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Ziyavudin Magomedov, a billionaire once close to ex-president Dmitry Medvedev. A month before the transfer, Magomedov was sentenced to 19 years in jail for running an organized criminal group and fraud. His older brother was jailed for 18 years.
The acting head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, was elected to the post by the DPR parliament on September 23, according to a statement read by parliament speaker Artyom Zhoga, a TASS correspondent reported.
● War
Since the beginning of the year, drones have attacked the territory of Russia and temporarily occupied Crimea more than 190 times. Strikes on the night of 29-30 August in six regions of the Russian Federation became the largest in 2023.
Calls from Russia to surrender hotline rise 70% after helicopter pilot defected. After news broke that a Russian helicopter pilot defected to Ukraine, calls to a hotline set up for Russian soldiers wanting to surrender to Ukraine's military increased by 70% in one day, Ukraine's Military Intelligence (HUR) spokesperson Andrii Yusov said on September 11.
Zaluzhnyi meets UK defecse Staff Chief Radakin. Zaluzhnyi said during the talks he emphasized the importance of reinforcing Ukraine's air defecse capabilities. "I thanked him for his visit and for supporting Ukraine in the fight against Russian aggression," Ukraine's top general wrote on Telegram.
● Weapons
Germany greenlights joint Rheinmetall-Ukraine venture in Kyiv. This new enterprise will provide "maintenance, assembly, production, and development of military vehicles" and initially operate exclusively on the territory of Ukraine, the German Federal Cartel Office said.
2.11 Polls & Sociology
President Vladimir Putin's trust rating among the Russian population currently stands at 77.3%, according to the most recent poll conducted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Centre (VTsIOM) as of September 29.
The result was a slight decline of 0.4 percentage points over the past week. The poll surveyed 1,600 adult residents of Russia.
The survey revealed that 77.3% of respondents expressed trust in President
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