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Sibur expands polymer supplies to Africa, Southeast Asia
According to CEO Mikhail Karisalov, Sibur plans to export part of the output from its new polypropylene production facility with a capacity of 570,000 metric tons at ZapSibNeftekh…
Presley Gerber, Cindy Crawford's son, dies aged 27
His family asked for privacy during a "very difficult and painful time" following the model's death.
Ship transit through Strait of Hormuz falls threefold over weekend — Reuters
According to the report, only 12 vessels passed through the strait over the past weekend
Warehouses, infrastructure facilities damaged in Kiev Region
According to Timur Tkachenko, damage was recorded in the Fastov, Bucha, Vyshgorod, Borispol, and Obukhov districts of the Kiev Region
Europe injects 45 bln cubic meters of gas into storage for winter, rushes to build stocks
Europe has so far managed to inject into underground storage facilities only 67% of the volumes needed for the upcoming winter
Russian stock market declines at start of trading
According to trading data as of 9:00 a.m. Moscow time, the MOEX and RTS indices fell by 0.13% to 2,275.15 and 851.21 points, respectively
Kazakh president congratulates Putin on successful State Duma elections
Kassym-Jomart Tokaev noted that the voting results convincingly testify to broad support for Vladimir Putin’s strategic course aimed at protecting the long-term interests of the R…
Putin-backed Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov wins reelection with a record 99.85% of the vote
Ramzan Kadyrov won 99.85% of the vote in the election for head of Chechnya, with all precincts counted, according to Central Election Commission data cited by TASS.
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin tops 92% in early district results
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin has more than 92% of the vote in his single-member district in Saratov in the election for the new Duma, with 4.05% of precinct reports proce…
Pro-peace Russian parliamentary candidate Yulia Kuznetsova says she’s home and voted after disappearing days before the election. She still hasn’t fully explained what happened.
Yulia Kuznetsova, a Greens party candidate for the State Duma, says she’s back home. She stopped responding to messages and calls on the evening of September 17.
Axios: Trump and Zelensky agree to meet in New York as U.S. president again asks Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian refineries
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump by phone on the evening of September 20.
Russian forces strike logistics centers, ports in Ukraine
A bulk carrier carrying cargo intended to support the Ukrainian armed forces to the port of Odessa was hit while crossing the sea
Teenage girl detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of setting two police cars on fire
In St. Petersburg, police have detained a teenage girl on suspicion of setting fire to police cars outside a station on Marata Street, a source told the news outlet Fontanka.
Bunker mentality: the Nordics’ cold war shelters being given a new lease of life
Finland, Sweden and Norway modernise underground infrastructure as Russia’s war in Ukraine revives fears of conflict on their soilAcross Finland, Sweden and Norway, cold war bunke…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov urges Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to press Putin to release Russian political prisoners
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, the former editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, spoke about Russia’s political prisoners in an interview with CNN.
United Russia ahead in Duma election with 90.43% of ballots processed
It is followed by the CPRF with 13,84%, the LDPR with 8.9%, New People with 7.94%, and A Just Russia with 4.95%
Lindsay Clancy's ex-husband says he forgave her so he would not be 'eaten up inside forever'
Patrick Clancy gives his first interview since his wife's mistrial over the killing of their three young children.
Russia’s election commission says ruling party United Russia leads in single-member districts and party-list vote, putting it on track for another ‘constitutional majority’
United Russia has 57.82% of the party-list vote so far, according to Central Election Commission data as of the morning of September 21, with 83.52% of precinct reports processed.
Russia’s antiwar Yabloko party was barred from seven of eight regional races. In the one where it made the ballot, it’s set to enter the regional legislature.
With 96.86% of precinct tallies counted, Yabloko is on track to win seats in the Novgorod regional legislature’s eighth convocation, according to data from Russia’s Central Electi…
Civil Society Groups File Lawsuit Against Indonesian Government Over Kalimantan Wildfires
The suit accuses President Prabowo Subianto and other senior officials of deliberate negligence for failing to prevent and properly handle the ongoing blazes.
Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals
After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on th…
How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’On her first day as an expert …
Dutch businesses cutting ties with ICC for fear of US sanctions — diplomat
According to a diplomatic source, mostly IT companies are behind the move
Russia, US plan to hold meetings on irritants in bilateral ties soon — ambassador
Alexander Darchiev specified that the agenda will include visa issues and the return of six Russian properties de facto seized in the US