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The cost of war in Ukraine. Online October 17
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20:14 The Ministry of Emergency Situations reports two dead and 15 injured as a result of a plane crash on a house in Yeysk.
19:28 “The fire engulfed several floors at once. 17 apartments were preliminarily damaged,” the governor of the Krasnodar Territory said . The authorities began to deploy a point of assistance for the residents of the house.
What is known about the plane crash on a house in Yeysk has been collected here .
18:47 Not a training L-39, but a front-line Su-34 fighter-bomber fell on a house in Yeysk, said . the city authorities
According to preliminary data , the plane was with full ammunition. A series of explosions can be heard on video from the crash site. 15 apartments were damaged, channel 112 reports.
18:44 An L-39 military training aircraft crashed on a residential building in Yeysk, writes Telegram channel 112. According to the channel, the plane crashed in the yard, only later the fire spread to a 9-story building.
18:38 In Yeysk (Krasnodar Territory), the plane fell on a residential building, media reports citing eyewitnesses. Information about the dead and injured is not yet available.
According to eyewitnesses cited by Baza, the plane was military. A skydiver is visible in the photo of the moment of the explosion, probably an ejected pilot.
17:40 Today Sobyanin announced the completion of mobilization in Moscow. But, according to lawyer Pavel Chikov, the heads of regions do not have such powers. “The authorities of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation provide assistance in announcing mobilization. They have no authority to complete it. Issued summons to appear for mobilization do not lose force in connection with a statement by the mayor of Moscow or the governor of any other region,” the human rights activist warns .
According to Chikov, Sobyanin's words only indicate that the regions received quotas for mobilization through the Ministry of Defense. Apparently, they were carried out in the capital. At the same time, the lawyer recalls that in some regions the authorities resumed conscription after completing these tasks (this was the case , for example, in the Rostov and Kursk regions). Although the Kremlin denies the "second wave" of mobilization.
“As lawyers, we strongly recommend not to relax, not to leave the room, not to make a mistake,” Chikov concludes. Until Putin announces the completion of the mobilization and signs the corresponding decree, a new round of conscription can begin at any moment.
16:52 The Ministry of Digital Transformation has unexpectedly decided to publicly stand up for "military correspondents" and "everyone who honestly and openly covers the events of a special military operation by any means." The ministry announced that it was "categorically opposed to any attempt to influence their activities" and promised legal and informational support.
On October 12, "military officer" Semyon Pegov reported that "individual generals and military commanders" had prepared and sent down a list of channels and journalists "who allegedly discredit the SVO and the activities of the Ministry of Defense." According to Pegov, it was planned to “apply criminal/administrative measures of the widest profile” to them. However, on October 15, Pegov wrote that due to public outcry, "there are no more lists." By this time, for example, the head of RT, Margarita Simonyan, had publicly stood up for the "military correspondents" .
The Telegram channel Mash wrote that the list included the channels of Pegov himself, Igor Strelkov, Yuri Podolyaka, Vladlen Tatarsky, Sergei Mardan, Igor Dimitriev, Kristina Potupchik, as well as the anonymous channels GreyZone and Rybar.
16:39 The head of the DPR, Pushilin, announced the exchange of prisoners with Kiev “according to the formula 110 to 110”: “We give Kiev mostly women. From the dungeons of the Ukrainian regime, we are returning home 80 civilian sailors who were held hostage. Also, 30 servicemen from the DPR, LPR and other regions of the Russian Federation receive freedom.
The Ukrainian side has not yet commented on the information. on The previous exchange became known October 11. Russia returned 20 servicemen in exchange for 32 Ukrainian citizens.
14:40 Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at the meeting of the State Duma on the budget and taxes:
“It seems to me that now the issue of increasing the tax burden on citizens is not the most urgent and the time is far from the most suitable <...> If we talk about increasing the progression [on personal income tax], then, in our opinion, this would simply have a negative effect on trust to the actions of the government, the authorities. We agreed that we will resort to measures to increase taxes on the population, not only as a last resort, we will not touch them [the population] at all.”
14:06 The Ministry of Finance sent a draft resolution to the government on supporting the mobilized, including entrepreneurs.
They will extend the deadline for paying most taxes, insurance premiums, as well as submitting tax returns and other reporting, for the period of military service. In addition, scheduled and repeated tax audits will be suspended. “The measures being taken are aimed at removing legal conflicts and supporting the mobilized guys,” Anton Siluanov was quoted as saying by the ministry’s official Telegram.
12:22 Gas at the Dutch TTF hub today for the first time since the end of June is cheaper than $1,400 per thousand cubic meters. Today, Bloomberg wrote that the European Commission has prepared a mechanism for a dynamic gas price ceiling, which should limit market volatility.
12:13 Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced the completion of partial mobilization in the capital. The task of mobilization has been completed, “the points of collection of the mobilized are closed on October 17, 2022, at 14:00. Summons sent out in the process of mobilization to the place of residence and enterprises cease to be valid.”
What exactly was the plan of the Ministry of Defense for Moscow, Sobyanin did not specify, but wrote that "mobilization has become a huge test for thousands of Moscow families, whose fathers, husbands and sons today go to the army." Meduza (recognized as a foreign media agent) wrote that in percentage terms, the capital gave much less mobilized than some small regions of Russia.
11:35 At the start of trading in the UK, the pound strengthened , while government bond yields decreased. New Treasury Secretary Jeremy Hunt announced that he would accelerate the introduction of new financial stability measures by two weeks, and the Bank of England that it had stopped buying government bonds, but continued to use other liquidity mechanisms.
UPD From Hunt's further statements , it follows that there was almost nothing left of Premier Liz Truss' tax cut plan. Among other things, a Truss guarantee that the average household bill for electricity and heating will not exceed £2,500 in the next two years is in question. The pound by 13:00 Moscow time is growing by 1% against the dollar.
The main thing for the night and morning:
- The Ministry of Education banned teachers from using all foreign services, including WhatsApp, and ordered them to switch to the VK and Rostelecom platforms. Similar requirements for parent chats still look like local excesses, but VK itself paid attention to the dominance of “unfriendly” products.
- The media continue to evaluate the speech of President Xi Jinping, who is running for a third term, at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China. The main message of Xi is that China is ready for technological development without regard to the US, and offers its leadership and vision of the future to the whole world. The Chinese President translated the key issue of Taiwan into a practical plane, denoting a commitment to peaceful reunification, but emphasizing that China reserves the right to use force.
- The proposal of a group of EU countries on a gas price corridor did not pass, but the European Commission is preparing an alternative . It comes from the future of the European gas market without Russia and includes "automatic" dynamic ceilings for spot prices on the Dutch TTF hub, together with a mechanism to limit intraday fluctuations.
- ExxonMobil's refusal to work on the Sakhalin-1 project is connected with the insurance of tankers of Sovcomflot, which fell under the sanctions, learned Kommersant . The American company was not satisfied with the alternative to the international extended coverage offered by Ingosstrakh.
- This week will determine the fate of British Prime Minister Liz Truss after she effectively withdrew her unfunded tax cut plan and fired Treasury Secretary Quasi Kwarteng the previous week. So far, the most likely scenario for the prime minister is not a quick resignation (although it is also not ruled out), but the status of a “lame duck” under the new Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt, writes Bloomberg.
- What industry participants warned about from the very beginning began to come true: the share of defective “sanctioned” chips from China when delivered through chains of intermediaries began to reach 40%.
- Kyiv early Monday morning was attacked for the first time by Iranian-made Geranium drones. It is not specified what targets were hit, the mayor of Kiev reported explosions in the central Shevchenkovsky district.