has headed the Russian volunteer unit «Georgievsky», which is taking part in the war against Ukraine, he told TASS.

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Members of Russian mobile fire teams deployed in the regions to protect against AFU drones were instructed to record their work on video for reports to their superiors. A participant in the Dnepr unit of the BARS-Sarmat Special Purpose Center, callsign Ikona, who serves in the Tula region, told Kommersant journalists about this.

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The government of Buryatia on September 7 reallocated 4 million rubles from wastewater treatment plant projects and a landfill to the rental of cars and air transport for the administration of the head and the government of the republic. Most of the amount was taken from the construction of treatment facilities in Kichera, and the rest — from the landfill project in Barguzin.

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The Chelyabinsk Regional Court upheld an administrative claim and annulled the registration of State Duma candidate Yaroslav Shcherbakov, nominated in a single-mandate district by the Yabloko party.

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Viktor Fedorov, a member of the parliament of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) from United Russia, said that young Russians who want to earn money should go into public service. He linked this advice to the situation in business, which he described as «complete stagnation».

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On the night of September 8, Russian forces struck Kyiv with missiles and drones. Two people were killed, and 10 more were injured, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

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The Latvian government plans to introduce 300-percent tariffs on the import and processing of grain from Russia and Belarus. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs also said that the authorities will check the origin of the grain, including in transit shipments.

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The Meshchansky Court of Moscow sentenced the financial director of Piket Group, Viktoria Antonova, to 10 years in a general-regime penal colony, and the company’s head of security, Mikhail Kalchenko, to 7 years. They were found guilty in the case of supplying the Russian army with body armor that, according to the investigation, did not provide the fragmentation protection stipulated by the contract.

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