The company was sued for disrupting state defense orders In the Kursk region, the presentation of medals of the Ministry of Defense “For strengthening the military commonwealth” and “For contribution to strengthening the defense of Russia” took place. Among the recipients was the head of the Kursk Region Development Corporation, Vladimir Lukin, the Ploshchad publication noted . It is unknown which medal Lukin received.

Most likely, Russia will not receive a lot of ammunition: Tehran needs them in case of a great war in the Middle East What is known about supplies Russia received about 200 Iranian ballistic missiles, last week the publication of The Wall Street Journal with reference to American and European officials reported . One of them believes that this party will not be limited to this party.

Restrictions also affected the structure created to spread Russian influence in Moldova The US Treasury has published a new list of individuals who have been sanctioned in connection with Russia's harmful foreign actions. It included ANO TV-Novosti (owns the RT trademark), MIA Rossiya Segodnya, ANO Eurasia, as well as the heads of Russia Today and Eurasia - TV presenter Dmitry Kiselev and Nelly Parutenko.

In the Z-channels “Northern Wind”, “Roman Saponkov” and “Rybar” published a dying message from servicemen from the Russian UAV reconnaissance detachment. After a conflict with the command, they were sent to storm Ukrainian positions, where they died. According to one of the authors of the appeal, reconnaissance detachment commander Dmitry Lysakovsky with the call sign Goodwin, regiment commander Igor Puzik disbanded the UAV detachment in order to “squeeze out the property” that the unit used.

Roman Anin , the founder of IStories, has announced his departure from the position of editor-in-chief. He will be succeeded by Alesya Marokhovskaya , who previously led the publication’s data team. “I’ve known Alesya for many years; she started her career as an intern in my investigative department at Novaya Gazeta,” says Anin. “And it’s a big question as to who learned more from whom.

The Bank of Russia raised the key rate by 100 bps. p., from 18 to 19% per annum. This is stated in a press release on the Central Bank website. The rate increase is explained by the fight against inflation. “Current inflation pressures remain high. Annual inflation at the end of 2024 is likely to exceed the July forecast range of 6.5–7.0%,” the Central Bank reports. According to the Central Bank's estimates as of September 9, annual inflation will be 9.0%.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners using the “49 to 49” formula. The information was confirmed by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. : “49 Ukrainians and Ukrainian women at home. These are soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the National Guard, the National Police, the State Border Service, as well as our civilians,” he wrote. Crimean Tatar journalist Lenya Umerova, accused in Russia of espionage, was returned to Ukraine.

Russia has begun producing new long-range attack drones with Chinese engines called Harpy-A1. They have already been used in Ukraine, Reuters reports , citing sources in one of the European intelligence services. The news agency was also able to review corporate documents confirming this information, including a production contract, company correspondence, as well as financial documents.

In total, since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the presidential administration has received more than 20 thousand complaints on this topic In August 2024, Russians wrote to the president almost two thousand (1927) requests to search for missing or captured military personnel, “Important Stories” calculated . This is a record number of complaints on this topic since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine.

This is an abbreviated version of the article, first published on the website of Tamara Eidelman “The past Russia was amazing, its present is more than excellent, as for the future, it is above all that can draw the most bold imagination” - these words said about two hundred years ago, Count Benkendorf, the head of the infamous III department, is simply the head of the political police. But you won’t think that they were said so long ago.

The founder of Important Stories, Roman Anin, announced his resignation as editor-in-chief. He was replaced in this position by Alesya Marokhovskaya, who previously headed the publication’s data department. “I have known Alesya for many years; she began her career as an intern in my investigation department at Novaya Gazeta,” says Anin. - And this is still a big question, who studied with whom.