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Bulgarian authorities said drones attacked two vessels in the country’s maritime economic zone in the Black Sea, and TASS reported one of them sank. The attack came a day after a cargo ship was hit by drones off Romania’s coast and sank, wi…
Metallurg Magnitogorsk suspends head coach Andrei Razin
Hockey club Metallurg Magnitogorsk has suspended head coach Andrei Razin from work, RIA Novosti, TASS, Kommersant and Interfax all reported. TASS said the club cited disagreements between the coach and the players, while Kommersant quoted c…
Bank of Russia raises official dollar rate to 84.93 rubles for October 6
The Bank of Russia set the official dollar rate for October 6 at 84.93 rubles, up 1.45 rubles from 83.48 rubles on October 3, with the euro rising 1.01 rubles to 95.33 rubles and the yuan up 0.22 rubles to 12.65 rubles. RBC reported the rub…
Nobel medicine prize awarded to three scientists for optogenetics
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for discoveries concerning light-sensitive ion channels and optogenetics, the Nobel Committee announced in Stockholm. The three sh…
Russian government approves bioeconomy development strategy to 2036
Russia's government approved a bioeconomy development strategy running to 2036, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at a meeting with deputy premiers, according to official and business outlets. The strategy defines priority areas for bio…
Huawei and Qualcomm sign multi-year patent licensing deal covering 5G and AI
Huawei and Qualcomm have signed a multi-year patent licensing agreement covering 5G, artificial intelligence, computing and networking technologies, with cross-licensing of their patent portfolios. Qualcomm will additionally buy a number of…
Tanker catches fire in Black Sea near Sochi; Sirius beaches closed
A tanker caught fire in the Black Sea near Sochi, according to Russian state and business outlets. The head of the Sirius federal territory administration, Dmitry Plishkin, said its beaches would be temporarily closed and that water and air…
Paramount Skydance closes $110bn Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition
Paramount Skydance completed its purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery for $110bn, and the combined company is named Skydance. Its shares will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SKYD, while WBD shares stopped trading on Nasd…
Sweden to send Patriot air defence systems to Poland in December
Sweden will send Patriot air defence systems to Poland in December, Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said, according to Interfax. The systems are to protect the NATO logistics hub in Rzeszów, through which Western military …
AfD's Tobias Rausch elected speaker of Saxony-Anhalt state parliament
Tobias Rausch of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) was elected speaker of the Saxony-Anhalt state parliament, the first time an AfD politician has headed a German Landtag. He received 48 votes in favour and 29 against, according t…
Panama-flagged tanker On Peace attacked off Oman; 12 crew injured, India says
India's foreign ministry said the Panama-flagged tanker On Peace was attacked while trying to pass through the Strait of Hormuz and that 12 of its 19 crew were wounded, 11 of them Indian citizens; the injured were evacuated to Khasab in Oma…
Russia drops “fake army news” case against hospice founder Moniava
Russia's Investigative Committee has closed the criminal case against Lida Moniava, founder of the Dom s Mayakom children's hospice and charity fund, for lack of corpus delicti, her lawyer and support group said on 6 October. She had been c…
Lavrov arrives in Turkmenistan for CIS foreign ministers meeting
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkmenistan on 6 October to take part in a meeting of the CIS Council of Foreign Ministers, according to RIA Novosti, TASS and Interfax. Interfax reported the ministerial meeting is schedul…
United Russia deputy Yeliferova becomes first of new Duma convocation to give up seat
Irina Yeliferova, a United Russia deputy in the new State Duma, has filed a statement to resign early, citing a move to another job. A draft resolution has been registered in the Duma database and her statement is due to be considered at a …
Kremlin: Putin-Xi meeting at APEC confirmed; Putin-Trump-Xi idea not yet worked out
Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said practical preparation for a possible meeting between Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the APEC summit has not begun, though he called the idea interesting and said all three leaders know of it. U…
Germany detains ex-BND chief Hanning on suspicion of espionage
August Hanning, who headed Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, has been detained on suspicion of espionage, obtaining state secrets and attempted high treason, according to German and Russian outlets. His former …
Drone debris sets fire at Krasnodar region enterprise, three injured
Debris from a drone fell on the grounds of an enterprise in the Temryuk district of Russia's Krasnodar region, causing a fire and injuring three people, the regional operational headquarters said. The injured are receiving medical care, and…
Putin to visit Turkmenistan on Oct 8–9 for CIS summit, Caspian ecological talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a working visit to Turkmenistan on October 8–9, presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said. He will attend a CIS heads-of-state meeting and the Caspian Ecological Summit in the Avaza tourist zone near Tur…
Russia says drones hit tanker carrying fuel for Ukrainian army in Yuzhny port
Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces struck a tanker in the port of Yuzhny in Ukraine's Odesa region with drones on 6 October, saying the vessel was delivering fuel and lubricants intended for Ukraine's armed forces. The ministry said …
Macron convenes emergency meeting over French student protests
French President Emmanuel Macron convened an emergency meeting with ministers on the evening of 6 October over nationwide student protests, with Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu and education minister Édouard Geffroy taking part. The protes…