Russia news

• Romania summons Russian ambassador, expels embassy staffer after shooting down three drones (2 outlets)
• Armenia's Pashinyan Asks Putin to Help Resolve Russian Restrictions on Armenian Exports
• Yalta installs outdoor cooking stations in apartment courtyards amid Crimea’s fuel and power crisis
• Sarmat Missile Held Back By Repeated Delays Despite Kremlin Boasts, Leaked Documents Show
• Siberian region of Russia bars refueling the same car more than once every 24 hours amid Russia’s gasoline shortage
• Montenegro Ends Visa-Free Entry for Russians Amid 2028 EU Membership Bid
• Fire Point’s chief designer says Ukraine could hit Moscow with ballistic missiles as soon as this fall
• New People Leader Says Russians Are Tired of War, Slams Tech Bans in Duma Speech
• Viktor Yanukovych fled Ukraine in disgrace in 2014. A new investigation says he now lives in Sochi — under his mother’s maiden name.
• Peskov’s Wife Challenges EU Sanctions Against Her in Court
• Tyumen Region Braces for Major Flooding as Tura River Rises
• A Russian court sentenced Kirill Cheplygin to 19 years for the brutal murder of his ex-wife and her boyfriend. He’s fighting in Ukraine instead.
• Ex-Kremlin Loyalist Ilya Remeslo Placed in Moscow Psychiatric Facility
• Reuters: Kazakhstan’s oil output more than halves after Ukrainian strikes shut down its main export route
• FSB Arrests Khabarovsk Man Accused of Spying for New Zealand
• Putin expands the size of Russia’s army for the sixth time since launching the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
• Ukrainian Attacks Kill At Least 5 People in Southern Russia
• Montenegro will require visas for Russians, Belarusians, and three other nationalities, starting November 1
• Bosnian Climbers Die on Russia’s Mount Elbrus
• ‘Russia opened Pandora’s box first, and now it’s paying for it’: Are Wildberries warehouses legitimate targets? Meduza readers weigh in on Ukraine’s strikes.