The application of the Russian social network "VKontakte" disappeared from the App Store. In addition, other applications of the VK holding have disappeared from the App Store - VK Music, VK Clips, VK Messenger, VK Play and VK Admin. Also, the Mail.ru mail application, which is part of the VK ecosystem, has disappeared from the app store. At the same time, the Odnoklassniki application and the Tam-Tam messenger can still be downloaded, the Durov Code publication drew attention.

On the evening of September 26, dispatchers from the Nord Stream 1 control center recorded a pressure drop on both strings of the gas pipeline. This was reported to RBC in the press service of the Nord Stream operator. Because of what the pressure has decreased, the company-operator does not yet know. Earlier on September 26, it became known about a pressure drop on one of the lines of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline near the Danish island of Bornholm. The cause was a gas leak, said .

In Moscow, security forces beat and raped the detained poet and activist Artem Kamardin. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta. Europe, without citing the source of the information. As the source told the publication, the security forces "beat Kamardin very badly and stuck a dumbbell in his anus." After that, they forced him to apologize on camera for the words "Glory to Kievan Rus, Novorossiya - suck it." He is still in police custody. Earlier on September 26, Novaya Gazeta.

The Ministry of Communications and Digital Development has published a list ( .pdf ) of specialties that “meet the criteria for exemption from mobilization for IT and communications specialists.” The document was published in the official telegram channel of the department. The list includes 195 specialties. Among them are mathematics, physics, nuclear energy and thermal physics, astronomy, chemistry, mechanical engineering, linguistics, journalism, architecture, design and others.

A previously unnamed street in western Moscow has been renamed in honor of former LDPR party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky. This was reported to TASS in the Moscow government. According to the interlocutor of the agency, the name of Zhirinovsky was received on the territory of the HOA “Gorodok Nadezhny” in the Ochakovo-Matveevskoye area. The corresponding decision was made at a meeting of the Presidium of the Government of Moscow on September 20.

Musician, co-founder and former frontman of Pink Floyd Roger Waters has written an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin. It was published on Waters' Facebook page. I am increasingly being asked to write to you too, so here goes. First, would you like the war to end? If you answered, “Yes, please,” that would immediately make things a lot easier.

Activist and poet Artem Kamardin has been beaten and raped by Moscow police, Novaya Gazeta Europe reported on Monday. A source reportedly told the outlet that security agents “beat Kamardin severely and shoved a dumbbell into his anus.” They then forced him to apologize on camera for saying the words “Glory to Kyivan Rus — Novorossiya can suck it" at an anti-mobilization gathering.

He considered the Chief of the Russian General Staff to be “the smartest of men” Valeriy Zaluzhny was born in 1973 and dreamed of becoming a comedian as a child. But instead, he continued the family tradition by enrolling in the Odessa Command School. His diploma was devoted to the structure of the US Army. But he also respected the Russian school of military science.

Russia will not submit the film to the Oscars, which will be awarded in February 2023. “The Presidium of the Russian Film Academy has decided not to nominate a domestic film for the Oscar of the American Film Academy in 2022,” the message on the website of the Russian organization says. The film academy did not specify why such a decision was made. on September 23 TASS wrote that the opinions of Russian filmmakers regarding the need to nominate the film for an Oscar were divided.

Explains political scientist Vladimir Gelman Evgeny Bugubaev / Anadolu Agency / Abacapress / DDP Images / Vida Press Russians are registered at the draft point and get on the bus for departure in unit. September 26, 2022 After the mobilization announcement in many large cities of Russia, protests were held. According to the OVD-Info , more than two thousand people were detained on them.

Team Navalny exposes the secret wealth of Gen. Alexey Sedov, head of the FSB’s Second Service Gen. Alexey Sedov. Mikhail Fomichev / TASS Gen. Alexey Sedov, the current head of FSB’s Second Service, tasked with “the defense of constitutional government and countering terrorism,” is worth a billion rubles (or $17.2 million), according to “The FSB’s Bandit-in-Chief,” a new investigation published by Navalny Live on YouTube.

At the Upper Lars customs checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border, Russian citizens were allowed to cross the border on foot due to major traffic jams. This was reported by Baza and the Tbilisi_life Telegram channel. "First of all, the passage is open to women and children. A new queue of those who want to cross the border without a vehicle is formed at the checkpoint. The travel time / passage of both borders by transport is 4-5 days," blogger Nikolai Levshits reported on Telegram.

Unlike Berlusconi and other right, the “Italian brothers” criticize Putin and support Ukraine Gregorio Borgia / AP / Scanpix / Leta George Melony at the headquarters of his party in Rome after winning the election, September 26, 2022 In the parliamentary elections in Italy, the right coalition, led by the Italian Brothers, founded only 10 years ago-she gained about 26 percent of the vote, and her leader George Melony has every chance of becoming the first woman prime minister in the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin granted Russian citizenship to American Edward Snowden. A decree on this was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. Interfax asked lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who represents Snowden’s interests, whether his client is now subject to conscription into the Russian army as part of mobilization.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden, according to an executive decree published on the Russian government’s official website. Snowden fled the U.S. in 2013 after leaking classified information on NSA surveillance programs. Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia when he first moved there in 2013.