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23 сюжетовGermany 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 …
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…
Moscow court orders in absentia arrest of journalist Andrei Loshak in terrorism case
A Moscow court on 29 September ordered the in absentia arrest of journalist and documentary filmmaker Andrei Loshak in a case of justifying terrorism, according to court records and state agencies. He has also been placed on a wanted list, …
Мишустин поручил Минцифры усилить защиту аккаунтов на Госуслугах
Премьер-министр Михаил Мишустин поручил Минцифры усилить защиту учетных записей на портале госуслуг и проработать дополнительные условия для входа или восстановления доступа. Выступая на форуме «Цифровые решения», он заявил, что порталом по…
Moscow court cuts blogger Ayaz Shabutdinov's fraud sentence to six years
The Moscow City Court's appeals instance reduced blogger and business coach Ayaz Shabutdinov's sentence by one year, from seven years to six years in a general-regime colony, Kommersant and vc.ru reported. He was convicted of fraud in Octob…
Rostelecom launches TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line
Rostelecom launched the TEA NEXT trans-Eurasian fiber-optic line at the Digital Solutions – 2026 forum in the presence of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the company and state news agency TASS reported. The line runs from Russia's western…
Kazakhstan detains former navy chief over deaths of 14 servicemen in Caspian exercise
Kazakhstan's Interior Ministry said the former commander-in-chief of its navy has been detained and placed in a temporary detention facility over negligence in a case concerning the deaths of 14 servicemen during exercises in the Caspian Se…
St Petersburg police detain two over robbery of courier carrying scam money
Police in St Petersburg detained two suspects accused of robbing a woman who was acting as a courier for phone scammers. A 76-year-old resident had handed the courier more than 3.1 million rubles after callers persuaded her to “declare” her…
ASOS reports possible client data leak after cyberattack; shares fall
British online clothing retailer ASOS was hit by a hacker attack, with the attackers saying they breached its app and threatening to leak a database. ASOS said personal information, including surnames and contact details, may have been acce…
Ex-RZD employees in Irkutsk region get 5-9 years for 88 mln ruble bribes
A court in the Irkutsk region convicted four former employees of Russian Railways (RZD) structural divisions in a bribery case. They were sentenced to five to nine years in a strict regime colony, with various fines and confiscation of prop…
Russia's Investigative Committee reports fall in crimes by migrants in 2026
Russia's Investigative Committee said migrants committed about 18,000 offences in the first eight months of 2026, 39% fewer than a year earlier, with their share of all crimes falling from 5% to 3%. The same release reported a 13% rise in c…
RTK-DC sets up certification center for trusted IT infrastructure
RTK-DC, described as a full-cycle IT service provider, has created a Certification Center for Trusted IT Infrastructure under Rostelecom's voluntary certification system “Trusted Digital Environment”, according to TASS and technology outlet…
Mishustin says cybercrime in Russia fell almost a third over eight months
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said the number of cybercrimes in Russia fell by almost a third in the first eight months of 2026, referring to common types of online crime. Vedomosti reported that the interior ministry earlier put the dro…
Russian software sales reach almost 3 trln rubles in first half, Mishustin says
Russian software product sales came to almost 3 trillion rubles in the first half of 2026, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the plenary session of the “Цифровые решения” forum in Moscow. Vedomosti and Interfax put the increase at ab…
Mishustin calls for faster shift to domestic equipment for Russia's 5G networks
Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Russia must speed up the transition to domestically made telecommunications equipment to create conditions for 5G networks, speaking at the Digital Solutions forum. He said the shift was needed …
Max messenger adds polls in channels
The national messenger Max has launched polls in channels, its press service said. Administrators on Android, desktop and web versions can create polls, while iOS users can publish them via the mobile web version, according to iXBT. The fea…
Man sentenced to 2.5 years of forced labor for attack on children's camp in Tuva
A court in Tuva sentenced a man to two and a half years of forced labor for beating children at the “Orlyonok” camp in June 2026, the regional prosecutor's office said, according to Interfax. Interfax reported that 14 minors were injured an…
В Кузбассе задержаны двое подростков по делу о диверсии на железной дороге
В Кузбассе задержаны двое подростков в связи с повреждением железнодорожного релейного шкафа: ТАСС описывает этот случай как поджог, а РИА Новости — как предполагаемую диверсию. Позже РБК сообщил, что правоохранительные органы Кемеровской о…
Yandex open-sources YTsaurus Flow for real-time data processing
Yandex has released YTsaurus Flow, a technology for continuously processing large streams of data, into open source, according to TASS, CNews and vc.ru. It handles clicks, likes and other online events as they appear, which the company says…
FSB arrests Tambov resident suspected of preparing car bombs on Ukrainian orders
Russia's FSB said it detained and arrested a Tambov resident born in 1971 suspected of preparing to blow up cars of defense industry employees on instructions from Ukrainian special services. The FSB said the man contacted Ukrainian special…