Russia’s FSB has detained Maksim Asriyan, 26, a male nurse, in the Pulkovo airport in Saint Petersburg. He is suspected of attempting an act of terrorism, Mediazona reports . Asriyan’s wife has told Sota that her husband was detained on Friday as he was boarding a flight to Sochi. He told his wife he was suspected of attempted terrorism. He was “spotted near a conscription office, climbing over the fence, ”Fontanka and 47news report , although he wasn’t witnessed doing anything illegal.

Vladimir Putin has called the Crimean Bridge explosion “a terror attack against Russia’s essential infrastructure” and accused Ukraine’s secretive agencies of preparing the attack, Interfax reports . “There is no doubt that it was a terror attack against Russia’s essential civilian infrastructure. Ukraine’s secretive agencies are behind this attack,” he said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the explosion on the Crimean bridge "a terrorist attack against the critical infrastructure of the Russian Federation" and said that it was organized by the Ukrainian special services. It is reported by Interfax. “There are no doubts here. This is a terrorist attack aimed at destroying the critical civilian infrastructure of the Russian Federation. And the authors, performers, customers are the special services of Ukraine,” the president said.

FSB officers detained 26-year-old nurse Maxim Asriyan at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg on suspicion of attempted terrorist act (part 3, article 30; part 1, article 205 of the Criminal Code). This is reported by Mediazona with reference to the lawyer Vera Ivanova. Earlier, Sota reported about the detention of a man . Asriyan's wife told the publication that he was detained on Friday at five o'clock in the evening before flying from St. Petersburg to Sochi.

Russia’s FSB says the intensity of Ukraine’s shelling of border-straddling areas has “significantly increased” over the past week, TASS cites the agency. “Since the beginning of October, the number of attacks on the border-straddling areas of Russia in the regions of Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod has significantly increased.

Ukraine’s Armed Forces have liberated seven more settlements in the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, the local governor, reports . The settlements in question are Novolyubivka, Nevske, Grekivka, Novoyegorivka, Nadiya, Andriivka, and Stelmakhivka. Those settlements are now fully controlled by Ukraine. A total of 40 settlements have been re-captured by Ukraine as of 9 October, the country’s Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories reports.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) of the Russian Federation recorded a “significant increase” in the number of attacks on the border regions of the Russian Federation by Ukraine since the beginning of October. This is reported by TASS with reference to the department. “Since the beginning of October, the number of attacks on the border territory of the Russian Federation within the Bryansk, Kursk and Belgorod regions has significantly increased.

Diary of a Petersburger moving towards the Georgian border after mobilization The queue from trucks on the Georgian-Russian border. Photo: Era I will not go into stupid preface about the reasons for fleeing from Russia - everyone already understands everything. Physically, I ran alone, but without the mobile connection and help of friends sitting before the computers, the escape would be much more difficult. First, I decided to fly from my native Peter at the “reserve airfield” to Serbia.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) liberated seven settlements in the Svatovsky district of the Luhansk region. This was announced by the head of the local military administration Sergei Gaidai. According to Gaidai, the villages of Novolyubovka, Nevskoye, Grekovka, Novogorovka, Nadezhda, Andreevka and Stelmakhovka have been de-occupied. All of them are now entirely controlled by Ukraine.

Residents of Energodar have been left without electricity and water for the third day, said Mayor Dmitry Orlov. According to him, regular shelling interferes with prompt emergency recovery work. People cook food on fires near their houses, the mayor notes. He claims that for a long time the Russian side has not allowed humanitarian supplies from the territories controlled by Ukraine to enter the city.

All trains that were delayed due to the explosion on the Crimean bridge were sent from Crimea. About this with reference to the carrier "Grand Service Express" reports RBC. The company said that the departure of all trains today and in the coming days is planned according to the schedule. The delayed train Simferopol-Omsk left today at 10:55 instead of the scheduled departure at 2:10. The Simferopol-Perm train, which left Crimea before the explosion, was sent to Feodosia and left today.

Five opposition mistakes that led us to defeat Protests in Moscow. Photo: Era From the editorial office This text was written by Leonid Gozman in a special reception No. 2 in Moscow at a time when no one knew whether he could leave the country after the next arrest for 15 days and maintain freedom and life.

A conscripted man died in Yakutia after falling out of a window of a military gathering station, RIA Novosti reports . “A calamitous accident happened last night, a man fell to death out of a window. We are investigating to get more details now,” a source within the local police told RIA Novosti. It is also reported that the man in question was trying to escape the military by fleeing through the first floor window, using a rope made of bed sheets tied together, RIA’s source confirms this.

Russia spent over 2 billion rubles (€33.5 million) on maintaining security of the Crimean bridge, BBC Russia reports . An enterprise responsible for safeguarding the security of the bridge was receiving 53 million rubles (€890,000) each month for this purpose up until July 2022; this figure was increased up to 66.85 million (€1.12 million) in August. The protection of the vehicle part of the bridge cost Russia’s state budget around 700,000 rubles in 2022.

The Ministry of Defense of Kyrgyzstan has decided not to conduct joint military exercises with the CSTO peacekeeping forces "Indestructible Brotherhood-2022". It is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the department. Reasons for the cancellation were not given. The exercises were to take place at the Edelweiss training ground in the city of Balykchy, Issyk-Kul region, on October 10-14.