Seven OPEC+ countries keep current oil output quotas for November; Ru…

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told television journalist Pavel Zarubin that the Kremlin has already started preparing Vladimir Putin's traditional Direct Line. He said Sberbank's neural network has "matured considerably" and will make it possible to process a larger number of citizens' appeals.

According to television journalist Pavel Zarubin, Vladimir Putin will travel to Turkmenistan next week for a CIS summit. On Teachers' Day he is also scheduled to meet winners of the Teacher of the Year award, open a high-technology enterprise and chair a meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council.

LDPR leader and State Duma international affairs committee member Leonid Slutsky said in his messaging channel that European Commission accusations that Russia is blockading the town of Alyoshki in the Kherson region are "cynical and outright false." Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said earlier that Alyoshki lies about three kilometres from Ukrainian positions, within regular artillery and drone fire range.

Latvia's Central Election Commission data show Prime Minister Andris Kurbergs's United List party winning 37.2% after 7% of ballots were counted, giving it 37 of 100 seats in the Saeima. Latvia First came second with 12.78% and 13 seats, and the National Alliance "All for Latvia!" third with 9.88% and 10 seats. Voting took place on 3 October with turnout at 51.68% and more than 804,000 voters.

Iraq's ambassador to Russia, Abdulkarim Mustafa, said the authorities are trying to find workable ways of cooperating with Russian oil companies given the US and EU sanctions against them. Rosneft and Gazprom operate in Iraq and plan to expand, while Lukoil was forced to leave the country because of Western sanctions. The next session of the intergovernmental commission is scheduled for December.

After counting about 95% of ballots, the BiH Central Election Commission reported SNSD candidate Zeljka Cvijanovic leading the Serb seat in the presidency with 55.34%, against 26.53% for Marinko Bozovic of the SDS. Denis Becirovic leads among Bosniaks with 26.77%. Republika Srpska presidential candidate Savo Minic has 52.11%, with rival Branko Blanusa conceding defeat. Some 3.4 million citizens were eligible to vote between 07:00 and 19:00 local time.

Rosstat data show Russia's average monthly wage rose 9.5% year on year in July 2026 to almost 110,000 roubles. Only seven regions exceeded 150,000 roubles: Moscow (over 193,000), Chukotka (over 243,000), Kamchatka (over 150,000), the Nenets district (over 160,000), Yamal-Nenets (182,000), Magadan region (over 210,000) and Sakhalin (161,000). Five sectors averaged more than 200,000 roubles, with finance and insurance the highest.

Ministers of seven OPEC+ countries (Russia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kuwait, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Oman) decided after their monthly online meeting to extend current output quotas into November. Caps are unchanged at 10.478 mb/d for Saudi Arabia and 9.949 mb/d for Russia, with Iraq at 4.431 mb/d, Kuwait 2.676 mb/d, Kazakhstan 1.628 mb/d, Algeria 1.007 mb/d and Oman 0.841 mb/d. The next meeting is set for 1 November.

Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk said a 47-year-old man was detained in Voronezh region on suspicion of killing a woman whose body was found in a flat on Zhulebinsky Boulevard in Moscow. The remains were packed in bags on the balcony, where several kitchen knives believed to be the murder weapons were also found. The suspect will be brought to Moscow and handed to investigators.

The Russian Interior Ministry press centre said fraudsters study victims' social media, profession, interests, family circumstances and digital habits, then offer not an abstract story but a scenario tied to the victim's own life. A typical scheme involves a phishing link, a call from someone posing as bank or police staff demanding a transfer, and in some cases a courier collecting cash.

The Rzhev interdistrict investigative unit of the Investigative Committee's Tver region directorate opened a criminal case after a video showed several young people using obscene language near the Soviet Soldier memorial in Rzhev. The case was opened under the article on public desecration of symbols of Russia's military glory and insult to the memory of defenders of the fatherland. The memorial honours soldiers killed in the Rzhev battles of 1942-1943; the Tver region prosecutor's office is supervising the investigation.

