By the end of 2025, 16 restaurants had closed around Moscow’s Patriarch Ponds – five times as many as in previous years. It is just one of many signs that the boom of the war’s early years is over. Revenue at restaurants and cafés across Russia is steadily declining. The number of bars has fallen by 6% nationwide and by 14% in Moscow. Customers are cutting back on spending, while costs and taxes are rising.

British police detained two Latvian citizens after infiltrating the RAF Molesworth air base in Cambridgeshire, where US and NATO intelligence units are located, The Guardian reports . The men, aged 32 and 36, are now also suspected of violating the national security law - entering a prohibited facility for the purpose of causing harm to the UK. The investigation has been transferred to counter-terrorism police. Around 10:00 p.m.

A joint investigation with Der Spiegel . On the evening of Aug. 4, a drone carrying explosives crashed into the wing of a Ukrainian An-124 cargo plane parked at Leipzig/Halle Airport in the German state of Saxony. The device failed to detonate, and the drone fell to the ground, where it was discovered several hours later by a bus driver. At the time, the aircraft was empty, but shortly before the incident, it had transported ammunition from France via Leipzig.

The UK has imposed sanctions against Kyrgyzstan's state-owned Processing KG, which is linked to the VexPay payment platform, which the Russian A7 network promoted as an alternative to SWIFT. The head of the company, Ulan Bukabaev, was also subject to restrictions. In total, London added 38 individuals to the sanctions list, including Russian oil companies, cryptocurrency platforms and 12 “shadow fleet” tankers.

The governor of the Irkutsk region, Igor Kobzev, on the evening of October 8 announced the lifting of quarantine and the completion of all preventive measures begun after an employee of the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute fell ill with community-acquired pneumonia. Doctors also removed from observation everyone who had contact with the deceased girl. According to Kobzev, the check showed that the employee was vaccinated and was immune to dangerous infections that she dealt with at work.

RIA Novosti responded to the results of the parliamentary elections in Latvia with an extensive article by columnist Dmitry Bavyrin entitled “Dementia and courage. Latvia has found an inexhaustible source of strength.” The main content is already stated in the first paragraphs: “Imagine a spoiled child who listens to requests and advice only to do the opposite—a kind of skank, a more aggressive and brash version of the skank.

The oil slick that stretches behind the Aframax Rio tanker that caught fire off the coast of Sochi on October 6 has increased to 25 km². Greenpeace came to this conclusion after studying satellite images of the water area taken on October 7 and 8. According to the organization, at approximately noon Moscow time on October 7, the ship was 13 km from Lazarevskoye - approximately 50 km northwest of the point where the fire started.

The Gagarinsky Court of Moscow sentenced Doctor of Biological Sciences, senior researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution. A.N. Severtsov RAS Sofya Rosenfeld to 3.5 years in prison for two donations to FBK for a total of 2000 rubles. Mediazona reported this from the courtroom. Before the verdict, the 50-year-old scientist was at large; after the decision was announced, she was taken into custody in the courtroom.

Photo: IceCube Neutrino Observatory The winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2026 was the Belgian physicist, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) Francis Halzen. The prize was awarded to him “for his decisive contribution to the development of the IceCube neutrino observatory and the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin.” The Insider asked physicists to explain the nature and significance of Halzen's research.

The Simonovsky District Court of Moscow sentenced 60-year-old Yabloko party supporter Elena Perepelitsa to four years in a general regime colony for donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) totaling 3,500 rubles, writes Mediazona. This is the most severe known sentence among women who received actual prison terms for donating to FBK.

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2026 was awarded to Canadian poet, writer and translator Anne Carson. She received the award for her “bold and inventive work that has created new forms of modern literature in playful dialogue with the classical tradition,” the Swedish Academy announced . Carson, 76, was born in Toronto, studied ancient Greek literature and taught at universities in Canada and the United States.

Russia attacked Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region. This was announced by the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration (OVA) Vadim Filashkin. The impact hit the minibus, which completely burned down. As a result of this attack, 12 people were killed and 14 were injured. The head of the Donetsk OVA at 11:00 local time spoke about Russia’s attack on Kramatorsk, a city in the Donetsk region that remains under the control of Ukraine.

The economic consequences of Russia's hostile actions against Great Britain cost the United Kingdom approximately 2–2.5 billion pounds sterling per year (about $2.6–3.2 billion). This was reported by The Financial Times newspaper with reference to a report by the deputy chairman of the cross-party parliamentary group on rearmament, Labor member Graham Downey.

Network users noticed problems with the operation of the websites of some major Russian publications and other services. In some cases, companies have already confirmed that connection outages are associated with an attack on the Yandex data center in the Ryazan region. In particular, problems arise when trying to open the websites of RIA Novosti and Interfax, the newspapers Vedomosti and Kommersant, The Insider was convinced.

This year has become the worst year for measles cases in the United States since 1991, reports the Associated Press. Since the beginning of last year, large outbreaks of infection have been recorded in several states at once - in Texas, Utah, South Carolina, and now in Pennsylvania. The incidence this year grew in waves - the first occurred at the beginning of the year, the second began at the turn of summer and autumn.