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92 storiesGermany 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, …
Mishustin orders digital ministry to tighten Gosuslugi account protection
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin ordered the Digital Development Ministry to strengthen protection of accounts on the Gosuslugi government services portal and to work out additional conditions for logging in or restoring access. Speaking at…
Book with Salvador Dalí cover stolen from French art centre in Issoudun
A single-copy book, “Apocalypse” by Joseph Foret with a bronze cover made by Salvador Dalí, was stolen from a contemporary art centre in Issoudun, France, overnight into 5 October 2026. Kommersant says the work weighs more than 200 kg, RBC …
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…
Russian PM Mishustin to speak as “Digital Solutions” forum opens in Moscow
The “Цифровые решения” (Digital Solutions) forum opened in Moscow on 6 October, with more than 13,000 people registered, according to RIA Novosti. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will take part, speaking at the main plenary session and tou…
Director of Russia's Patriot Park detained on suspicion of taking bribes
Igor Vasilyev, general director of the Patriot Park, has been detained on suspicion of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale, according to TASS and Kommersant. The Investigative Committee's Main Military Investigative Directorate p…
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…
Charles III bars former Prince Andrew from using his funds to pay police lawsuit
King Charles III and Buckingham Palace have made clear that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, cannot use the funds provided for his upkeep as the king's brother to pay for his lawsuit against police. The case concerns Fe…
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 …
Two Patriot Park deputy directors arrested in Moscow criminal case
Two deputy directors of Russia’s Patriot Park have been detained or arrested in a criminal case, with TASS reporting they are suspected of fraud and bribery. RBC named the two as first deputy Sergei Fedosov and deputy director for operation…