Russia/Ukraine War
Iran shuts down French cultural center over security concerns
Iran has closed a French cultural center in Tehran over alleged illegal activities Read Full Article at RT.com
A Just Russia fails to clear threshold for State Duma party-list seats after 95% of ballots counted, election officials say
A Just Russia fell short of the 5% threshold required to enter the State Duma, drawing 4.96% of the vote on party lists with 94.95% of ballots counted.
Converse pulls ad over KKK imagery claims
Converse has pulled an advertisement from its social media pages after critics claimed its imagery evoked the Ku Klux Klan and a lynching Read Full Article at RT.com
Russia’s Battlegroup West destroys HIMARS rocket, 117 Ukrainian UAVs in past day
The battlegroup’s spokesman added that 56 UAV control centers as well as three satellite communication stations were destroyed
UAC plans to increase aircraft production by 25-30% in 2026
CEO Vadim Badekha noted that while growth in 2025-2026 was driven mainly by military aircraft
Iran to strike new US targets in Middle East with new weapons in case of aggression — IRGC
Hossein Mohebi emphasized that the changes would affect the geography of war, weapons and military equipment used
Russian strikes knock out three of Ukraine’s largest steel plants
Russian missile strikes have knocked out three of Ukraine’s largest steel plants, putting the country’s entire steel industry at risk, the Financial Times reported in an article e…
Pakistani airstrikes target alleged militant hideouts in Afghanistan
Pakistan claims to have killed 28 alleged militants in airstrikes on their hideouts in Afghanistan in response to a suicide bombing Read Full Article at RT.com
FACTBOX: Russian strikes hit logistics center, port infrastructure facilities
Russian forces carried out overnight drone strikes on Ukrainian logistics centers, warehouses, and ports, as well as vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces, t…
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…
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.
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%
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.