--> The editor-in-chief of the independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, Sergei Sokolov, was taken to the Russian Investigative Committee on 15 October, following a search of his home in Moscow. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces a new escalation in the authorities’ relentless campaign against this emblematic independent Russian media outlet.

--> 1/ The shattered battlefields of eastern Ukraine are haunted by Russian deserters, hiding in abandoned dugouts and living off the land (or robbing supply convoys). A Russian account gives an insight into the shadowy existence of the soldiers who've had enough of the war. ⬇️...

--> Russia’s losses from Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries have already reached 1% of GDP — and that's if Vladimir Putin is to be believed. Putin, of course, is…

--> 1/ Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian data centres are having a severe impact due to the highly centralised nature of Russia's digital economy, in contrast to Ukraine's decentralised approach. Fears are growing that it could cause a banking crisis. ⬇️ bsky.app...

--> 1/ While attention has been focused on the elimination of the Russian salient north of Liman, Russian warbloggers are reporting an increasing number of setbacks for their forces elsewhere in Ukraine. "Autumn will bring many unpleasant surprises," one predicts gloomily. ⬇️...

--> The Kremlin-linked Matryoshka bot network has launched a new wave of disinformation targeting European leaders, this time focusing on French President Emmanuel…

--> 1/ Russia has experienced a huge increase in corruption cases over the last five years, with over 50,000 cases being heard in that time, 3 trillion rubles ($35 billion) in stolen assets being recovered, and a 500% increase in the number of top officials being arrested. ⬇️...

--> The Bank of Finland Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) is an internationally renowned research institute specialising in emerging economies and global economic developments.

--> Opinion | I recently returned from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where conversations with old Russian friends and newer arrivals in the city who weren’t even of military age in 2022 left me with an unsettling sense of déjà vu.

--> The prosecutor's office in the Russian city of Nizhny Tagil proposed scrapping payments to recruiters who sign up contract soldiers for the war in Ukraine,…

--> 1/ Compensation payments to families of fallen Russian soldiers have fallen precipitously, by as much as 95% in some regions. It appears to be part of an ongoing trend, caused by budget shortfalls, of less and less value being placed on Russia's war dead. ⬇️...

--> 1/ Moscow has reportedly been put on plague alert as part of a 'special sanitary operation', while hospitals in Irkutsk have been closed and medical staff put under lockdown. Indiscriminate Russian government censorship is leading to a wave of panicked rumours and criticism. ⬇️...

--> Как минимум в 19 российских регионах начали отключать уличное освещение в целях экономии, подсчитали The Moscow Times, изучив сообщения региональных СМИ, а также посты в социальных сетях с начала 2026 года.

--> Глава Совета при президенте по правам человека Валерий Фадеев предложил сократить школьные программы по точным наукам.

--> Russia’s year-on-year federal budget revenue from oil and gas fell 17% in the first three quarters of 2026 despite a sharp rise in the price of Russian crude.…

--> На Иркутском алюминиевом заводе (ИркАЗ) в Шелехове ввели масочный режим после смерти местной жительницы от чумы, сообщил директор предприятия Артем Фоминых.

--> 1/ Humiliating scenes of Russian surrendering en masse to Ukrainian forces in the Lyman salient are continuing to produce recriminations among Russian warbloggers. One lays the blame on a "rigged" military hierarchy dominated by incompetent "sycophants and lackeys". ⬇️...

--> The Russian tugboat Sarmat spent nearly a week operating near critical underwater cables off the Danish coast, according to observations shared by open source…

--> Russian exports of diesel fuel and gasoil through the Black Sea fell to zero in the week ending Sept. 24, the first such occurrence since records began,…

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--> A citation for petty hooliganism was filed against Russian opposition politician Nikolai Rybakov, chair of the Yabloko party, after he wrote slogans on four…

--> Estonian authorities have accused Russian intelligence services of ordering an arson attack that took place last month against a building in Tallinn belonging…

--> 1/ Ukraine's drone strike campaign has been partly responsible for cutting Russia's oil and gas revenues by 18%, leading to a shortfall of 1.6 trillion rubles ($19 billion) in the Russian treasury. ⬇️ bsky.app...

--> 1/ Another AI-generated video falsely depicting Russian 'control' north of Lyman has been publicised by disgusted Russian warbloggers. It's part of a "plague" of AI "neurocontrol" that prominent warblogger Rybar condemns as "inept, half-baked information warfare". ⬇️...

--> 1/ Russia won't invade Europe because it's too weak to do so, says the imprisoned Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin. He dismisses talk of a Russian attack on the Baltic states or elsewhere, pointing out that Russia can't even defeat Ukraine after four and a half years of war. ⬇️...

--> Президент РФ засекретил информацию о топливно-энергетическом комплексе

--> Власти Архангельской области решили перенаправить средства, предусмотренные на поддержку приемных и многодетных семей, на единовременные выплаты участникам войны против Украины, пишет 29.ru со ссылкой на постановление регионального правительства, вступившее в силу 28 сентября.

--> After Latvia banned broadcasts by Russian federal television channels, Telegram became a key platform for Kremlin propaganda in the country. The Insider…

--> 1/ Ukraine has taken a reported 250 Russian prisoners and claims to have killed 2,000 more Russians in its ongoing Operation Vivaldi near Lyman. A Russian warblogger says that Ukraine has overturned Russian assumptions about its capabilities. ⬇️...

--> Правительство Тульской области перераспределило 54,2 млн рублей, предусмотренных на социальную поддержку жителей региона, на единовременные выплаты…

--> Собеседник «Осторожно, новости» заявляет о 6,3 млн рублей годового дохода. Выплата за заключение контракта, по его словам, составляет 3,2 млн рублей. «Эхо» связалось с другим представителем российской армии, который вербует граждан других стран...

--> 1/ Russian soldiers are telling their relatives that they are being forcibly tattooed on their chests with "death numbers" – their military ID numbers – before going on assault missions, presumably to make their bodies more easily identifiable if and when they are recovered. ⬇️...

--> Opinion | When I was approached to write this article, I was asked to demonstrate the evidence that Russia’s elections were falsified in favour of the ruling United Russia party.

--> В Краснодарском крае введен режим чрезвычайной ситуации из-за невозможности вывезти и реализовать значительные объемы сельскохозяйственной продукции. Причиной

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