- — Russians Are Rushing for Cash. Should the Kremlin Be Worried?
- Households and businesses have added $25.3 billion to their cash holdings so far this year, marking the largest increase since the start of the war.
- — Trump Confirms CIA Director’s Moscow Trip, Calling It ‘Semi-Routine’
- The U.S. president expressed hope that the spy chief’s unannounced visit to Russia could help end the war in Ukraine.
- — Moscow to Summon Romanian Envoy After Russian Diplomat Expelled Over Drone Incursions
- Bucharest declared a Russian diplomat persona non grata over repeated drone incursions into Romanian airspace last month.
- — NKHP Grain Export Terminal Says Repairs After Ukrainian Attack May Take 4 Months
- NKHP is one of three grain terminals at Russia's main Black Sea export port of Novorossiysk.
- — Fire at Amur Gas Chemical Complex Kills 7 Workers, Injures Dozens More
- The Amur Gas Chemical Complex is a $10 billion joint venture between Russian petrochemical giant Sibur and China’s state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec.
- — Russian Election Commission Registers 1.6K War Veterans as Candidates in Upcoming Races
- At least 200 veterans have been nominated for seats in the 450-member State Duma, Central Election Commission chief Ella Pamfilova said.
- — Pskov Court Bars Yabloko From Regional Assembly Race
- The regional ban follows Russia’s Supreme Court ruling last week to reject Yabloko’s final appeal against a nationwide ban barring its candidate list from the State Duma elections next month.
- — 3 Killed in Russia as Ukraine Sets Wildberries Warehouse and Oil Refinery Ablaze
- Officials in the city of Kotovsk asked residents to avoid going outside over the next two days due to the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
- — Annexed Crimea Declares Regional Wildfire Emergency
- A wildfire near Yalta has continued to grow after it broke out last week following a Ukrainian drone attack on the peninsula.
- — CIA Director Makes Rare Visit to Moscow
- The Kremlin said the purpose of John Ratcliffe’s trip to the Russian capital was for “contacts between security services.”
- — Russia Steps Up Recruitment of Women for Ukraine War – Vot Tak
- At least 50 Russian women serving in the war have been killed, with the annual death toll rising the longer the war has gone on, the outlet found.
- — Senior Vatican Official Calls for Peace in Ukraine After Meeting With Lavrov in Moscow
- The talks on Tuesday between Archbishop Paul Gallagher and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov marked the first in-person meeting between the two diplomats since 2021.
- — St. Petersburg’s Gazprom Arena Cancels Ye Concerts
- Say Agency, the organizer of the October performances, said they would still take place despite Gazprom Arena’s withdrawal.
- — ‘Information Ducks’: Kremlin Dismisses Mobilization Rumors
- Top spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of spreading mobilization rumors to “destabilize” Russia.
- — Deadly Ukrainian Strikes in Southern Russia Force Oil Refinery to Shut Down
- At least two people were killed in the overnight air attacks, which targeted refineries in the Krasnodar and Rostov regions.
- — Ex-Pussy Riot Member Says She Helped the FSB Spy on Kremlin Critics
- Rita Flores said FSB officers coerced her into signing a cooperation agreement after threatening to kill her relatives and put her in prison.
- — Putin Signs Order Allowing Government to Seize Critical Infrastructure Following Attacks
- The special powers allow the state to assume control over the physical, financial and legal assets of facilities that fail to maintain adequate security or are slow to make repairs following attacks.
- — Russia Is Betting on the MC-21 to Reverse Its Aviation Decline. It’s No Silver Bullet.
- The MC-21’s troubled development reflects the mounting pressure on Russian civil aviation.
- — Russia and Ukraine Release 20 Prisoners of War
- Belarus said it acted as a mediator in the latest prisoner-of-war exchange.
- — Kremlin Says It’s Working to Minimize Impact of Ukrainian Attacks on Russian Grain Exports
- Tit-for-tat attacks by Russia and Ukraine, both major grain exporters, on ports and vessels in recent weeks have shuttered grain terminals and forced shippers to delay or cancel loadings for dozens of cargoes during the peak export season.
- — Siberian Wildfires Reach 3.5M Acres Across Krasnoyarsk and Sakha Republic
- Authorities have blamed the fires on summer heat and Siberian silk moth infestations, which have killed off vast swaths of trees and left behind highly flammable deadwood.
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