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90 storiesAmerican actress Eva Marie Saint dies at 102
American actress Eva Marie Saint, an Oscar winner for her role in Elia Kazan's 1954 film “On the Waterfront,” died at the age of 102. Kommersant, citing Deadline, reported she died on 6 October at her home in Los Angeles surrounded by her f…
Putin backs proposal for digital library of Russia’s ethnic languages
President Vladimir Putin has supported a proposal to create a single digital library of the languages of the peoples of Russia, according to the state outlets RIA Novosti and TASS. RIA Novosti reported the support on 5 October, and TASS sai…
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…
Vitol CEO says Western countries have exhausted available oil stocks
Russell Hardy, CEO of Vitol, the world’s largest independent oil trader, said at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London that Western countries have exhausted the oil stocks available to them. He said the oil products market remains very de…
France suspends lycée lessons as high-school protests hit 1,800 schools
Protests by high-school students in France on Tuesday affected around 1,800 lycées, according to RIA Novosti, while AFP, cited by TASS, reported that classes were suspended in nearly 900 senior schools — about a quarter of the country's tot…
Rublev’s Trinity icon returned to iconostasis at Trinity-Sergius Lavra
The «Trinity» icon painted by Andrei Rublev was returned to the iconostasis of the Trinity Cathedral at the Trinity-Sergius Lavra on 5 October, according to sources cited by RBC. A printed copy had stood in its place while the icon was chec…
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…
Von der Leyen says EU to cut Russian gas imports to zero; target date disputed
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU will bring Russian gas imports to zero, down from a 45% share before the conflict in Ukraine to 12% now. Vedomosti reported the goal as the end of this year, while Kommersant an…
France suspends lycée classes as high school protests enter third week
High school student protests in France reached their largest scale on 6 October, in their third week, with demonstrations nationwide and clashes with police in Lyon, Strasbourg and Rennes, RBC reported. A student union counted 450,000 parti…
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…
Moldova–Romania power line to be named Trump Liberty Line with $130m US funding
A new 400 kV high-voltage power line between Moldova and Romania will be named the “Trump liberty line”, the US embassy in Moldova said. Washington is financing the $130m Strășeni–Gutinaș project on a grant basis, and a working group involv…
Variety: studio Neon plans to submit Yura Borisov for a Best Actor Oscar
Variety reported that actor Yura Borisov is planned to be submitted for an Academy Award in the Best Actor category, with the studio Neon behind the campaign, according to TASS. The role cited is that of OpenAI co-founder Sutskever in the f…
Novak urges stable fuel supplies, faster rules to meet Russian demand
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, after a regular meeting on the petroleum products market, called on ministries and vertically integrated oil companies to keep ensuring stable fuel supplies to the domestic market. The governme…
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…
France student protests: Interior Ministry counts 250,000, organizers claim 450,000
Schoolchildren and students protested across France on Tuesday, with the Interior Ministry counting more than 250,000 participants nationally and 56,000 in Paris, while TASS reported nearly 260,000 overall. Organizers put the turnout much h…
Soviet and Russian actor Vasily Popov dies at 78
Vasily Popov, a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actor known for roles in “Ataka” and “Okhota na lis”, has died at 78, TASS and Vedomosti reported. The Novomoskovsk branch of the Tula Academic Drama Theatre named after M. Gorky announced…
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…
Novak chairs fuel market meeting as officials report reserves, regional price measures
Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak chaired a meeting on the fuel market, where the Energy Ministry reported on accumulated fuel reserves and regional authorities presented measures to regulate fuel prices. Novak said there is no diesel s…
Russian photographer Boris Kavashkin, chronicler of Soviet-era events, dies at 81
Boris Kavashkin, a Russian photographer who covered the war in Afghanistan and the 1993 storming of the White House, has died at the age of 81, TASS reported. His son Anton Kavashkin told TASS that he died on 4 October of natural causes, ac…
Request Made in Ingushetia to Check Family That Left Sick Child in Moscow
A request has been made in Ingushetia to check a family that left a sick child in Moscow, according to RIA Novosti and TASS. Both state news agencies reported the request but did not say who made it or provide the child’s condition.