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POLITICSOct 7Latvia’s Foreign Ministry reportedly moves to declare Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin persona non grataLatvia’s Foreign Ministry has begun the process of declaring “another Russian citizen” persona non grata, Foreign Ministry head Baiba Braže said. She said the decision followed consultations with the Internal Affairs Minister and the prime minister and was based on information “from the competent authorities.”Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 7Lida Moniava to remain director of children’s hospice after Russia drops charges over anti-war postLida Moniava, founder of the House with a Lighthouse children’s hospice, will remain the organization’s director after the criminal case against her was closed, Mikhail Biryukov, her defense attorney, told the Russian business news outlet RBC.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Bulgaria’s leader says drone attack hits 2 commercial vessels, and Ukraine’s president blames Russiaheadtopics · united states of america
CONFLICTOct 7Russia hits Ukraine with wave of attacks on Putin’s birthdayPolitico Europe
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 7Zelenskyy says Russia missile attack that killed 12 is birthday 'gift' to PutinEuroNews [en]
POLITICSOct 7Russia to videotape driving tests and photograph candidatesRussia is changing the rules for its driving test: candidates will be photographed during the theory exam, and the process will be recorded on audio and video. The changes, set out in a government resolution, take effect March 1, 2027.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Eleven dead in heavy Russian attacks on Ukraine: 'Painful blow'NOS Buitenland
CONFLICTOct 7Ukrainian forces hit two oil facilities, training range in Russia – ZelenskyUkrinform [en]
MILITARYOct 7Rubio In Iceland Signals Deeper NATO Push As Russia, China Challenge Arctic SecurityUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio has signaled a renewed American push to strengthen security in the Arctic, warning that US adversaries and competitors are already acting in a region of growing strategic importance.RFE/RL
BUSINESSOct 7Russia asks Vietnam for planes as illegally re-registered Western fleet falls apartMoscow proposed wet-leasing Vietnamese aircraft, crews and maintenance, but any transfer would involve Airbus or Boeing jets, exposing Vietnamese carriers to secondary sanctions. Nearly a fifth of Russia's largest airlines' planes are already grounded, double the normal downtime rate.EuroNews [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Zelensky on Russian attack: Infrastructure in Kyiv and 12 regions hit, energy sector key targetUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Russia hits Ukrainian apartment buildings in deadly overnight strike, Zelenskyy saysABC News
POLITICSOct 7Politkovskaya 'predicted' Russia's turn under Putin, editor says on 20th anniversary of her deathAssassinated Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya "predicted" Moscow's trajectory under President Vladimir Putin 20 years ago, her former editor said ahead of the anniversary of her death on Wednesday. Politkovskaya had reported on the war in Chechnya and Putin's rise before she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment block on October 7, 2006.France 24 [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Death toll from Russian missile strike on Pryluky rises to five, 25 injuredUkrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 7Removing Russian oligarchs from sanctions list sets 'a very bad precedent', Browder saysBill Browder, once Russia’s largest foreign investor, said sanctions are the “worst thing” that can happen to Russian oligarchs, adding that they are “scheming and trying to come up with ways of getting off the sanctions list”.EuroNews [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Dovzhenko Film Studio in Kyiv damaged again in Russian attackUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTOct 7Russia’s Hybrid War Has Entered a Dangerous New PhaseForeign Affairs
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 7Russian missile strike on Pryluky kills four, injures 20Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSOct 7Trump says he’ll call Putin about suspected plague outbreak in RussiaU.S. President Donald Trump said he would call Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible plague outbreak in Russia.Meduza [en]
POLITICSOct 720 Years Since The Death Of Russian Journalist Anna PolitkovskayaOctober 7 marks the 20th anniversary of the murder of prominent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya, a tenacious investigative reporter who exposed the brutality of Russia's war in Chechnya and documented how President Vladimir Putin curtailed democracy in Russia. Her daughter, Vera, tells RFE/RL how warning signs were ignored. Two decades later, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov -- a frequent subject of Politkovskaya’s reporting -- remains in power amid continuing allegations of torture, killings, and other abuses.RFE/RL
CONFLICTOct 7Russian missile attack on Kremenchuk kills two, injures sevenUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKINGOct 7Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine kill six and injure more than 20Meduza [en]
WORLDOct 7Russia 3-3 Nigeria: Five key takeaways as Super Eagles stage dramatic comeback in Nizhny NovgorodThe draw does not erase Nigeria’s recent shortcomings, but it provides plenty to examine as Chelle assesses his options and prepares for the team’s next competitive assignment The post Russia 3-3 Nigeria: Five key takeaways as Super Eagles stage dramatic comeback in Nizhny Novgorod appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.Premium Times
MILITARYOct 7Russia’s plague outbreak shouldn’t scare us – but its secretive bioweapons programme shouldThe Telegraph