Semyon Krasotkin, a 27-year-old mathematician and journalist from Moscow, has been jailed on treason charges, the news outlet Vot Tak reported. Krasotkin was detained at Domodedovo Airport in mid-August 2026 after a trip to Kyrgyzstan, a source told Vot Tak. Border guards searched his phone and found “stars” — paid reactions that serve as Telegram’s virtual currency — that he had left on posts in opposition and Ukrainian Telegram channels.

In the summer of 2025, media outlets first reported on the “nefors” of Kitay-Gorod — teenagers in unusual clothes who hang out in this central Moscow neighborhood. Around the same time, local café and bar owners noticed they were getting fewer customers: The rowdy young members of alternative subcultures had scared them off. A year later, police began rounding up the “nefors,” handling teenagers roughly as they detained them , sometimes without explanation. Police go mainly by how they look.

27-летнего москвича Семена Красоткина, математика и журналиста, арестовали по обвинению в госизмене, пишет издание «Вот Так». По данным источника «Вот Так», в середине августа 2026 года Красоткина задержали в аэропорту Домодедово после поездки в Кыргызстан. Сотрудники погранслужбы проверили телефон Красоткина и нашли там «звезды» — это платные реакции, служащие виртуальной валютой мессенджера — которые он оставлял к постам в оппозиционных и украинских телеграм-каналах.

Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Diana “Naoko” Loginova, the vocalist for the band Stoptime, to its registry of “foreign agents.” The ministry also added Loginova’s fiancé, Stoptime guitarist Alexander Orlov, to the list. Another new addition to the registry is the Malinovy Klin Nezavisimaya Kuban (Raspberry Wedge Independent Kuban) movement. Stoptime is a street band from St.

The Turkish criminal gang known as the Daltons may have been involved in the arson attack on a Starlink satellite ground station in the village of Wola Krobowska in Poland’s Masovian province, Der Spiegel reported, citing sources. The ground station caught fire on September 23. Polish authorities called the fire a deliberate act of sabotage and blamed Russia. According to Spiegel, Russian intelligence services may have hired the Daltons to carry out the attack.

On October 9, Shortparis released “Iliada” (“Iliad”) , their first album since vocalist Nikolai Komyagin died in February 2026. Its sound is unusual for the band, and its lyrics are probably the most candid in their catalog. Music critic Artyom Makarsky explores how “Iliada” differs from the band’s earlier recordings and how some of its lyrics might be interpreted. There aren’t many Russian-language posthumous albums.

Donald Trump said he had not ordered restrictions on Starshield, the military version of Starlink, in Ukraine. “Well, I don’t know if it was anybody, because it wasn’t me. And I don’t think it was Elon [Musk],” Trump told reporters. Trump said he had checked that morning and everything was working as usual. He said he was “not even sure” Starlink had stopped working in Ukraine.

К поджогу наземной станции спутниковой связи Starlink в деревне Воле-Кробовской в Мазовецком воеводстве Польши может быть причастна турецкая преступная группировка «Далтоны», рассказали источники Der Spiegel. Наземная станция в Воле-Кробовской загорелась 23 сентября. В Польше пожар назвали целенаправленной диверсией и возложили ответственность на Россию. Spiegel пишет, что «Далтоны» могли получить заказ на совершение этой диверсии от российских спецслужб.

Обновлено. В Белом доме подтвердили «Би-би-си», что Кэти Закария покидает пост пресс-секретаря. Сроки ее ухода с должности не уточняются. Новая пресс-секретарь Белого дома Кэти Закария уволена, утверждают три источника газеты The New York Times. Fox News пишет , что увольнение Закарии «ожидается». Один из высокопоставленных советников Трампа также сказал изданию Axios, что «ожидает» ухода Закарии со своей должности в течение «нескольких дней».

Evgeniy Maloletka / AP / Scanpix / LETAAn apartment building in Kyiv after a Russian missile strike. October 13, 2026. Russia expects to force Ukraine to capitulate this coming winter by disabling its energy system, particularly by leaving Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa without electricity, heat, or water, The New York Times reported. The newspaper reviewed a Russian government plan that Ukraine intercepted and showed to its European allies in September.

Дональд Трамп заявил, что не отдавал распоряжения ограничить работу Starshield (это военная версия Starlink) в Украине. «Ну, я не знаю, кто это мог быть, потому что это был не я. И я не думаю, что это был Илон [Маск]», — сказал Трамп, отвечая на вопросы журналистов. Он добавил , что проверял ситуацию утром, и все работало как обычно. По словам Трампа, он «даже не уверен», что Starlink в Украине переставал работать.

An immigration raid is underway in central St. Petersburg, where OMON riot police have cordoned off a block on Moskovsky Prospekt near Sennoy Market. The block includes a prayer room attended by about 1,000 worshipers, a law enforcement source told TASS. Officers are also checking nearby hostels and cafes. Several dozen people have been detained, journalists said. Officers are checking registration documents, migration cards, and work permits.

Pope Leo XIV spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin and the Vatican said. During the call, the pope expressed “deep concern” about the dire humanitarian situation in Oleshky, in the Kherson region, and called for a ceasefire to allow deliveries of humanitarian aid and the safe, voluntary evacuation of civilians.

European leaders did not press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to tone down his remarks about U.S. President Donald Trump during their meeting in Brussels, diplomatic sources told Politico. “What do you expect him [Zelenskyy] to do? He’s desperate, and the situation is as bad as it can get,” one of the sources told the outlet.

Moscow’s Zamoskvoretsky District Court has ordered Oleg Shorin, the former director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Library for Natural Sciences, held in custody on charges of large-scale fraud, Kommersant reported. The basis for the charges is unknown. Shorin stepped down as the library’s director in December 2023. In June of that year, Moscow’s Khamovnichesky District Court fined the library 141,000 rubles for misusing 2.8 million rubles in public funds, according to Kommersant.