Explosions in the "northern streams", the results of "referendums" and the situation on the boundaries Gazprom @ The most mysterious story of the beginning of the week is an accident that occurred simultaneously on both Baltic gas pipelines, the Nord Stream - 1 and Nord Stream 2. The accident is practically excluded, in the places of holes, seismologists recorded powerful explosions, and the governments of European countries are already investigating what happened as a sabotage.

Every day it becomes more and more difficult to leave Russia, although there are no official exit bans. Yesterday we talked about the difficulties at airports. Today, on the land border with Georgia, subpoenas were handed to Russians subject to mobilization. Despite this, the multi-kilometer queue of those wishing to leave does not become smaller. Summons are also being issued at the border with Kazakhstan, where people also wait in line to cross the border for days.

Employees of Russian IT companies began to receive subpoenas en masse. Several interlocutors in the market told The Bell about this at once. Yandex employees received about 180 summonses, two interlocutors of The Bell who are familiar with the situation in the company said. The company's lawyers advise employees and their loved ones on mobilization issues, one of them said.

in the US markets on Monday The sell-off continued , with the S&P 500 falling to its December 2020 levels, down 8% since early September. But on Tuesday, the decline stopped — probably not for long. What's happened? At the opening of trading in the US on Tuesday, the S&P 500 index rose by 1%, with all sectors of the index in the green zone. Dow Industrial rose 0.7%, Nasdaq Composite - 1.5%. Brent oil quotes returned to above $85, bitcoin - above $20,000.

In the DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, polling stations closed after a five-day vote in referendums on joining Russia. The first results - the overwhelming majority voted "for" joining with a very high turnout.

Mobilization is in full swing in Russia. What if you don't want to serve? We asked a lawyer to answer the most common questions about a possible military draft. Who can serve me a summons?

Over the past week since the announcement of mobilization, more than tens of thousands of people have left Russia, and the flow of those leaving does not dry out. We tell you what to do with money if you are abroad, and your income and savings are in ruble accounts in Russia. Money transfers What it is: international money transfer services like Western Union. Suitable for: those who travel to Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, CIS countries.

The only sure way to escape a call-up to the army and a rapid deployment to the front is to flee the country. Apparently, the Kremlin has decided that the risk of protests triggered by closing the borders is greater than the danger of a shortage of recruits, and five days after “partial mobilization” there has been no exit ban. But it’s not so easy to leave Russia right now.

Russians quickly concluded that even the mildest statements from Putin and the Defense Ministry were not to be trusted. Within the first days of the draft, there was evidence that some of those called up were people clearly outside fighting age — for example, a 49-year-old private or a 63-year-old colonel. In some villages, all men were taken without exception. Men who have been called up already say that they are billeted in barracks without beds.

The last week of September has been no less momentous than the final days of February. Defeat in the Kharkiv region and the strain on personnel in Russia’s standing army forced the Kremlin to abandon its idea of a “special operation” conducted by “professional soldiers.” In the past week, the pro-Russian administrations of Ukraine’s partially occupied territories – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions – announced fast-track referendums on formally joining the Russian Federation.

Hello! In this week’s newsletter, we focus on the Kremlin’s military mobilization that has uprooted Russian society over the past week — sparking protests , sending hundreds of thousands of Russians scrambling for the borders and threatening broad economic implications . We also look at how Russian businesses are struggling to ensure employees are exempt from the call-up . Referendums and mobilization The last week of September has been no less momentous than the final days of February.

Demand for push-button mobile phones has risen sharply in Russia since the start of mobilization. They, unlike smartphones, are allowed to be taken by conscripts with them on the road. Sales of push-button phones in Russia from September 21 to 25 increased by 3-3.5 times compared to the previous week, Eldar Murtazin, a leading analyst at Mobile Research Group, told RIA Novosti.

The condition for postponing workers in the IT industry from mobilization is specialized higher education. This condition alone can cut off up to two-thirds of the industry's workers. What's happened? The Ministry of Digital Transformation published an order with a list of specialties in IT and communications, for which a deferment from mobilization is recommended, and gave instructions for filling out the relevant forms by employees.

The condition of the deferred ITSHNIKS from mobilization was a profile higher education. It can already cut off two -thirds of the industry employees The Mincifers published an order with the list of specialties in IT and the connection, which recommended a delay from mobilization, and gave instructions for filling out the relevant forms by employees.

A sharp drop in pressure in one of the lines of Nord Stream 2 and in both pipes of Nord Stream 1 could have occurred due to “targeted attacks,” writes the German edition Der Tagesspiegel, citing sources . According to him, during the investigation, two versions are considered - sabotage from the Ukrainian or from the Russian side.