This is 54% more than previously planned In 2026, the authorities want to allocate 106.4 billion rubles for the work of Russian state television channels. This amount is included in the draft federal budget, Vorstka calculated. This is 5.2% more than budgeted for the current year. At the same time, expenses on state television turned out to be 54% higher than forecasts - the budget for 2025 indicated the expected expenses on state TV in 2026.

According to the US special envoy, Russia has “no sacred places” Special Representative of the US President Keith Kellogg in an interview with Fox News said that for Ukraine “there are no inviolable places” in Russia. According to him, from the statements of Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, it follows that Kyiv can launch long-range weapons strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin appointed Igor Rudenya as plenipotentiary representative in the Northwestern Federal District Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed Governor of the Tver Region Igor Rudenya as the Presidential Plenipotentiary Representative in the Northwestern Federal District. In his new post, Ruden was replaced by Alexander Gutsan, who became the Prosecutor General of Russia on September 24.

The opposition “Patriotic Electoral Bloc” of socialist Igor Dodon announced violations The ruling pro-European Action and Solidarity (PAS) party, founded by President Maia Sandu, won the parliamentary elections in Moldova with more than 50% of the votes. Based on the results of processing 100% of the protocols, the party receives more than half of the seats in parliament out of 101 deputies.

Security forces may increase pressure on left-wing activists On September 18, US President Donald Trump announced his intention to recognize the anti-fascist movement as a terrorist organization and signed a corresponding decree on September 22. This was his reaction to the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, shot dead eight days earlier.

A year ago they were already increased by 25% The maintenance of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his administration in 2026 may cost taxpayers 32 billion 917 million rubles. This amount is included in the draft federal budget for 2026, Vorstka noted.

Constant control, mass holidays and Soviet war songs I've been to North Korea twice. Once - in Pyongyang on Victory Day at the end of July 2024. The second is at sea in the Northern Economic Zone of Rason. Tours to the DPRK are organized by Vostok Intour. To obtain a visa, I needed to fill out a short application form. In the “profession” column I immediately wrote “photographer”, and in the “company” column - “freelance”.

He is suspected of illegally assigning subsidies to companies associated with Alexei Bobrov's STS Corporation Former vice-governor of the Sverdlovsk region Oleg Chemezov was detained as part of a criminal case for fraud on an especially large scale. His lawyer Maria Kirilova confirmed that the ex-official is a suspect in the case. According to the defense lawyer, Chemezov was detained despite his health condition preventing his detention. After interrogation, he was hospitalized.