What happened in brief: 27 September

The Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, where gas leaks were reported on 26 September, may have been damaged in a deliberate attack, German newspaper Der Tagesspiegel reports. Swedish and Danish seismic stations have documented two major underwater explosions in the area of the gas leaks in the early hours of 26 September and on the evening of 26 September.

Activist Artem Kamardin, who was previously beaten and raped by police officers who came to his home to detain him, was named a suspect in the case of inciting hatred or enmity with the threat of using violence, his attorney Leonid Solovyev said. He was denied hospitalisation even though the paramedics diagnosed him with a concussion, a closed head injury, thoracic bruising and multiple abrasions on his face.

Russia will set up a draft office at the Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the border with Georgia in the near future, local police reported. The police noted that the number of cars travelling to the Georgian border is significantly increasing. The situation on the border is “extremely tense”, they added.

Kazakhstan is holding talks with Russia on the mass influx of Russian citizens into the country. According to Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry, about 98,000 Russians have entered the country since the partial mobilisation was declared. Meanwhile, a total of 64,234 Russians have left Kazakhstan since 21 September.

Mobilised Russian men are being sent to the frontlines without a medical examination and without any training, the Pervy Otdel human rights project reports. The project’s Telegram channel published a video showing a serviceman saying that his regiment will be sent to Ukraine’s Kherson in several days.