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As long as the source isn’t blocked, I provide a link always. Because analysts, journalists, think tanks, etc, NEED a source.

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Meanwhile in Russian Media… Someone is upset about a Nobel Prize decision 🇸🇪: I do what I want 🇷🇺: 😡 www.gazeta.ru/science/news...

Professor Kazakov stated that this year's Nobel laureate physicist has discovered nothing.
Professor Kazakov: Nobel laureate Halzen made no significant discoveries

The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to American astrophysicist Francis Halzen for his contributions to neutrino research and the creation of the IceCube neutrino observatory. However, as Dmitry Kazakov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, and Director of the Laboratory of Theoretical Physics at JINR (Dubna), told Gazeta.Ru, this is not enough to win the Nobel Prize.
"I'm not aware of any specific events for which a Nobel Prize could be awarded.
The wording suggests recognition for the creation of a facility. This is a truly significant achievement, but there are other significant facilities, such as the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva. It was created by a huge team of scientists and made possible the discovery of the Higgs boson. A Nobel Prize was awarded for this discovery, not for the creation of the collider, but for the scientific achievement. But perhaps there's no such remarkable discovery in physics right now," Kazakov notes.
According to Kazakov, neutrinos were discovered a long time ago, and it cannot be said that Halzen found them; rather, he simply used IceCube to capture an already known particle with incredible energy.

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Just remember that there’s a shrinking number of overall aircraft available, and only a portion of THOSE planes are available to do international flights without risk of getting seized. They might need to manage those assets to keep everything running. But again these planes are problematic.

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There’s also the question of demand for tickets, as the economy gets worse. (I guess you could also speculate about them possibly trying to reduce exit options from the country, but I would avoid it without at least SOME basis for considering that one)

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Not many of the planes are still operational, and even their life seems limited. There’s also the question of fuel availability and cost.

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‼️ Russia: “Azur Air has cancelled winter flights to Vietnam from seven Russian cities.” Including Moscow. It’s not yet clear exactly why this decision was made but there are a many options for speculation. 🚨 DO NOT FLY ON A RUSSIAN AIRLINE www.gazeta.ru/social/news/...

October 6, 2026, 3:33 PM
Society
Azur Air has cancelled winter flights to Vietnam from seven Russian cities.

Azur Air has cancelled winter flights to Nha Trang from Moscow and six other Russian cities.

Azur Air will reduce its winter flight schedule to Vietnam in consultation with tour operators, the carrier's press service announced .

It was previously planned that direct flights to Nha Trang, Vietnam, would be operated from Omsk , Perm , Samara , Chelyabinsk , Moscow , Mineralnye Vody and Tyumen .

"Flights to Nha Trang from seven cities will not operate. The airline's fleet will be reoriented to other destinations," the statement noted.

Previously , it was reported that Russians would be able to fly direct to 42 countries in the fall of 2026. According to the seasonal schedule, the new destinations include Kuwait , Pakistan , Algeria , Myanmar , and Sri Lanka .

In February, Rostransnadzor initiated an unscheduled inspection of Azur Air following numerous complaints about systematic flight delays and violations of passenger rights.

It was previously reported that prices for international travel for Russians could increase by 50%.

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I don’t think that’s just OFZ. It can’t be because by the end of August just 👉 3.26 trillion rubles face value OFZ had been placed

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Median Salary: about 70,000 rubles per month.

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“The report was issued following an inspection of the Garage Museum, where Olga Tobreluts' 1994 film "Woe from Wit" and artist Lyudmila Gorlova's work "How I Love" were being shown. The materials presented were found to contain elements of propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations.”

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Meanwhile in Russia… “The head of security at the Garage Museum was found guilty of promoting LGBT rights.” And was fined 100,000 rubles, which is more than most people in Russia earn in a month. www.gazeta.ru/social/news/...

October 6, 2026, 4:51 PM
Society
The head of security at the Garage Museum was found guilty of promoting LGBT rights.
The head of Garage's security service was fined 100,000 rubles for LGBT propaganda.

Sergei Klyucherev, head of security at Moscow's Garage Museum, was found guilty of promoting LGBT rights (the International LGBT Public Movement is designated as extremist and terrorist and banned in the Russian Federation). This is stated in the court ruling, TASS reports .

He was given an administrative penalty in the form of a fine of 100,000 rubles. Klyucherev did not admit his guilt.

The report was issued following an inspection of the Garage Museum, where Olga Tobreluts' 1994 film "Woe from Wit" and artist Lyudmila Gorlova's work "How I Love" were being shown. The materials presented were found to contain elements of propaganda for non-traditional sexual relations.

