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101 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…
Банк России повысил официальный курс доллара до 84,93 рубля на 6 октября
Банк России установил официальный курс доллара на 6 октября на уровне 84,93 рубля, что на 1,45 рубля выше 83,48 рубля 3 октября, курс евро вырос на 1,01 рубля до 95,33 рубля, а курс юаня — на 0,22 рубля до 12,65 рубля. РБК сообщил, что рубл…
Dollar tops 86 rubles on forex as central bank currency buying rises
The dollar rose above 85 rubles in Moscow trading on October 5, TASS and Kommersant reported, with Kommersant putting the Forex rate at 85.0001 rubles at 13:17 Moscow time, up 1.44%. Kommersant later said the over-the-counter rate reached 8…
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, …
Книгу с обложкой Сальвадора Дали украли из французского арт-центра в Иссудене
Единственный экземпляр книги «Апокалипсис» Жозефа Форе с бронзовой обложкой, изготовленной Сальвадором Дали, был украден из центра современного искусства в Иссудене, Франция, в ночь на 5 октября 2026 года. «Коммерсантъ» сообщает, что произв…
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…
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…
T-Technologies units receive licences to work on Russia's crypto market
Companies belonging to the T-Technologies group have received licences to work on Russia's cryptocurrency market, the group's press service said, according to Interfax. The Atomize platform was added to the register of digital depositaries …
Bank of Russia publishes digital depository register including Sberbank, VTB
The Bank of Russia has published a register of digital depositories that includes Sberbank and VTB, and VTB was also entered in the register of organisations conducting digital currency exchange. VTB said it expects to open crypto trading t…
Musk becomes trillionaire again as Tesla and SpaceX shares rise
Elon Musk’s fortune again exceeded $1 trillion, RBC, TASS, Vedomosti, iXBT, 3DNews and Kommersant reported. TASS said it rose by $30.6 billion from October 2, and Vedomosti, iXBT and Kommersant, citing Forbes, gave the same figure, driven b…
Директор подмосковного парка «Патриот» задержан по подозрению в получении взяток
Генеральный директор парка «Патриот» Игорь Васильев задержан по подозрению в получении взятки в особо крупном размере, сообщили ТАСС и «Коммерсантъ». Главное военное следственное управление Следственного комитета планирует обратиться в 235-…
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…
Russia's central bank says 220,000 digital ruble accounts opened in first month
Russia's central bank said more than 220,000 digital ruble accounts were opened in the month after the project's broad launch on 1 September 2026, well above its own forecast of about 60,000 accounts by year-end. The pilot phase, which ran …
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…
Moscow Exchange precious metals trading topped 557 bln rubles in September
Trading in precious metals on the Moscow Exchange exceeded 557 bln rubles in September, twice the figure for the same month last year, according to data published on the exchange’s website and reported by TASS, Vedomosti and Kommersant. Gol…
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…
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…
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…