As the deputy head of Nizhny Novgorod, Ilya Shtokman, went from Putin's gratitude to arrest in just a week Ilya Shtokman. Photo: a video from the video from the channel "Leaders of Russia" / YouTube The former first deputy head of the administration of Nizhny Novgorod Ilya Shtokman, who was considered the “good comrade” of the mayor of the city, was detained on suspicion of receiving a multimillion -dollar bribe.

Western experts warn about the script of Fukushima, the occupation authorities reject concerns The Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant has been left without external power supply for more than three days, which has become a record since the beginning of the war. About this writes The Guardian.

The main events of the week are in “terrible news” with Kirill Martynov Every Saturday, the editor -in -chief of Novaya Gazeta Europe, Kirill Martynov, comments on the most important events of the week in Russia and the world. * Unidentified UAVs are again seen over Europe. NATO stated that it was ready to shoot down Russian aircraft in case of violation of the air space of the EU. Why does the Kremlin go to escalation?

The authorities refuse OSCE observers, Julia Navalny launches a campaign against United Russia Photo: Anatoly Maltsev / EPA In September 2026, the elections of State Duma deputies will be held. Already now, the Russian authorities are discussing the refusal to cooperate with the European observers of the OSCE and actively introduce “Wow veterans” into politics, while the Julia Navalny team begins a large -scale campaign against United Russia.

Mayor Yevgeny Naumov attends the opening of Russia’s first school for drone training, Krasnodar, 26 September 2025 . Photo: Yevgeny Naumov, Telegram Russia’s first school teaching children how to assemble and operate drones has opened in the southern city of Krasnodar, Mayor Yevgeny Naumov announced on Friday.

Experts - that, in addition to motivation from Trump, the Armed Forces of Ukraine for serious counterattacks have Repair of the gun near the front line in the Donetsk direction, Eastern Ukraine, July 2, 2023. Photo: nikoletta stoyanova / epa President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky at a closed meeting with Donald Trump as part of the UN General Assembly asked the Tomahawk winged missiles with a range of two and a half thousand kilometers, the media confirm.

Will raising VAT to 22% be enough to maintain Russia’s vast military spending? Russian servicemen at a Victory Day parade on Red Square in Moscow, 9 May 2025. Photo: Alexander Zemlianichenko / AP Photo / Scanpix / LETA Russia’s Finance Ministry has proposed raising VAT to 22% to cover a hole in the federal budget caused by increasingly out-of-control military spending, with the new rate to be introduced as early as next year.

The International Paralympic Committee restored the rights of the Paralympic Committee of Russia and lifted the restrictions introduced after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This was reported in the press release of the organization. At first, the question of the full removal of the Russian Committee was first issued the organization of the organization’s General Assembly, and then the extension of the validity of a partial removal. Both times most of the delegates voted against.

The follower of Svetlana Lada-Rus, who criticized the reform of local self-government, was arrested in Altai. This is the third similar episode in a month Aruna Arna. Photo: VK On September 24, about six in the morning local time home to the Altai activist Arun Arne, security officials burst. Arna managed to record only a short “circle”, which she published in her telegram channel.

Photo: Sky News The former member of the European Parliament, the ex-leader of the Right Party of Reform UK in Wales, Neuthane Gill, admitted to receive bribes in order to promote Russian interests in Europe. This is written by Reuters and Deutsche Welle . The 52-year-old Gill found himself guilty of eight points of bribery, which concerned the funds he received from January 2018 to July 2019.

Photo: EPA New published documents in the case of Jeffrey Epstein say that the financier maintained contacts with Ilon Musk. This is reported by Politico and Axios . The name of the mask is found in the records of a financier convicted of sexual crimes.

In Kyiv, for the first time since the beginning of the large -scale aggression of Russia, a symbolic “stumbling block” was established - in memory of the righteous of Babyeo Yar The ceremony of the Camen stumbling block, Kyiv, Ukraine, September 23, 2025. Photo: Olga Musafirova - And if, dear friends, they declare anxiety, then we will suspend everything and quickly pass into the nearest shelter. Agreed? - The organizer indicates in the direction of the Polytechnic Institute metro station.