It becomes more difficult to leave, business loses employees due to mobilization and a new collapse in the market Rumors of the introduction of a ban on departure from Russia are not yet confirmed by men of draft age, but those who have already been written out or mobilization prescriptions have begun to unfold at the airport. Small business begins problems due to the call and departure of employees. And the Mosbirzhi index is below 2000 points for the first time since February 24.

After the announced mobilization, not only large corporations will face a shortage of personnel. Faster and stronger, it hit small and medium-sized businesses, including those in the service sector. The Bell spoke to entrepreneurs in Moscow and other cities about what is happening in their companies right now.

The pressure in one of the underwater strings of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline dropped sharply from 105 to 7 bar on the night of September 26. This is reported by Reuters and RBC with reference to representatives of the gas pipeline operator. Coastal authorities in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Russia were immediately notified and an investigation is underway.

At border crossings at airports, including in Moscow, lists were received to be mobilized, four sources in the aviation industry told The Bell. According to them, leaving men of military age are already being checked, some are denied exit. What's happened? Russian airports have begun refusing to allow men to leave the country on the basis of military commissariat bans for those who received a summons or mobilization order, four sources in the aviation industry told The Bell.

President Putin's announced "partial mobilization" will widen the decline in GDP this year by 0.25 percentage points, to 3.75%, and increase inflation in 2023 by 0.5 percentage points, to 6.5%, the report says Alexander Isakov, Bloomberg Economics economist for Russia and Central and Eastern Europe (available from The Bell). Mobilization will hit the economy mainly by reducing the labor force.

The collapse continues on the Russian market on Monday. By 13:35 Moscow time, the Moscow Exchange Index fell by 8.7%, to 1907.7 points. For the first time since February 24, it fell below 2,000 points. The RTS index fell by 9% to 1038.9 points. The dollar is holding at the level of 57.9 rubles, the euro has risen in price by 50 kopecks, to 55.8 rubles.

The press service of the Concord company Yevgeny Prigozhin published a statement by the businessman himself about his connection with the Wagner PMC. Until now, Prigozhin has denied such a connection and even won court cases with journalists - as he now says, out of sporting interest.

Sergei Tsekov, member of the Federation Council from Crimea , told RIA Novosti on Monday that he considers it necessary to ban Russians of military age from traveling abroad. The status of Tsekov's statement is unclear, and influential senator Andrei Klishas has already urged his colleagues not to escalate the situation. There is no reliable evidence that the authorities are preparing to close borders or restrict the movement of a certain circle of people.

According to the Investigative Committee, at 12:30 Moscow time, 13 people became victims of the shooting at school No. 88 in Izhevsk - six adults and seven children, 14 children and 7 adults were injured. Mourning has been declared in Udmurtia until September 29. UPD. After 16:00 Moscow time, the death toll rose to 15, 24 people were injured. The ICR confirmed that the attacker committed suicide. “He was wearing a black T-shirt with Nazi symbols and a balaclava.

The question of this week is whether martial law will be introduced and whether travel abroad will be blocked. On Monday morning, it became clear that the referendums on joining Russia took place even before the opening of polling stations: in the DPR and LPR , the turnout in the adjacent territories and exit polling stations exceeded 75%, in the Zaporozhye region - 51%, in the Kherson region it exceeded the threshold 50%.

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