Putin declared martial law on part of Russia. If necessary, nothing will prevent the most severe restrictions from being extended to the entire country.

Vladimir Putin on Tuesday declared martial law in four occupied regions of Ukraine - but not only. In the border regions, a “medium-level response” regime has been introduced, and throughout Central Russia, a “high alert regime” has been introduced. Unlike martial law, these regimes do not appear in Russian law and are described only in Putin's decree.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed confidence that Europe will receive gas through Turkey from the gas hub, which he discussed with Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Now Europe is looking for natural gas. Fortunately, Turkey has no problems with this, and I hope that our country will also become a gas hub. At our last meeting, we reached an agreement with President Putin on this issue,” Erdogan said.

Vladimir Putin announced the introduction of martial law in the LPR, DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions. The corresponding decree has already been published on the Kremlin website. According to the decree, martial law is introduced from midnight on October 20. The decree is “immediately” submitted for approval by the Federation Council, which will meet at 17:00 Moscow time.

The state corporation Rosnano may be liquidated, this issue, according to Vedomosti, is being discussed in the government. The company's problems were exacerbated by the sanctions, it actually lost the ability to independently service its obligations, sources say. According to them, the government doubts whether it is worth supporting the viability of Rosnano at the expense of the budget in the current conditions.

The state will allocate 90 million rubles for the development of the Sparta computer game about Russian mercenaries who are fighting in a fictional African country, learned Kommersant . The Sparta developers assure that there will be no references to real private military companies, including the Wagner PMC, in the game, but some Sparta writers "participated in military operations in Syria." Grants will also receive two more games with national content.

The state will finance a computer game about Russian mercenaries in Africa Unsplash @ The state will allocate 90 million rubles for the development of Sparta’s computer game about Russian mercenaries who are fighting in a fictional African country, Kommersant learned .

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