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POLITICSSep 29Yekaterina Schulmann says Russian election expert Alexander Kynev’s leg was broken while he was being pressured to confess to treasonMeduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 29Russia planned to kill Kasparov and other dissidents this summerEl Mundo
CONFLICTSep 29Russia has increased its use of drones against Ukraine in September – Air ForceThe number of drones launched by Russian forces against Ukraine has increased in September.Ukrinform [en]
POLITICSSep 29Former pro-Russian presidential candidate Romania arrested in fraud caseDe voormalige pro-Russische presidentskandidaat van Roemenië, Calin Georgescu, is vandaag aangehouden in zijn woning nabij Boekarest. Hij wordt verdacht van fraude en het oprichten van een criminele organisatie. Georgescu mocht de uitspraak in die rechtszaak eerder thuis afwachten onder gerechtelijk toezicht. Het Openbaar Ministerie ging in beroep tegen dat besluit. Vandaag stelde de rechtbank justitie in het gelijk. Georgescu blijft in elk geval dertig dagen vastzitten. Honderden aanhangers van de voormalige presidentskandidaat verzamelden zich vandaag voor het gerechtsgebouw in het centrum vNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 29Europe needs a new strategy for Russian grey zone aggressionAtlantic Council
MILITARYSep 29Reuters: Russia is budgeting a record 17.1 trillion rubles for the military in 2027, while cutting planned spending on welfare, education, and healthcareMeduza [en]
MILITARYSep 29Six dead after Russia’s long-range bomber crashes on training missionThe Independent World
MILITARYSep 29Russia’s Jet-Powered Shahed Drones Are Quickly Evolving As Ukraine Scrambles To Blunt Their DamageThe War Zone
POLITICSSep 29Some Russian notaries won’t certify powers of attorney for draft-age men seeking representation at enlistment offices unless the men prove they have no pending summonses, rights groups sayThe rights groups School for Conscripts and the Movement of Conscientious Objectors say they have received reports from Moscow and the Samara region of notaries refusing to issue powers of attorney that would authorize others to represent conscripts at military enlistment offices and draft boards.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 29Ukraine’s innovative robot offensive just reversed a year of Russian gainsAtlantic Council
WORLDSep 29Soviet and Russian actress Alla Demidova, who turns 90 today, built a career on firsts. One of them was speaking the word ‘erection’ on a Russian stage.Alla Demidova turned 90 on September 29. An actress, writer, and scholar of Russia’s Silver Age, she has always worked in film and theater with top-tier directors from Russia and abroad, including Andrei Tarkovsky, Kira Muratova, Yuri Lyubimov, Anatoly Efros, Roman Viktyuk, Kirill Serebrennikov, Giorgio Strehler, and Theodoros Terzopoulos. She has also brought new, sometimes radical writing to the stage, pursued literary research, and founded one of the Soviet Union’s first independent theaters. In an article for the independent journalists’ cooperative Bereg, theater critic Alla Shenderova exMeduza [en]
MILITARYSep 29Russian Navy traverses iceberg - filled Arctic strait for first timeThe Russian Navy has for the first time successfully navigated an Arctic strait filled with icebergs. This unprecedented transit marks a significant development in Arctic naval operations and potential geopolitical strategies.russiaherald.com · Russia
CONFLICTSep 29Pope Leo XIV urges European leaders to be willing to make concessions to help end Russia–Ukraine war — but doesn’t say what should be concededPope Leo XIV has urged European leaders seeking to end Russia’s war against Ukraine to be ready to make concessions for the sake of peace. He made the remarks yesterday during a visit to France.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 29Estonia blames Russia for arson attack on defense companyDW News [en]
POLITICSSep 29‘Yes, I regret going’: Russian IT specialist returned to Russia to visit his ailing father and was charged with treason over €30 sent to his ex-girlfriend in Ukraine.A court in Russia’s Komi Republic recently sentenced philosophy instructor Nikolai Zyuzev to seven years in a penal colony. He left Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began but returned to his home village in 2025. He was detained there and charged with treason. Zyuzev is far from the only Russian who has returned home and ended up behind bars. Memorial has counted at least 40 such cases since 2022. Meduza briefly recounts some of the most telling cases.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 29Putin imposes new limits on taking cash rubles out of RussiaRussian President Vladimir Putin has issued a decree barring people from taking more than 1 million rubles in cash from Russia to Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, or Uzbekistan.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 29Russians attack Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times in one day, one person injuredRussian forces attacked three districts of Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region more than 20 times during the day, injuring one man.Ukrinform [en]
MILITARYSep 29Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber crashes in country’s Far East, killing sixMeduza [en]
POLITICSSep 29Russian state companies more than triple spending on landline phones amid internet restrictionsState-owned companies spent 118 million rubles on landline phones from January through August 2026, more than triple the amount spent in the same period a year earlier, Vedomosti reported, citing data from government procurement tracking services.Meduza [en]
POLITICSSep 29‘Let them be scared.’ Senior Russian government source says temporary takeovers of European companies’ assets are meant to pressure EU over sanctions.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTSep 29Stopping Russia’s aggression requires holding its enablers accountableRussia’s war is sustained by a network of enablers who supply weapons, labor, and sanctions-evasion channels. The post Stopping Russia’s aggression requires holding its enablers accountable appeared first on Atlantic Council.Atlantic Council
MILITARYSep 29Estonia accuses Russian intelligence services of ordering arson at defense-robotics company supplying UkraineMeduza [en]
MILITARYSep 29Russian Navy traverses iceberg - filled Arctic strait for first timeThe Russian Navy has traversed an iceberg-filled Arctic strait for the first time. This represents a notable achievement and potentially a strategic development in Arctic naval operations.middleeaststar.com · Syria
MILITARYSep 29Russian nuclear-capable Tu-95 crashes in Far East, killing six crew membersThe bomber went down near Krasnoyarovo shortly after taking off from the Ukrainka air base, which Russia had used to shelter surviving strategic bombers after Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb destroyed or damaged more than 40 aircraft at Russian airfields in June 2025.EuroNews [en]