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HEALTHOct 8Russia’s Silence on Possible Plague Outbreak Stokes Fears of a Cover-UpAs rumors spread about a possible plague outbreak in Siberia, the Kremlin turned to a familiar playbook: offering little information about potential bad news.NYT World
CONFLICTOct 8Royal Navy sailor appears in London court on charges of spying for RussiaSouth China Morning Post
CYBEROct 8Russian Spies Give 'MatchBoil' Malware a Stealthy FaceliftCyber-espionage actor UAC-0099 has been steadily refining its flagship dropper in campaigns targeting Ukrainian organizations.Dark Reading
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Ukraine strikes a data center operated by Russian tech giant Yandex. How vulnerable is Russia’s internet to further drone attacks?Meduza [en]
MILITARYOct 8NATO attempts to cool tensions with Russia ahead of key nuclear exerciseItaly is hosting NATO's annual nuclear exercise, which starts next week.Politico Europe
POLITICSOct 8Russia’s censorship agency bans two dystopian novels by Olga Ptitseva about an alternate Russia ruled by the ‘Party of Cold’Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, has banned Olga Ptitseva’s novels “Dvesti trety den zimy” (“The 203rd Day of Winter”) and “Vesna vody” (“Spring of Water”). A notice appeared on the God Literatury portal on October 7, Vyorstka reported.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Four killed, 19 injured in Kyiv in Russian attacks throughout dayUkrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 8‘A complete sham’: European Parliament condemns Russia’s September elections and refuses to recognize its new lower house as legitimateThe European Parliament adopted a resolution rejecting the results of Russia’s State Duma elections. It says the vote was a “sham” held in an atmosphere of fear amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 8Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev spent years fighting EU sanctions over Belarus. He finally won (but remains sanctioned over Russia’s war in Ukraine).EU ambassadors removed Russian billionaire Mikhail Gutseriev from the bloc’s Belarus sanctions list on October 7, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.Meduza [en]
HEALTHOct 8The big unanswered question about Russia’s ‘plague’ deathRussia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what made officials think these were needed at all?New Scientist
HEALTHOct 8Siberian governor announces ‘all-clear’ following death of Russian plague research institute employeeAuthorities in Russia’s Irkutsk region have completed a “series of preventive measures” after the death of Darya Shipilova, an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, Governor Igor Kobzev said. She had community-acquired pneumonia, he said.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Russia attacks one of Kyiv’s key energy facilities – Energy MinisterUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 8Russian guided missile kills 30 on packed Ukrainian city busesCBS News
POLITICSOct 8America’s Best Answer to the China-Russia AllianceWashington can exploit friction, strengthen allies, and make the axis harder to sustain.Foreign Policy
CONFLICTOct 8Russian attack on Ukraine busses part of 'a steady increase in attacks on civilians'France 24 [en]
CONFLICTOct 8The Russian-occupied town in Ukraine facing starvationFrance 24 [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Dozens killed in Russian strike on civilian buses in eastern UkraineAl Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Black smoke rises over Russia’s largest oil refinery following a Ukrainian drone strikeUkrainian drones struck the Omsk oil refinery. Astra reported that a column of black smoke rose above the plant.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Ukraine preparing response to new wave of Russian escalation – ZelenskyUkrinform [en]
WORLDOct 8Former Kanye West collaborator Gosha Rubchinskiy accused of sexually assaulting a minor. The Russian fashion designer denies the allegation.Vasily Yeremin, who appeared in Gosha Rubchinskiy’s runway shows, has accused the designer of sexual violence in an Instagram post.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 8Zelensky, Costa discuss Russian strikes, EU aid, opening of negotiating clustersPresident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky and European Council President António Costa discussed the schedule for opening the next negotiating clusters on Ukraine’s accession to the EU, as well as an energy package for the winter and further financial support.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTOct 8Rubio Warns Russia's War Could Spill Beyond Ukraine's BordersRFE/RL
POLITICSOct 8Russian dissident Kara-Murza warns France is sending 'dangerous signal' to PutinIn an interview with RFI, Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza has accused France of sending a “very dangerous” signal that the West is ready to return to “business as usual” with Vladimir Putin, after the French government pushed for European Union sanctions against Russian-Uzbek billionaire Alisher Usmanov to be lifted – a move Kara-Murza called “shameful”.RFI [en]
SCI & TECHOct 8French, US and Russian astronauts return to Earth after eight months in spaceSpaceX brought France's Sophie Adenot and fellow astronauts Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway and Andrey Fedyaev back to Earth on Thursday after an eight-month mission on board the International Space Station that saw Adenot become the first French woman to walk in space.France 24 [en]