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POLITICSOct 5State media silently corrects poem in Putin quote after he misrecites lines Russians supposedly ‘absorb with their mother’s milk’At a meeting with teachers on October 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin misquoted a four-line poem by Fyodor Tyutchev, while stressing that every Russian knows the lines.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 5U.S. officials seeking details of reported death and quarantines at Russian plague instituteOfficials said they need to learn more about the evolving situation before determining the potential threat to the United States.adn · united states of america
DISASTEROct 5Plague may have resurfaced in Russia. But this isn’t the Black Death.On October 1, 2026, the inpatient unit at the district hospital in Shelekhov, in Russia’s Irkutsk region, closed because of a suspected “especially dangerous infection.” Media outlets later reported that 28-year-old Darya Shipilova had died there of pneumonic plague. According to one account, she was a laboratory technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute and accidentally broke a test tube containing the bacterium that causes the disease. There has been no official confirmation that she died of plague; the authorities say she had “pneumonia of unknown cause.”Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 5Zelensky discusses strengthening air defenses and protection against Shahed drones with Dutch PMPresident Volodymyr Zelensky discussed with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten the strengthening of Ukraine’s air defense, particularly protection against Russian “Shahed” drones, as well as the prospects for trilateral talks between Ukraine, the U.S., and Russia.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 5Trump somehow blames Ukraine for high US gas prices as he gets clobbered over it on campaign trailPresident’s new Truth Social post attempts to deflect blame for sky-high fuel costs on Ukraine attacks on Russian refineries — as Iran war and Hormuz Strait standstill continues with no end in sightThe Independent World
HEALTHOct 5Yersinia Pestis: how the pneumonic plague bacterium that came into focus due to a death is transmittedThey are investigating whether there was an accident in a Russian laboratory that released the pathogen and killed a researcher. This bacterium can be transmitted by fleas to animals and is transmissible among humans.Clarín
CONFLICTOct 5Civilian rescues two Ukrainian ground robots in Sumy regionIn the Sumy region, a civilian rescued two Ukrainian ground troops—one of whom had been injured by a landmine, while the other had arrived to evacuate him—but complications arose during the rescue operation.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 5Trump attributes gasoline price hike to Ukraine's attacks against RussiaThe American leader blames Ukraine for the rise in fuel costs, disassociating the Middle East conflict from the energy problem. With elections approaching, price increases are a key issue for voters, while tensions in Eastern Europe remain uncommented.Clarín
POLITICSOct 5India is one of Russia’s biggest energy buyers. Can it also help broker peace with Ukraine?India is beginning to take a more active role in efforts to reach a settlement between Russia and Ukraine, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said. Bloomberg reported that his explicit statement signals New Delhi’s shift toward a more active stance after years of caution over the war, driven partly by its close economic ties with Russia.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 5After plague death reports at Siberia lab, Russia says situation under controlMoscow on Monday downplayed reports that a laboratory technician had died of plague, stressing that postmortem tests had not detected the disease, while Washington said it was closely monitoring the situation. Reports on Friday that plague had killed a 28-year-old woman named Darya Shipilova, who had been working for the anti-plague institute in Siberia’s Irkutsk region, sparked alarm. The news outlet People of Baikal, citing unnamed sources close to the regional security services, said she may...South China Morning Post
HEALTHOct 5How worried should we be about the Russian plague lab leak?Almost 200 people are being monitored following the death of a woman who dropped a test tube filled with live samples of the pathogenThe Telegraph
POLITICSOct 5Rubio responds to Russia's call for foreign diplomatic missions to leave KyivUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Washington reviews the safety of its diplomatic missions daily and would change its security posture if necessary, but has not done so in Kyiv.pravda_uk · ukraine
POLITICSOct 5Ukraine’s path into the EU may come with a catch for its farmers: limits on subsidies and market accessBrussels may limit Ukraine’s access to agricultural subsidies and the EU food market if it joins the bloc, according to an internal European Commission document cited by the Financial Times.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 5Anna Politkovskaya: The journalist killed 20 years ago for understanding Putin before anyone elseMurdered in 2006 in the stairwell of her apartment building in Moscow, the renowned Russian reporter relentlessly warned, with remarkable clarity, about the true nature of Vladimir Putin. Her reporting from Chechnya already foreshadowed the war in Ukraine.Le Monde [en]
CONFLICTOct 5Russian forces attack Dnipropetrovsk region nearly 50 times, killing one and injuring one personThroughout the day, Russian troops launched nearly 50 drone and artillery attacks on three districts in the Dnipropetrovsk region; one man was killed and another was wounded.Ukrinform [en]
WORLDOct 5Russian tennis star Daniil Medvedev disqualified from Beijing semifinal against Novak Djokovic after hitting spectator in face with ballDaniil Medvedev’s semifinal against Novak Djokovic at the ATP 500 tournament in Beijing ended early after officials defaulted Medvedev for hitting a spectator in the face with a ball. Djokovic was leading 7–5, 5–3 at the time.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 5Kremlin tells Russians to ignore ‘rumors’ of a possible plague outbreak in Siberia. U.S. and EU officials say they’re monitoring the situation.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 5Denied asylum in the U.S., imprisoned in Russia. Activist Leonid Melekhin gets 6 years for ‘justifying terrorism.’A court sentenced Leonid Melekhin, a businessman and activist from Perm, to six years in prison for justifying terrorism, Mediazona reported.Meduza [en]
BUSINESSOct 5Putin authorizes reorganization of UniCredit's Russian divisionIn May bank signed deal to sell part of AO Bank's assetsANSA [en]
CONFLICTOct 5Russian strikes leave Ukraine with almost no spare locomotives, further complicating grain exportsMeduza [en]
HEALTHOct 5Russia plays down reported plague lab death and says, trust usA Russian plague lab worker died of "pneumonia of unknown origin," officials say, in response to initial reports that she was exposed to the deadly bacteria during a lab accident.CBS News
POLITICSOct 5An activist challenged Russian officials after they blocked his protest against election fraud. Now he’s been jailed on drug charges and accused of ‘involvement in a Ukrainian armed group.’A court in Izhevsk ordered local activist Dmitry Morozov held in pretrial detention for two months on charges of possessing a large quantity of drugs. He is accused of possessing 0.38 grams of mephedrone, Kommersant — Udmurtia reported.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 5Sochi’s former mayor reportedly left to fight in Ukraine. Authorities brought him back, and a court has now sentenced him to 15 years for bribery.Moscow’s Meshchansky District Court sentenced former Sochi Mayor Alexey Kopaygorodsky to 15 years in a high-security prison after finding him guilty of accepting 248 million rubles in bribes.Meduza [en]
MILITARYOct 5Germany pledges $1.1B military aid package to Ukraine flush with drone interceptorsBreaking Defense
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