Ulyanovsk Machine Tool Manufacturing Plant». Photo: promreg.ru. German-Japanese company DMG Mori, one of the world’s largest machine tool manufacturers, which announced its withdrawal from Russia after the outbreak of the war, continues to support the Russian military-industrial complex, as Agentstvo has found out. The company managed to keep its business in Russia despite the sanctions thanks to nominees and a Russian manager whose family publicly condemned the war.

The Russian authorities predicted the growth of housing and communal services tariffs in 2024 by almost 10%, which will become a record unified rate of tariffs over the past ten years. The government needs to get into the pockets of citizens to find money for Gazprom, which lost about half of the exports after the outbreak of war. Details . The Ministry of Economic Development published a socio-economic forecast for the next three years.

The editor -in -chief of Kommersant Vladimir Zhelonkin confirmed to the agency that the news of the record growth of Russian military expenses in 2024 was deleted by decision of the editorial office. Details . On September 22, Bloomberg reported the growth of military spending of Russia up to 10.8 trillion rubles in 2024, which is 6% of Russia's GDP.

Russia's largest airports faced queues due to a large-scale failure in the domestic Leonardo ticket booking system, which Rostec positioned as a safer replacement for Western services. The state-owned company explained the problems as a large-scale DDoS attack. Details . Aeroflot, Rossiya, Pobeda, Azur Air and Red Wings airlines reported a glitch in the Leonardo reservation system on Thursday morning. Passengers were invited to airports in advance to check in for flights manually.

The Kremlin, amid rumors about Ramzan Kadyrov’s serious illness, released footage from the meeting of the head of Chechnya with Vladimir Putin. These images are strikingly different from the video of Kadyrov’s meeting with the director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, published just a few hours earlier.

An Il-62M aircraft from the Russian Ministry of Defense made an unannounced flight to the North Korean capital Pyongyang a few days after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un completed his visit to Russia. Experts admit that this flight indicates that Russia and Korea are preparing a more serious deal than just purchasing weapons. Details . The plane with tail number RA-86559 took off for Pyongyang on September 25, according to data from the Flightradar24 service.

The territory that Ukrainian and Russian troops were able to occupy in August was the smallest since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to an analysis by The New York Times based on data from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The slowdown of the offensive is associated with the risk for Ukraine of facing a reduction in Western assistance, the publication recalls. Details .