The Federal Air Transport Agency said Domodedovo airport is handling arrivals and departures under coordination with the relevant authorities because of airspace restrictions, and warned of possible schedule changes. Vnukovo had restrictions imposed at about 01:00 Moscow time and returned to normal operations around 04:17. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported six drones shot down while heading for the capital.

A large fire broke out at a hangar producing screening blocks in Khabarovsk, spreading over 1,000 square metres, with the roof collapsing under intense heat. The report came in at about 11:55 local time (04:55 Moscow time) and the blaze was localised at 12:35 local time. Twenty-three rescuers and eight vehicles are working at the site.

Governor Alexander Shuvaev said Ukrainian forces attacked the region 141 times in the past 24 hours, striking Belgorod city and 16 districts with eight artillery shellings and 11 munition drops from drones; 182 drones were destroyed or suppressed. One civilian was killed in Grayvoron district, and two people died in hospital - a woman seriously wounded in the previous evening attack on Belgorod and a man wounded in Krasnoyaruzhsky district on 16 September. Twelve people, including four children, were wounded in the regional capital and two districts.

The regional emergencies directorate press service said firefighters extinguished open flame at 15:21 at a recycling base near Bogoslovka village in the Penza region. The fire was reported at 09:50 and localised at 13:42 over an area of 1,000 square metres. There were no casualties, and Rospotrebnadzor measurements found no exceedances of maximum permissible concentrations of harmful substances.

Houthi armed forces spokesman Yahya Sarea said a Saudi Aramco facility in Saudi Arabia was hit. Interfax, citing the same statement, reported an attack on a large Aramco refinery. There was no confirmation from Saudi authorities at the time of publication, and the impact on supply and prices has yet to be assessed.

Director general Alexei Likhachev said talks have been active since the start of 2026 on launching a large uranium project called "Krylya" (Wings) in Namibia's Omaheke region. All necessary conclusions have been drawn and sent to Namibia's leadership, with a positive decision expected within the coming months. He noted Namibia ranks among the world's top three to five uranium producers and said the sides are also discussing research and non-energy nuclear applications.

RBC reported that Russian rhythmic gymnastics national champion Anna Popova has announced the end of her sporting career at the age of 19. The article page returned only headline-level content, with no further detail on the reasons for her decision or her plans.

Roscosmos said US astronaut Jessica Meir handed over command of the International Space Station to Russian cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, with astronaut Jack Hathaway ringing the bell at the change-of-command ceremony. Dubrov noted the ceremony fell on the 69th anniversary of the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite. Eleven people are currently aboard, including members of the Crew-13 mission that arrived on Friday.

Ministers of the seven OPEC+ countries - Russia, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Kuwait, Iraq, Kazakhstan and Oman - decided after their regular monthly online meeting to extend current oil output quotas into November. Ceilings: Saudi Arabia 10.478 mn b/d, Russia 9.949 mn b/d, Iraq 4.431 mn b/d, Kuwait 2.676 mn b/d, Kazakhstan 1.628 mn b/d, Algeria 1.007 mn b/d, Oman 841 thousand b/d. Participants reaffirmed full compliance; the next meeting is scheduled for 1 November. For Chinese sellers the inferred reading is that there is no additional supply in November, so high global oil prices and Russian diesel and gasoline costs remain the main uncertainty in first-mile and last-mile costs in Russia. But the source gives no freight rates or retail fuel prices, so no specific cost change can be derived; applicability is unconfirmed.

