Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi Following the results of the second round of negotiations between the United States and Iran mediated by the Sultanate, the Foreign Ministry of Oman reported that “there is still a lot of work to be done,” and the parties outlined “clear further steps” before the next meeting. New meetings on nuclear issues took place on Tuesday in Geneva. Upon completion, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi also stated that the work was not yet completed.

The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Ruben Vardanyan in the courtroom, March 2025 A military court in Baku sentenced former state minister of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and businessman Ruben Vardanyan to 20 years in prison, reports the Azerbaijani state news agency Azertaj. Vardanyan was charged with more than 40 charges, including financing terrorism, creating illegal armed groups, illegally crossing the border, as well as premeditated murder and violent seizure of power. Vardanyan did not admit guilt.

Alexander Drozdenko An explosion in the commandant's office building in Sertolovo, in the Leningrad region, killed the deputy head of a field bank and two contract soldiers on Tuesday, TV channel 78 reported. According to him, one person received a closed craniocerebral injury, a concussion, and he also had an open head wound. Previously, the building was gasified.

Dmitry Bavilsky In Chelyabinsk, at the age of 58, the writer, playwright, literary and music critic, and journalist Dmitry Bavilsky died. Literary critic Nikolai Podosokorsky announced this on social networks on Tuesday. He noted that Bavilsky kept a blog on LiveJournal under the nickname “paslen”. In 1993, Dmitry Bavilsky graduated from Chelyabinsk State University, then completed graduate school with a degree in foreign literature.

Donald Trump answers questions from reporters on board his plane US President Donald Trump called on Ukraine to quickly sit down at the negotiating table. He said this on board Air Force One, responding to a question from a journalist who asked what he expected from the tripartite talks in Geneva. "These are important negotiations. It will be very simple. Look, for now, Ukraine better get to the negotiating table. That's all I can tell you.

France on Tuesday released the tanker Grinch, which is suspected of belonging to the Russian “shadow fleet”. The owner of the vessel, as noted, was ordered to pay a fine of several million euros. French military and allied forces boarded an oil tanker en route from Russia last month between Spain and Morocco. The Grinch was escorted to a port near Marseille, France-Presse notes.

We discuss the negotiations in Geneva and the situation at the front in the “Facing the Event” program with journalist Leonid Shvets and military expert David Sharp.

Why does the Bank of Russia need a register of financial bloggers?

State Duma meeting room The State Duma, in the second and third readings, adopted amendments to the law “On Communications,” which will allow the FSB to turn off any type of communication in any region and at any time. According to the document, operators will be required to suspend the provision of services upon receipt of demands from the FSB in cases established by regulatory legal acts of the President of Russia.

A Polish non-governmental organization, the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights, is collecting testimonies from Ukrainian refugees about their experiences during the war. How can this later be used in the courts? Replay of the broadcast from September 30, 2025.

Radio Liberty News: final release

prison russia The 2nd Eastern District Military Court sentenced a Moscow resident to 14 years in prison in the case of donation to the Russian Volunteer Corps fighting on the side of Ukraine, Mediazona reported on Tuesday with reference to the Anti-Terrorism Commission of the Novosibirsk Region. The publication notes that, according to the court file, we are talking about 23-year-old Danil Zolotenky. Leaked databases mention that he worked as a courier and order picker.