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POLITICS39m agoBack United Russia’s strongest challengers or spoil your ballot? Russia’s opposition can’t agree on a strategy for the upcoming State Duma election.Yabloko leader Nikolai Rybakov, speaking at a meeting with supporters in St. Petersburg, sharply criticized the voting strategy for the State Duma elections proposed by exiled opposition politicians Yulia Navalnaya and Maxim Katz. The basic idea behind the strategy is to vote for any party other than United Russia in the party-list race, and for the strongest opponents of the ruling party in the single-member district races. Yabloko’s strategy (its list was barred from the State Duma election) is to spoil the ballot in the party-list vote. After Rybakov’s remarks, Katz responded. We recap theiMeduza [en]
SCI & TECH43m agoWhy Russia’s AI-powered economic future lies in its Far EastI attended this year’s Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok and took part in a dialogue on technological development. There, I had a deep discussion with Maxim Oreshkin, Russia’s deputy chief of the presidential executive office, who co-chairs the country’s national AI headquarters. I left Vladivostok with a broader impression: Russia increasingly sees its Far East as a place to build a new version of its economy. For decades, Russia’s Far East has been understood through geography. It is vast,...South China Morning Post
MILITARY55m agoDrone shot down over Lithuania identified as Russian GerberaThe Russian Gerbera drone shot down over central Lithuania on Tuesday morning was likely heading toward Ukraine but was diverted from its course by the effects of Ukrainian electronic warfare systems.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS1h agoPoland reiterates Ukraine support after Russia drone attacksAfter the recent Russian drone attacks on targets close to the Ukraine-Poland border, Warsaw has doubled down on its support for Kyiv and pledged a "non-provocative but serious response" to Moscow.DW News [en]
MILITARY1h agoRussian drone found off Poland’s coast carried explosive warhead, prosecutor saysInvestigators have not yet established what mission the uncrewed aerial vehicle was carrying out.Politico Europe
CONFLICT1h agoRussian attack on Yahodyn: SBGS says Belarus is once again activating relay stationsUkrinform [en]
CONFLICT1h agoUkraine ready for energy ceasefire but Russia is yet to agree, Zelenskyy saysUS President Donald Trump claimed Moscow and Kyiv have agreed not to target each other’s energy infrastructure, but no deal has been confirmed, and strikes have continued.EuroNews [en]
HEALTH1h agoRussian authorities order destruction of vaccine batch linked to mass dog deathsRosselkhoznadzor, Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, has ordered the recall and destruction of batch No. 20 of the “Multikan-8” vaccine, which has been linked to dog deaths. The agency sent the order in a letter (.pdf) to the vaccine’s manufacturer, the company “Vetbiokhim,” and published the document on its website.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT2h agoZelensky calls for support for Graham’s bill and tougher European sanctions following latest Russian attacksFollowing yet another series of strikes on civilian targets in various regions of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to increase pressure on Russia—to support Lindsey Graham’s bill and to strengthen European sanctions.Ukrinform [en]
CYBER2h agoUS charges 5 people over Russia-backed plotsDW News [en]
CONFLICT3h agoSybiha on Russian attacks on railway: This is attempt to paralyze civilian lifeRussia targets civilians every day and tries to paralyze life in Ukraine. Each such attack should prompt renewed pressure from our partners.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING3h agoPoland scrambles fighter jets and closes Lublin and Rzeszów airports in response to Russian attacks on UkraineUkrinform [en]
CONFLICT3h agoUS Charges 5 In Russian Intelligence Sabotage And Assassination PlotRFE/RL
CONFLICT3h agoUS announces charges against five alleged agents for Russia over assassination plotsFrance 24 [en]
CONFLICT4h agoUS exposes alleged Russian terror network targeting Ukraine alliesPolitico Europe
POLITICS4h agoWhat Putin’s war in Ukraine means for Russian elections this weekRussia has been facing mounting casualties and ‘net-zero’ territorial gains since March this year as the public votes this week, Maira Butt reportsThe Independent World
POLITICS4h agoRussia sentences professor with dual Russian-Canadian citizenship to seven years for treasonThe Supreme Court of the Komi Republic sentenced Nikolai Zyuzev, a Russian and Canadian citizen, to seven years in prison on charges of preparing a “project against Russia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity” using foreign grants.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT4h agoFive killed in Russian drone strike on bus in southern UkraineEuroNews [en]
CONFLICT5h agoRussian drone strikes bus in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, killing 5Meduza [en]
POLITICS5h agoRussia Sanctions Bill Clears Another Hurdle, Heads Toward Final Vote In US Congresssweeping Russia sanctions bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham cleared a key procedural hurdle in the US House of Representatives on September 15, setting up a final vote on legislation that supporters say would increase pressure on Moscow and strengthen US support for Ukraine.RFE/RL
DISASTER5h agoState of emergency declared in Russian Arctic village after 200-ton diesel spill reaches the seaAuthorities have declared a regional state of emergency in Taymyr after a diesel fuel spill in the settlement of Syndassko, the Krasnoyarsk Krai government reported.Meduza [en]
CONFLICT5h agoRussian military deaths could reach one million by year-end -- ZelenskyUkrinform [en]
CONFLICT5h agoRussian forces strike Kyiv, setting warehouse on fire and injuring oneMeduza [en]
CONFLICT5h agoRussian drone hits bus in Nikopol district, killing five, injuring sevenUkrinform [en]