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CYBERSep 23AI chatbots serve up content from Russia's sanctioned state-run outlets, RSF findsReporters Without Borders tested six AI chatbots by requesting news from RT, Sputnik, and other EU-sanctioned Russian outlets, and found that three produced full summaries with links and quotes, sometimes after encountering web pages explicitly stating the outlets were under sanctions.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSSep 23Amid Setbacks In The Sahel, Russia Quietly And Quickly Builds Ties In MadagascarRussia’s efforts to cultivate clout in Africa’s Sahel have been a mixed bag of successes and setbacks. Across the continent, however, on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, Moscow is making another quiet push for influence.RFE/RL
POLITICSSep 23Russian officials entered public-sector employees’ data into an electronic database without their consent to monitor voter turnout, legal aid project saysDuring recent elections to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, officials stepped up monitoring of public-sector employees’ turnout at polling stations, the legal aid project Na Ravnykh reported.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 23Russian drones crash in two Kyiv districts – transport facility and store hit, building damagedUkrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 23Azerbaijan frees French prisoner after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionaireMartin Ryan had been convicted of espionage charges earlier this year.Politico Europe
DISASTERSep 23Fire at power plant in Russia’s Far East disrupts heating to nearby communitiesA fire broke out September 22 at the Neryungri Power Plant in Yakutia, damaging a transformer substation for power unit No. 1 and a turbine in the machine room. One person suffered smoke inhalation. The plant is not operating.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 23Europe lifts sanctions against two RussiansThe EU has agreed to remove Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from its sanctions list, while extending restrictions on nearly 3,000 individuals and companies linked to Russia’s war in Ukraine for another three years. The decision came after difficult negotiations, as EU sanctions require unanimous approval from all 27 member states. Caroline Baum reports.France 24 [en]
CONFLICTSep 23Russia increases its use of jet-powered drones eightfold in three months – IhnatUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 23NATO jets scrambled in Poland, Romania as Russia strikes UkraineABC News
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 23Russians attack railway infrastructure in Kyiv – UkrzaliznytsiaUkrinform [en]
WORLDSep 23Russians are leaving again, amid repression, economic strain, Ukrainian drone attacks, and rumors of another wave of mobilization. This time, earlier émigrés have left them a roadmap.New repressive laws, the economic crisis, increasingly frequent Ukrainian military strikes on Russian cities, and rumors of mobilization are driving more and more Russians to look for a way to leave the country. The independent journalists’ cooperative Bereg spoke with recent emigrants about what finally pushed them to leave, how they see their futures abroad, and whether they expect to return home. Meduza is publishing their stories in full.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 23Azerbaijan pardons jailed Frenchman after EU lifts sanctions on Russian billionairesAzerbaijan's President ​Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday pardoned a ​French national imprisoned for espionage a day ​after ‌the ⁠EU lifted sanctions on a Russian billionaire.France 24 [en]
CONFLICTSep 23Russian attack on Kyiv leaves one dead, eight injuredUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 23Russian attack hits shopping center in Odesa regionUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 23Russian drone crashes into business center in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi districtUkrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 23Takaichi tells Zelenskyy Japan will continue to pressure RussiaPrime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged in her first formal meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday that Japan will continue to pile pressure on Russia through sanctions…Japan Today
CONFLICTBREAKINGSep 23Updated: Russians attack warehouses in Odesa region and cargo ship in Black Sea – captain killedUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTSep 23USF hit 38 more Russian energy facilities, including 10 in CrimeaUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTSep 23Partisans damage railway infrastructure in Russia’s Voronezh regionAgents of the ATESH partisan movement disabled four relay cabinets on a railway line in the areas of Voronezh, Novovoronezh, Liski, and Ostrogozhsk in Russia’s Voronezh region, which is used to transport military supplies to Russian forces fighting on the Lyman axis.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 23Sanctions showdown leaves a bad taste as Latvia cautions against 'normalising' RussiaGood morning. This is Mared Gwyn, authoring today’s newsletter along with my colleague Angela Skujins, who’s live on your screens this morning. Today: how a Russia sanctions showdown is leaving a bad taste, and why Brussels is facing mounting pressure to address the energy crunch.EuroNews [en]
CONFLICTSep 23Russian attack injures three in KyivThree people were injured in Kyiv in a Russian attack on September 23.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 23Europe Today: Trump claims Ukraine-Russia deal to end the war could be closeUS President Donald Trump said he expects the war to end sooner than people think. In Brussels, two Russian oligarchs came off the EU's blacklist yesterday after intense negotiations between EU countries. We speak exclusively about it to Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs.EuroNews [en]
CONFLICTSep 23How Ukraine’s devastating attacks on Putin’s oil refineries brought the war to Russia’s doorstepThe Independent World
POLITICSSep 23Tsikhanouskaya: Ukraine has shattered the myth of ‘all-powerful’ RussiaBelarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya believes that through its fight against Russian aggression, Ukraine has shattered the image of an “all-powerful” Russia around the world.Ukrinform [en]