In Russia, voting has ended for the direct elections of 14 heads of regions, deputies of six regional, as well as several city and municipal parliaments. The elections took place from September 9 to 11 in 82 Russian regions. Almost 2.4 million Muscovites took part in the elections of municipal deputies in the capital in person and online by 18:00 (Moscow time) on the third day of voting. “1,710,742 electronic ballots were issued, 645,436 voted at polling stations.

A number of Ukrainian regions were left without electricity, according to local authorities and telegram channels. UNIAN writes that in Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region, the light went out after the "arrival". There is also no light in part of the Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy , Zaporozhye and Donetsk regions . “The Russians hit the energy infrastructure. They cannot put up with defeats on the battlefield,” wrote the head of the Dnepropetrovsk OVA, Valentin Reznichenko.

Ukraine’s army has captured Hoptivka in the Kharkiv region, a frontier checkpoint on the border with Russia, UNIAN cites soldiers of Ukraine’s 130th territorial defence battalion. The Hoptivka border checkpoint is located halfway between Ukraine's Kharkiv and Russia's Belgorod A video of Ukrainian servicemen posing before the checkpoint is being shared on social media.

“My youth at Hitler”: in Russian, the book of Horst Kruger, which destroyed the German “Wall of Silence”, was published in Russian The cover of the book is a destroyed house. "My youth under Hitler." Source: Livelib.ru There are such books that seemingly want, and you need to read, but few read. For general development. Or to understand the past. But definitely not to understand the present. And then suddenly a social shock occurs - and the entire circulation diverges instantly.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs opened eight criminal cases related to the elections, TASS writes . 156 administrative offenses were revealed. “No violations capable of influencing the elections have been registered,” said Mikhail Davydov, head of the Main Directorate for Ensuring Public Order and Coordinating Interaction with the Executive Authorities of Russian Subjects of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine occupied Goptovka-a border checkpoint in the Dergachevsky district of the Kharkov region, UNIAN reports with reference to the military of the 130th battalion of the territorial defense of Ukraine. A video was spread on the Internet in which Ukrainian troops declare control of goptovka.

Russia’s army has faced the risk of getting encircled on its most critical positions near Kharkiv within few days. Why were the troops unprepared for a tough fight? Footage of the transfer of Russian troops and equipment to the Kharkov direction. Photo: video screen Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the regions of Kherson and Kharkiv has marked the start of a new chapter in this war, and its potential outcome could barely be predicted.

The absurd play in five actions created using Deepfake technology Illustration: Ivan Lykov The Channel CEO of Channel Channel announced his intention to shoot the remake of the film Seven Samurai. According to him, the action will unfold during the civil war “somewhere in Novorossia” and there will also be seven heroes in the film: “Two-modern artists, and five more-also acting actors, but with the avatars of the famous Soviet actors of that time.

At least 19 people were detained in connection with the elections that are held in Russia from September 9 to 11, the Human Rights Project "OTD-Info" reports . Nine of the detainees are candidates, five are observers. In addition to them, they detained a deputy, a candidate’s proxy, a member of the territorial election commission with a ruling vote, a member of the precinct election commission with a decisive vote and voter.

Chairman of the Central Election Commission Ella Pamfilova sent letters to the regional election commissions with a recommendation to sum up the results of the elections no earlier than September 14. This is reported by TASS with reference to the head of the CEC. “All of you have received my letter with a recommendation not to sum up the results of the elections before September 14, before Wednesday.

Russia’s authorities have postponed “referendums” on joining Russia in the occupied regions of Ukraine “indefinitely” due to Ukraine’s successful counteroffensive, Meduza cites its sources close to the Kremlin. Political strategists who worked in the regions of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia and supervised the referendum preparations have returned to Russia. “We made a run for it after receiving an order to return home,” they said.

Krug Dobra, a Russian charity foundation, says they are short of medicines for critically ill kids amid sanctions, TASS cites the organisation’s press office. The supply of medicines is crippled, although none of the suppliers had refused to provide their goods. The foundation believes that the UN should adopt a resolution which would make medication supply exempt from sanctions.

Russian authorities have postponed the holding of referendums in the occupied territories of Ukraine “indefinitely” due to the successful counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region. This was reported by Meduza, citing sources close to the Kremlin. According to the publication's sources, Kremlin-connected political strategists who worked in the Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions returned to Russia. “******* [hurriedly left] everyone.

On the anniversary of the attacks on September 11 Photo: EPA-EFE / KEITH MEYERS / POOL When this happened, the world was divided into “we” and “they”. We - in different countries, including in Russia - were horrified, caught details, empathized. They rejoiced and danced in the squares. There were, of course, people and countries who did not notice anything at all: you never know what happened where?

During the September counter-offensive, Ukrainian forces broke through Russian positions in some places to a depth of 70 kilometers and captured more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory since September 6 - more than the Russian army has occupied since April, according to the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW ) . “Russian troops are not leading a controlled withdrawal and are hastily leaving the southeast of the Kharkov region to avoid encirclement around Izyum.