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CONFLICTBREAKING30m agoRussian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv kills two, injures 21Ukrinform [en]
POLITICS35m agoHinson breaks with Trump on Russia diesel dealIowa Senate GOP candidate Ashley Hinson said on Tuesday that she didn’t agree with a recent deal President Trump struck with Russia that would import 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and global marketplace, taking issue with the U.S. making a deal with an adversary.   “We need to lower gas prices in this…The Hill
CONFLICT53m agoUkraine-Russia war latest: Trump vows to get peace deal done between Zelensky and PutinUS president says both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky want the war to end, but ‘there is a lot of hatred between the two of them’ and they ‘don't know how to get there’The Independent World
CONFLICTBREAKING1h agoRussian missile hits Kyiv power plant with no early warning from allies, Zelensky saysEuroNews [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING1h agoKyiv hit by Russian ballistic missiles for second day with no warningAl Jazeera [en]
MILITARY2h agoRussia prepares for possible direct military confrontation with Europe by 2045, Ukrainian Intelligence saysUkrinform [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING3h agoKyiv power plant hit by Russian missile without warning from alliesFrance 24 [en]
MILITARY3h agoPletenchuk: Russian naval drones pose threat to Black Sea countriesUkrinform [en]
POLITICS4h agoWho is Sofya Rozenfeld, the internationally renowned Russian ornithologist sentenced to three and a half years for donating to Alexey Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Foundation?Sofya Rozenfeld has spent her life studying Arctic birds: traveling to Russia’s Far North on expeditions, following flocks of geese in a seaplane, and fighting to protect rare species. Now the scientist, one of Russia’s leading ornithologists with a doctorate in biological sciences, has been sentenced to three and a half years in a penal colony for two donations of 1,000 rubles each to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). Rozenfeld admitted guilt in part, saying she had been unable to cancel her recurring payments because she was on an expedition and out of contact. T-invariant examined why sMeduza [en]
WORLD4h agoThe true story behind Moscow’s new big-budget racing movie: How Imperial Russia’s first Monte Carlo Rally team crossed Europe in 1912 without a windshieldOn October 8, Ilya Malanin’s film “Bitva motorov” (“Battle of the Motors”) opened in Russian theaters. Starring Yura Borisov and Ivan Yankovsky, it tells the story of a Russian team that competed in the 1912 Monte Carlo Rally in a Russo-Balt car. The historical adventure drama draws heavily on real events, though its creators emphasize that it takes plenty of artistic liberties. Writing for Meduza, history educator Andrey Aksenov, creator of the podcasts “Zakat imperii” (“Twilight of the Empire”) and “Vremya i dengi” (“Time and Money”), explains how the race actually unfolded.Meduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING5h agoSpox Trehubov: Russian forces may seek to expand control zone along Kharkiv region borderUkrinform [en]
CONFLICT5h agoThe Washington Post: U.S. and Europe are developing a new plan to end the Russia–Ukraine war, offering incentives and security arrangements in exchange for a ceasefire along the current front lineMeduza [en]
CONFLICTBREAKING5h agoRussian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky saysBBC World
POLITICS5h agoHow to avoid military conscription and pressure to sign an army contract in RussiaIn September 2022, Grigory Sverdlin, the former director of Nochlezhka, an organization that helps homeless people, launched Idite Lesom (“Get Lost”). The project helps Russians avoid mobilization or desert the military. Over four years, more than 85,000 people have used its services. Meduza has already published a detailed guide to avoiding being sent to the front. Now we’ve asked the Idite Lesom team to share the advice they give people who turn to them for help.Meduza [en]
POLITICSBREAKING5h agoRussia detains Japanese journalist on suspicion of spying⁠Russia’s FSB security agency said on ⁠Tuesday it had detained a Japanese journalist ⁠for alleged espionage, and Moscow’s foreign ministry said it regretted that Tokyo was using correspondents to carry out spying. In a statement on its website, the FSB said the Hokkaido Shimbun newspaper journalist was detained in the far eastern Sakhalin region on the day before he planned to leave Russia. It did ‌not specify when this was. Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a statement...South China Morning Post
CONFLICT6h agoIran and Russia are stepping up hybrid campaigns in Britain, UK spy chief saysJapan Today
POLITICS6h agoBurnham sends fresh message to Ukraine ahead of Zelensky visit after Trump's diesel deal with RussiaBurnham will hold talks with Zelensky on Wednesday at Downing StreetThe Independent World
POLITICS6h agoTrump’s diesel deal with Putin, a rebuke from Brussels, and a squabble over Europe’s enormous Russian energy billMeduza [en]
CONFLICT6h agoZelensky says Ukraine’s Western allies again gave no warning before Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv. It’s the second time in two days.Meduza [en]
POLITICS6h agoJailed Russian historian Yury Dmitriev, who uncovered Soviet mass graves, is sent back to prison without a diagnosis after a suspected stroke, supporters sayHistorian Yury Dmitriev, 70, has been returned to Penal Colony No. 18 in Mordovia from a prison hospital, the human rights group ZPCh said, citing his support group. He was taken to the hospital in late September with a suspected stroke.Meduza [en]
CYBER6h agoHave Ukrainian strikes on Yandex data centres hit Russian online disinformation?France 24 [en]
POLITICS6h ago‘My only home.’ Russian journalist Leonid Ragozin spent 12 years building a life in Latvia. Now he’s afraid to return.Latvia’s Foreign Ministry said on October 6 that it had added a Russian citizen to its list of personae non gratae. It did not name him. According to Delfi and Politico, he is journalist Leonid Ragozin, who moved from Russia to Latvia after the annexation of Crimea, obtained permanent residency there, and writes for Western media outlets. Ragozin appears set to become the first independent journalist opposed to the war on Latvia’s persona non grata list, which includes more than 150 Russians. He would find himself alongside numerous Russian propagandists and prominent supporters of Russia’s agMeduza [en]
CONFLICT6h agoPutin snubs Trump’s ceasefire as Russia aims to make Ukraine unlivableAtlantic Council
CYBER7h agoThe 'Russian Google,' war spoils for Ukraine.El Mundo