The Russian government has cancelled a 1991 agreement that allowed Japanese citizens to visit the Kuril Islands without visas, according to an order issued by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on September 5. Mishustin also cancelled the 1999 agreement, according to which Japanese citizens – former residents of the islands of Kunashir, Iturup and the islands of the Lesser Kuril Ridge and their family members could visit the aforementioned islands in a simplified manner.

How EU-recommended sanctions are affecting Russian students in the Czech Republic Filip Albert / Shutterstock.com The Electrical Engineering department at the Czech Technical University in Prague. April 13, 2021. Story by Alexey Slavin. Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale.

Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin signed a government decree on the creation of two new armored factories, which will repair armored weapons and equipment. They will be subordinated to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The 71st armored repair plant will appear in Ramenskoye, Moscow Region, and the 72nd plant in the city of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Region. The first plant provides for 365 jobs, the second - 227.

Russian officials and experts prepared a report for the Russian government that attempted to assess the impact of the sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. This is reported by Bloomberg, who studied a copy of the report. On August 30, the report, which had been in preparation for several months, was presented at a closed meeting of high-ranking officials. The authenticity of the report to the agency was confirmed by sources familiar with the discussion.

In the first half of 2022, 419 thousand people left Russia, RBC reports, citing Rosstat data. This is twice as much as during the same period in 2021, when 202 thousand people left the country. At the beginning of 2022, Rosstat recorded a migration outflow (−96.7 thousand), as follows from the Rosstat table published by the publication. For comparison: in the first half of 2021, Rosstat recorded a migration influx (+114 thousand people).

The President of Latvia, Egils Levits, submitted a draft law to the Saeima (Parliament), after the adoption of which the Latvian Orthodox Church will receive an independent and independent (autocephalous) status. This was reported on the President's website. By adopting amendments to the law, the State of Latvia recognizes that the Latvian Orthodox Church is a fully independent and independent (autocephalous) church. It does not depend on the authority of any other church outside of Latvia.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Kadyrov made a (strange) statement that he would leave the post of head of Chechnya. Is it true? And if you go to increase, then where? On September 3, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov published a video message in which he said that he was thinking about leaving his post. Ramzan Kadyrov has been heading Chechnya for 15 years. He takes his post for the longest leaders of the Russian regions. The current term of his powers expires in 2026.

Ali Khara / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA A Taliban security guard in from of the Russian Embassy in Kabul after the explosion. September 5, 2022. Two employees of the Russian Embassy in Kabul died in an explosion Monday morning, according to Russia’s Foreign Ministry. At 10:50 am local time, an unidentified suicide bomber detonated an explosive device near the entrance to the embassy’s consular department.

In it, Russia is a “keeper of traditional values” (and does not interfere in the affairs of other countries) Dmitry Lovetsky / AP / Scanpix / Leta On September 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree with which he approved the Concept of Humanitarian Policy of the Russian Federation abroad. We give with small reductions several quotes from this document, which show how, according to the Kremlin, they should perceive Russia in other countries.

The Carnegie Moscow Center, which represented the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Russia, has ceased operations. This is stated in a statement published on the organization's website and in the telegram channel Carnegie Politika . Nevertheless, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace continues to publish analytics about Russia, Ukraine and neighboring countries, including in Russian. The organization said it had launched a new website .

S7 Airlines has opened the sale of tickets for flights from Russian cities to Turkish Antalya, RBC reports citing a statement from the carrier. The first flight from Moscow was scheduled for September 26, from Novosibirsk - for October 22. Flights from Moscow to Antalya and back will be operated daily. From Novosibirsk, S7 will first fly to Turkey once a week, on Saturdays, and from November 1 - twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays. S7 canceled all international flights on March 5, 2022.

To the journalist Ivan Safronov was given 22 years. Here are the first reactions to this crazy sentence Natalya Kolesnikova / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Moscow court announces the sentence to Ivan Safronov. September 5, 2022 The former journalist of Kommersant and Vedomosti Ivan Safronov was sentenced to 22 years in a maximum security colony, finding guilty of treason. According to the prosecution, he transmitted secret information to the special services of Germany and the Czech Republic.

Ukraine’s electrical grid has been disconnected from the last remaining power line that was connecting it to the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the Ukrainian state energy company Enerhoatom reported on Monday. According to the company, Russian troops have shelled the facility repeatedly throughout the last three days. On September 5, it said in a statement, the attacks caused a fire to break out on the station's territory.

Russian politician Alexei Navalny filed a lawsuit against the administration of IK-6 in the Vladimir region, the press service of the Kovrov City Court reported. Navalny challenged the decision of the administration of the colony, which on August 12 sent him to a punishment cell for three days "for the unbuttoned top button of his clothes," the court said.

Yes, about similarities with Margaret Thatcher will also tell Alberto Pezzali / AP / Scanpix / Leta Liz Tracers after winning the election to the post of leader of the Conservative Party-and, accordingly, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to the next universal elections in 2024. London, September 5, 2022 On September 5, the internal elections in the Conservative Party of Great Britain ended.