Compared with the 3 October 2026 item "Government sets marketplace requirements for procurement by educational institutions", what is new here is the approval of the procurement lists themselves. Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov told TASS that Russia has developed and approved model lists of literary and musical works, a list of teaching and upbringing aids, games and toys, plus recommendations for kindergarten space design. He stressed early exposure to national history, multicultural heritage and family values, and the development of technical and scientific thinking. In March 2025 the minister argued for an approved toy list for kindergarten supply and for statutory toy examination, calling voluntary certification ineffective. For Chinese sellers the confirmed impact is that toys and teaching aids must match these lists when supplying educational institutions through marketplaces; the inference is that the lists may become the basis for future mandatory examination; applicability is unconfirmed, as the source gives no effective date, binding force or item count.

Anton Trenin of the corporate ratings group at Russian rating agency AKRA told RIA Novosti: natural soluble coffee stood at 4,233 rubles per kilogram in early 2026 and fell to 4,148 rubles by August, about 2% down; bean and ground coffee went from 2,099 to 2,051 rubles per kilogram over the same period, also about 2%. He says the Russian coffee market stabilised in 2026 after a sharp rise in 2025, and lower global arabica quotes create room for further declines, but the pass-through from exchange quotes to purchase prices and then to retail shelves is lagged, and the shelf price also carries logistics, packaging, production, retail margins and the exchange rate. For Chinese sellers the confirmed impact is a downward shift of the whole coffee price band: pricing and promotions need recalculating against the roughly 2% decline already seen in January-August. Applicability is unconfirmed: the figures cover all retail channels, with no separate breakdown for marketplaces.

The Bank of Russia official rate service, when queried for 5 October 2026, still returns a rate date of 3 October: USD 83.4839, EUR 94.3201, CNY 12.4328. That means the set of rates announced on 3 October covers three consecutive days - 3, 4 and 5 October - with no repricing over the weekend or on the first working day after the holiday; the next likely repricing point is the set effective 6 October. For Chinese sellers the confirmed impact is that conversions of ruble revenue into dollars or yuan, and costing of purchases in dollars or yuan, should use this set for those three days. The inference is that yuan settlement stays tight during the 1-7 October National Day holiday in China, so extra room should be left for conversion and payment terms. Applicability is unconfirmed: official rates are an accounting benchmark, not the actual acquiring rate or an interbank trade price.

Citing Rosstat, Kommersant reports that in July 2026 the average Russian wage rose 9.5% year on year to almost 110,000 rubles. Only seven regions exceeded 150,000 rubles: the Chukotka autonomous area (over 243,000), Magadan region (over 210,000), Moscow (over 193,000), the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous area (182,000), the Nenets autonomous area (over 160,000), Sakhalin region (161,000) and Kamchatka krai (over 150,000). Five industries averaged above 200,000 rubles, with finance and insurance the highest. The piece is labelled as compiled by an AI assistant. For Chinese sellers the confirmed use is mapping regional purchasing power: high-ticket non-essential categories have more headroom in northern and Far East extractive regions. Applicability is unconfirmed: the statistics are pre-tax and include management income and regional coefficients; by Rosstat 2023 estimates the largest share - 26.7% of workers - earned 27,000-45,000 rubles a month, so a regional average is not a direct proxy for mass purchasing power.

Banki.ru relays State Duma deputy Alexey Govyrin in a conversation with NEWS.ru: based on the 2027-2029 development forecast, manufacturing leads growth at about 3.5% a year; GDP is seen at 0.6% in 2026, +1.4% in 2027, accelerating to 2.4% by 2029; domestic consumer demand may rise 4.1% in 2026 on the back of labour and entrepreneurial income growth and the state meeting its social obligations. The promising-sector list covers information technology, tourism, mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals, electronics and agriculture, with IT, tourism and mechanical engineering named as the fastest growing; e-commerce, the platform economy, logistics and retail are absent. For Chinese sellers the inference is that the 4.1% demand forecast can serve as a macro reference for stocking and category choice, while the absence of e-commerce from the list indicates it is not an official sector priority, so targeted support should not be expected. Applicability is unconfirmed: this is a lawmaker forecast, not a government document, and it carries no sector quotas or timetable.