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CONFLICTOct 9In Mali, the recapture of the city of Kidal offers a symbolic victory to the junta and its Russian allyDÉCRYPTAGE - Les Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa), épaulées par des mercenaires russes et des loyalistes touaregs, ont repris cette ville tenue par les rebelles depuis une offensive générale en avril.Le Figaro International
POLITICSOct 9Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of Russian opposition party Yabloko, fined 1,000 rubles for writing ‘For Peace’ on his ballotA St. Petersburg court fined Nikolai Rybakov, chairman of Yabloko, 1,000 rubles on an administrative charge of petty hooliganism.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 9The Kyiv Independent: Russia wants sanctions lifted in exchange for halting strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructureMeduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 9Siberian teen reportedly dies by suicide after studying and working at Alabuga, where drones are assembled for Russia’s war in UkraineA 16-year-old in Novokuznetsk died by suicide after spending four months working and studying at the Alabuga special economic zone in Tatarstan, where drones are assembled for the war with Ukraine, the outlet Echo reported. Echo said it has obtained an appeal from the teenager’s parents (it does not specify to whom the appeal was addressed) and a death certificate.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 9‘The smell of death is everywhere’: Inside the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding in Russian-occupied Oleshky, where hundreds are trapped without food, electricity, or medicineMeduza [en]
POLITICSOct 9Arrested German spy chief lashed out at his old agency over allegations he spied for RussiaPolitico Europe
HEALTHOct 9Russia says all clear after contact tracing in reported plague caseRussia has detected no health issues or dangerous micro-organisms after tracing all contacts of a woman who reportedly died of plague, the governor of Siberia's Irkutsk region said Thursday. Russia has not confirmed the woman died of plague, and Governor Igor Kobzev said in his statement she had contracted "community-acquired pneumonia".France 24 [en]
POLITICSOct 9Ukrainian woman detained at Russia's request leaves Kazakhstan and is now in EU – lawyerUkrainian national Liubov Rozhanska, who was detained in Kazakhstan at Russia's request on suspicion of abducting a child, has managed to leave Kazakhstan and travel to an EU country.Ukrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 9Ukraine pushes Russia back in Donetsk as military, civilian casualties soarAl Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 9Russian guided bomb strike on Zaporizhzhia injures 14, kills oneUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTOct 9Russian guided bomb strike on Zaporizhzhia injures 14, kills oneukrinform · ukraine
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 9Ukraine takes aim at Russia’s AI data infrastructureAl Jazeera [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 935 killed in strikes on Ukraine's Donetsk region as Russia reports four dead across BelgorodEuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 9EU paid €7.9bn for Russian Arctic LNG amid record importsEuroNews [en]
CONFLICTOct 9Russian forces attack two energy facilities in Dnipropetrovsk regionUkrinform [en]
BUSINESSOct 9More than a third of Russian companies forgo annual bonuses in 2026In total, 46.9% of Russian companies do not plan to pay employees end-of-year bonuses, with 36.2% forgoing bonuses only in 2026, despite having paid them a year earlier. The findings come from a survey of 1,076 companies across Russia conducted by Aktion Bukhgalteriya, Forbes Russia reported.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 9Russia has rejected another Black Sea ceasefire. What next?Russia’s latest ceasefire rejection leaves Black Sea security dependent on credible deterrence and increased allied support for Ukraine. The post Russia has rejected another Black Sea ceasefire. What next? appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
BUSINESSOct 9Russia opens criminal fraud case against former co-owner of retail chains Lenta and Rive GaucheDmitry Kostygin, the former co-owner of the Russian supermarket chain Lenta and the Rive Gauche chain, has been detained, the Russian business news outlet RBC and the St. Petersburg-based news outlet Fontanka reported, citing sources. On October 8, a Moscow court placed Kostygin under house arrest.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 9Head Of Russian Pro-War Blog Detained In MontenegroThe head of a leading Russian pro-war blog linked to the country’s Defense Ministry has been detained in Montenegro, along with several other people who work for the blog.RFE/RL
CONFLICTOct 9Russian strikes cause extensive damage to Ukraine's power grid – presidentUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 9Security Council LIVE: Emergency meeting as Russia launches deadly wave of attacks on UkraineUN News
CYBEROct 9Ukraine strikes Russian tech giant’s data centresFinancial Times
CYBEROct 9Iran and Russia used ChatGPT for propaganda by ‘fake journalists’, OpenAI saysThe American tech giant said it banned Russian and Iranian accounts that had been using ChatGPT models to generate content and fake journalist personas to spread false narratives about the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East and sow division.EuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 9Putin offers help to end Iran war while Russia continues its own in UkraineThe Russian president met Pezeshkian in Turkmenistan and pledged to do “everything in our power” to end the ongoing war between the US and Iran, despite Russia not being among the official mediators.EuroNews [en]