The outlet «Vot Tak» found that the company linked to the creation of the military marketplace «Roy.Market» was headed until May 2026 by Ivan Koptenko — a classmate and one of the close friends of Ilya Medvedev, the son of Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev. «Roy.Market» itself sells Russian military personnel drone components, electronics, gear, and other dual-use goods.

#business #WarinUkraine #DmitryMedvedev #IlyaMedvedev #investigation #Russia #militarygoods

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European Commission spokesperson Arianna Podesta said that it depends on the citizens of Russia themselves whether they will have a government that supports the war against Ukraine or not. She said this in response to a question from «Vot Tak» about Yulia Navalnaya’s comment after the EU decision to lift sanctions on Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman.

#Azerbaijan #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #EuropeanCommission #EuropeanUnion #society #protests

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Today, one can observe increasing activity of Russian special operations in Europe and expect it to intensify, since Ukrainian resistance relies primarily on European aid. The Kremlin is looking for ways to undermine this alliance no less than for military victories.

#Analytics #droneextermination #WarinUkraine #Germany #hybridwar #sabotage #europe #EuropeanUnion #KseniaFedorova #aftertheUSSR #propaganda #Putin #Russia #specialservices #ultraright #France

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Nine years of imprisonment in absentia were requested for ASTRA founder and editor-in-chief Anastasia Chumakova in the case of military «fakes» and violation of the rules governing the activities of a «foreign agent». The case is being heard in her absence; Chumakova is outside Russia.

#astra #AnastasiaChumakova #Bucha #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #foreignagent #repressionsinRussia #CriminalCodeoftheRussianFederation

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Glukhovsky posted his new novel online for free — as he explained, for those who cannot afford to buy the book. Given that in Russia the books of the writer-«foreign agent» are banned, such readers there now make up the majority.

#business #WarinUkraine #DmitryGlukhovsky #denunciations #women #lifeinRussia #society #prose #review #Russianlanguage #modernliterature #Emigration

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In the second ten days of September, Russia cut wheat export shipments by almost four times compared with the same period last year — to 347 thousand tons. The Russian Grain Union linked the decline to attacks on Black Sea grain terminals and vessels.

#WarinUkraine #corn #Novorossiysk #wheat #RussianGrainUnion #Russia #StrikesagainstRussia

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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at the UN General Assembly in New York that he would like the Russian-Ukrainian war to end while preserving Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. He said that Turkey continues contacts with the parties for the sake of maritime safety in the Black Sea, food security, and preventing the war from spreading to a wider area.

#WarinUkraine #UN #RecepTayyipErdogan #Turkey #Ukraine

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US and Ukrainian Presidents Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York. After the talks, Zelensky said that Ukraine is ready to stop strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure, provided Moscow reciprocates.

#VladimirZelensky #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #UN #Russia #USA #Ukraine

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed the law on «hellish sanctions» against Russia on Friday, September 18. The law also took effect on that date. But are these sanctions really so terrible? Or is this just another declaration of intent without an effective enforcement mechanism?

#Analytics #WarinUkraine #Putin #Russia #sanctions #USA #shadowfleet #Trump #finance

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak instructed the relevant agencies and oil companies to prepare possible scenarios for a further deterioration of the situation in the Russian fuel market. They should include measures to increase the production of petroleum products and adjust the volume of their imports.

#Belarus #business #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #state #minenergo #oil #Russia #fuelcrisis #Ukraine

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The Ministry of Finance is preparing amendments to tax legislation that will allow companies to account for expenses on protection against drones and the restoration of attacked facilities. The ministry expects to introduce them as early as this fall, Deputy Finance Minister Alexey Sazanov said.

#AntonSiluanov #business #uav #WarinUkraine #TheStateDuma #minfin #incometax #tech

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Gennady Zyuganov said at a CPRF briefing on the results of the State Duma elections that if the current political course is maintained and the war continues, Russia will ultimately lose. He called for a center-left turn and a policy of «justice, friendship, and socialism».

#WarinUkraine #elections #TheStateDuma #UnitedRussia #zyuganov #CommunistParty #cyc

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Courts have begun using grades in Life Safety and Life Safety Fundamentals as an argument against conscripts who are seeking alternative civilian service. This was reported by the head of the legal department of the «Movement of Conscientious Objectors», Artem Klyga.

#alternativecivilianservice #WarinUkraine #ConscientiousObjectorsMovement #ConstitutionofRussia #MinistryofEducation #LifeSafety #REVIEW #conscriptionintothearmy

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Ambassadors of EU countries agreed to extend sanctions against about 3,000 people and organizations linked to Russian aggression against Ukraine for three years at once instead of the usual six months. Russian businessmen Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman are to be excluded from the sanctions list.

#AlisherUsmanov #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #EuropeanUnion #MikhailFridman #Russia #EUsanctions #Ukraine

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According to ancient chronicles, on September 21, 862, representatives of the tribes of the Slovenians, Krivichs, Chuds, and others (that is, not only Slavs, but also Finno-Ugric peoples), living in the northwestern part of modern Russia, invited three brothers to rule: Rurik, Sineus, and Truvor. The khans were told: «Our land is generous and rich, but there is no order in it. Come and rule us!» The date, of course, is approximate. But in the end it was accepted as the starting point for the foundation of Russian statehood, and over time Rurik’s name came to be revered as the founder of this state. And this continued until the 18th century.

#Vikings #WarinUkraine #Romanovdynasty #Rurikdynasty #AncientRus #historicalmyths #Russianhistory #Lomonosov #medina #Normantheory #Putin #SlavophilesversusWesternizers #Stalin

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Actress Olga Shchekina was taken to Donetsk after leaving the special detention facility in Rostov, where police drew up a report against her for violating curfew. At the hearing on September 18, the court fined her 1,000 rubles instead of placing her under administrative arrest.

#astra #WarinUkraine #Donbass #Donetsk #OccupationofUkraine #FSB

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The UN monitoring mission documented 1,004 cases of sexualized violence against civilians and prisoners of war for the period from February 24, 2022, to July 31, 2026. In 892 cases, responsibility was assigned to Russian military personnel and employees of the FSB and FSIN.

#WarinUkraine #OccupationofUkraine #UN #Russia #sexualizedviolence #Ukraine

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In the special economic zone «Alabuga» in Tatarstan, underground workshops with an area of about 42 thousand sq. m were built for the production of «Geran» drones, Ukrainian OSINT analyst Dnipro Osint reported based on satellite images. According to his estimate, construction could have begun after the first strikes on the facility and should make attacks on production more difficult.

#Alabuga #drones #VNIIRProgress #WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesofUkraine #Geranium #tatarstan #Shahed

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In Brussels, European leaders are discussing the growth of the Russian hybrid threat to NATO countries. At the same time, the alliance says it does not see signs of an imminent attack.

#WarinUkraine #hybridwar #DonaldTusk #Lithuania #NATO #Russia #Ukraine #EmmanuelMacron

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In recent months, Russia has been deliberately striking Ukrainian trains and, according to Politico, has been disabling 37–40 locomotives per month. Since the start of the invasion, strikes have hit more than 500 locomotives, and the railway remains the main way to supply the army and transport people and cargo under closed airspace conditions.

#WarinUkraine #ArmedForcesoftheRussianFederation #Railway #Russia #StrikesagainstUkraine #Ukraine

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