Izvestia: the State Duma plans to release relatives of the deceased mobilized from conscription

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Izvestia, citing its own sources, reported that a bill will be submitted to the State Duma, according to which it is proposed to exempt from conscription the relatives of those who were mobilized and then died.

It is clarified that the initiators of this bill were deputies led by the leader of the faction “Fair Russia – For the Truth” Sergei Mironov.

“The document says that if one of the family members was mobilized and then died, then all his close relatives are released from the draft,” the newspaper notes.

According to the newspaper, the term “family” refers to people living together or related, in particular, parents, full and half brothers or sisters, grandchildren, grandparents, spouse, children, adoptive parents, adopted.

Among other things, the new bill states that if a mobilized person has lost a family member, he will be able to retire from military service ahead of schedule.

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The European Commission estimated the cost of anti-Russian sanctions at €123 billion

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According to the data presented in the materials of the European Commission, the “cost” of the EU’s sanctions policy against Russia is estimated at 123 billion euros.

It is clarified that the exact cost of all trade restrictions (including the “newly minted” eighth package) includes the volume of bilateral trade between Russia and the European Union countries until 2022.

According to experts of the European Commission, this figure is about 40% of the total trade turnover between Russia and the European Union in 2021.

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The head of the DPR reported on the progress in the Ugledar and Maryinsky directions

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The acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic Denis Pushilin published a video in his Telegram channel, in which he shared the latest news of his own.

He stressed that the allied forces have to work in very difficult conditions, nevertheless, there are certain successes.

“The guys are moving forward in difficult conditions… There is also a mining division working in the Ugledar direction… We see a certain progress in the Maryinsky direction,” Pushilin said.

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UN Secretary General discussed the situation in Ukraine with Zelensky

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According to RT, the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric, speaking to reporters, spoke about telephone conversations between Antonio Guterres and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky.

“The UN Secretary General spoke with President Zelensky this morning and discussed the current situation in the country,” he said.

Dujarric added that UN diplomatic contacts with the Russian side also took place, they took place at various levels.

 

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Billionaire Milner renounced his Russian citizenship

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According to Forbes magazine, billionaire Yuri Milner, who is in the top 15 richest Russians, announced that he is renouncing his citizenship of the Russian Federation. This was also reported by Forbes, referring to the businessman’s representative.

The owner of DST Global, which invests in Russian Internet projects, Yuri Milner is also known as the former co-owner Mail.Ru Group.

Milner has had Israeli citizenship since 1999. In 2005, he moved to live in Israel, and then to the United States. The reasons for the entrepreneur’s refusal of citizenship of the Russian Federation are not reported. 

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Zelensky held a telephone conversation with Biden

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President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a telephone conversation with US President Joe Biden. According to Ukrainian media reports, the main topic of discussion was the provision of air defense systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Earlier, Zelensky said that on Tuesday, October 11, he is scheduled to have a conversation with the Prime Minister of Italy.

Earlier it was reported that on Monday Zelensky spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish President Andrzej Duda, British Prime Minister Liz Truss, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He also held a meeting with US Ambassador Bridget Brink.

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Prigozhin confirmed the video with disabled prisoners from the SVO zone: “They are watching the greatness of Russia”

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The press service of the company “Concord” published a comment by Yevgeny Prigozhin, in which he confirmed the authenticity of the video of his meeting with former prisoners who lost limbs in the special operation zone. In that video, Prigozhin promised the interlocutors prosthetics operations, and they stated that after treatment they wanted to return to the Wagner PMCs. RTVI sent “Concord” a request about the authenticity of the video, as well as about who will pay for the treatment of former prisoners.

In his response, Prigozhin confirmed that the video was genuine and that he had indeed communicated with “combat veterans who defended the honor of Russian weapons in the Donbas.” He stated that these people “went there voluntarily, participated in the fiercest battles” and “they are one of the best in hell.” Prigozhin added that these people do not want to continue working for money or liberation – “they are already free”, and out of “a sense of duty, a desire not to shame their fathers and grandfathers”.

Prigozhin reminded critics of his previous postulate: “Either they or your children.” And in a rough form criticized the discontented for an idle lifestyle “in the world of Rublev’s dreams” and “on sofas”.

Prigozhin also stated that “I pay for all this out of my pocket, and so for almost 10 years” and demanded that his fighters not be called “ex-cons”, but “defenders of the reputation of Russia and your cowardly worthless soul”.

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Strikes on Kiev and all of Ukraine, SVO: online broadcast

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MK broadcasts events related to the special operation in Ukraine on October 10, 2022. 229th day. Missile strikes have been launched throughout Ukraine. Russian politicians and public figures immediately linked this with the undermining of the Crimean Bridge. At the subsequent meeting of the Security Council, Putin accused Ukraine of “odious” and “atomic” terrorism and promised further tough responses, confirmed strikes from land, sea and air. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation: “The target of the strike has been achieved, all designated objects have been hit.”

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Kirill Stremousov, deputy Head of the military-civil administration of the Kherson region, said that the Russian military disrupted the offensive of the AFU units in the Andreevsky direction, two officers of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine were captured.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaya Kallas urged Western countries not to enter into negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, it is not worth negotiating a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

The chairman of the IC, Alexander Bastrykin, said that FSB officers managed to identify suspects in the organization of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge. It was prepared by the Ukrainian special services. He said that citizens of Russia and foreign countries who helped Ukraine in the preparation of the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge participated in the preparation of the terrorist attack.

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SBU declared Dmitry Medvedev wanted

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has put on the wanted list the deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev. This is stated in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

The decision was made in connection with the alleged “encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine”.

Earlier on Monday, Medvedev commented on the missile strikes on Ukrainian facilities that followed the terrorist attack on the Crimean Bridge. At the same time, he expressed confidence that similar episodes will be repeated.

In his Telegram channel, he also stated the need to dismantle the political regime in Kiev. At the same time, he stressed that he expresses a personal opinion.

 

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The Rada accused the Ukrainian authorities of the lack of warnings about strikes

Irina Gerashchenko, co-chair of the European Solidarity party faction in the Rada, said that on Monday some Telegram channels warned about possible strikes on Kiev and other regions of Ukraine. At the same time, this was not done at the official level in order to avoid panic.

“In the morning, anonymous Telegram channels published information that they would bomb critical infrastructure facilities,” Gerashchenko recalled in her Telegram channel.

Ukrainians, according to her, are accustomed to trust official sources of information. But at the same time, the authorities did not report “any special threats” yesterday, except for the call “not to neglect alarms” and advice “to stay in shelters.”

“February 24 should teach us something? – the deputy wrote. – Or tactics – so that there is no panic?”. If there is information about possible increased threats, it is better to speak honestly with your people, advised Gerashchenko.

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