The head of the security service failed to appear at the court hearing. His representative stated in court that his client pleaded not guilty and requested that the administrative offense case be dismissed due to a lack of evidence.

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‼️ Russian Media: “The Kremlin has dismissed as baseless claims by Martin Jäger, head of the German intelligence agency BND, that Moscow is waging a shadow war that could draw Germany into an armed conflict with Russia.” The Kremlin denied it which means… www.interfax.ru/russia/1120622

IN RUSSIA
12:49, october 6, 2026
Peskov rejected Berlin's claims that Moscow is waging a shadow war.

Moscow. October 6. INTERFAX.RU - The Kremlin has dismissed as baseless claims by Martin Jäger, head of the German intelligence agency BND, that Moscow is waging a shadow war that could draw Germany into an armed conflict with Russia.

"They are completely baseless accusations, lacking any real basis. That's how we view them. We've heard this repeatedly," said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov in response to a request to comment on Jäger's statements that Germany risks being drawn into an armed conflict with Russia, which is waging a shadow war and carrying out hybrid attacks.

"This is, let's say, an informational ploy—the artificial creation of an ephemeral enemy in order to justify the expenditures on militarization that the Federal Republic of Germany is engaged in," Peskov said.

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‼️ Russia: “In Orenburg, the region's largest funeral company was seized from an "authoritative" former deputy.” 👉 Igor Abdulmanov 🇷🇺: Hippity hoppity, your hearse is now my property *YOINK* ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/06/v...

In Orenburg, the region's largest funeral company was seized from an "authoritative" former deputy.

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg has seized the assets of Igor Abdulmanov, a former city council member and former head of the municipal unitary enterprise "Spetskombinat ritnykh uslug" (Ritual Services Special Complex), for state control, Orenburg.Media reports . The seized property includes the funeral company "Orenspetsservis," a 359-square-meter house with a plot in the village of Rostoshi, an apartment in Moscow, three commercial buildings and a space in Orenburg, several plots of land, as well as a premium Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 and Land Rover Range Rover SUV, a BMW 740 xDrive sedan, two Harley-Davidson motorcycles, and a Ford hearse

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Russia Government Bond Index www.investing.com/indices/russ...

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They’re are currently routine and happen on Tuesdays every week. But sometimes there’s an additional 1 day REPO auction. Also, if there’s a holiday, it might be longer than 7 days.

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Already claimed points and managed to get the trifecta in just 24 hours.

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I’ll pause here and return once the new bond curve gets released. ~ Intermission ~

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Here’s what I expect the coupon payments and repayments to be tomorrow. Constant Coupon Bond 👉 PD-26226 Is maturing

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RUONIA has started to run lower. cbr.ru/eng/hd_base/...

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Here’s an update to my banking liquidity table Here’s the data source 👉 cbr.ru/eng/hd_base/...

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Not much change in the REPO results today.

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So even though there’s just a small amount being offered, there’s still a chance they won’t place all of it even if the auction doesn’t fail. And none of this will make significant contributions to hitting their Q4 goal.

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That not only did the auction fail, but the demand was ALSO low. There weren’t even enough offers to place the small amount of the bond that was in stock.

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Recall from yesterday’s thread…

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The Ministry of Finance is offering just 1 bond again this week. Recall that last week’s auction failed.

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Here is the OFZ forecast as of today

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And they’ve only got 11 auction days to pick up 2.45 TRILLION rubles. This auction won’t even fulfill 0.09 of that.

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Here’s my little calculator chart with the data on it. 7 years to maturity Only about 83 billion rubles (FACE VALUE) of it in stock. Remember that the revenue will be less than even if they place all of it.

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The Russian Ministry of Finance will offer 1 Constant Coupon Bond at Auction on 7 October 2026 👉 PD-26252 minfin.gov.ru/en/document?...

The following OFZ issue is planned to be offered by the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation on 7 October, 2026:
- OFZ № 26252RMFS (maturity date 12 October, 2033) in the notional amount available for placement in the issue.

The volume of cut-off bids at the auction will be determined on the basis of the demand and the premium size requested by the participants to the market yield levels.

Auction schedule:
- 12:00 - 12:30 - placing bids for OFZ № 26252RMFS;
- 14:00 - cut-off price setup for OFZ № 26252RMFS.

Bids can be placed both on Moscow Exchange and SPCEX SC.

Auction’s transactions will be settled on the next business day after the auction (Exchange Code B01).

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