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Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said strikes on refineries do not affect preparations for the upcoming trilateral talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, because the preparations did not involve undertakings to limit combat actions. He stressed that Russia has repeatedly said it is against a ceasefire that would give Ukrainians a breather, and said the talks are being prepared.

The Kremlin press service reported that Vladimir Putin met Mali transition president Assimi Goita. Putin said he highly values his counterpart personal commitment to advancing partnership with Russia and that the two sides are in regular contact; he said trade and economic cooperation is picking up pace although volumes are still small, and expressed hope that the intergovernmental commission launched last year would help move matters forward. He also noted growing interest in learning Russian in Mali and among Malian youth in Russian higher education, which is why Moscow raised its quota to 300 scholarships for the 2026/27 academic year.

Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that, in addition to official bilateral meetings, Vladimir Putin had many on-the-spot conversations with guests on the sidelines of the Russia–Africa summit. He said the formally counted meetings first numbered 24 and then 18, but that besides these there were very many informal contacts that are hard to tally. He added that Putin managed to speak with practically all the summit guests.

Yahya Sarea, a spokesman for the Yemeni Ansar Allah movement (the Houthis), said the group struck refineries and airports in Saudi Arabia. Targets included the Ras Tanura refinery, a Saudi Aramco facility at Abqaiq and the Rabigh refinery, against which ballistic missiles were used and direct hits claimed; strikes also hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, with a sixth target being the Saudi coalition command headquarters in Najran. The spokesman said the action was a response to aggression against Yemen and said there were killed and wounded among servicemen.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, speaking to journalists after the G20 foreign ministers meeting, said that if Vladimir Zelensky wants to meet Vladimir Putin he should come to Moscow. He said Putin had said that if Zelensky wants a meeting he should come to Moscow, and that Russia would guarantee his safety, which Lavrov said cannot be guaranteed in Kyiv.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki wrote on X that the president should be in Poland at this moment and that he had broken off his flight to Senegal and was returning. At the same time a crowd of protesters surrounded Poland constitutional court and police formed a defensive line. On Friday evening the conflict around the court escalated: some of those gathered tried to break into the building after climbing the fence and were detained by police, after which objects were thrown at officers. Nawrocki was aboard a plane heading to Senegal at the time.

The US State Department approved a possible sale to Ukraine of 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles and related equipment worth about $2.1 billion in total. The release stressed that US funds are not involved in the deal: the purchase will be paid for through contributions from Canada, Germany and Norway via the JUMPSTART programme, and through Ukrainian state funds financed by the EU Ukraine Support Loan. The package also includes classified and unclassified spare parts for PAC-3 MSE and elements of logistical support and programme sustainment.

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance temporarily suspended deposits and withdrawals after reports of a hacker attack; the measures will remain in place while the investigation proceeds. Management promised to reimburse clients for all losses. The exchange said it is working with law enforcement, issuers, blockchain analytics firms and industry partners to trace and freeze assets that, according to preliminary data, were stolen, and said about $3 billion has already been frozen. News of a possible attack was reported overnight by Binance founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao; according to blockchain analytics platform Arkham, the damage could reach $5.7 billion.

Brent crude on the ICE exchange in London rose almost 3%. At its peak the December futures contract gained 2.9% to $114.01 per barrel, before easing to $113.84 (+2.74%) as of 4:49 Moscow time. The November WTI futures contract rose 1.95% to $104.78 per barrel. The report links the rise to news that Iran may have resumed attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and to reports of Houthi strikes on Saudi refineries.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told journalists that a government order is being prepared to extend the diesel export ban until the end of January next year, effectively for three months, and that, as before, separate exemptions for supplies to world markets will be made; he said the volume in November would be about 2.15 million tonnes, against 510,000 tonnes in October. He said the situation at the start of next year will depend on circumstances at the time. Asked whether diesel would be delivered to the United States, he said diesel goes to America in accordance with contract terms.

Sergei Sobyanin said a new children and adult polyclinic is opening in the Nekrasovka district and will begin receiving patients on 2 November. The five-storey building, with a total floor area of about 15,500 square metres, was built to an individual design under Moscow targeted investment programme; the clinic capacity is 750 visits per shift. The article lists an estimated 20,000 attached adults (expected to rise to 35,000), 11,200 children (expected 15,000) and 24,400 women, with paediatric dentistry designed for 84 visits per shift.

The Moscow transport department press service announced that from 17 December paid parking prices will be adjusted and the dynamic tariff extended, with a maximum rate of 950 roubles per hour. The dynamic tariff will be applied to another 236 street sections, ranging from zero to 950 roubles per hour depending on forecast occupancy, with free parking retained at the lowest occupancy. Parking will become cheaper on certain streets in the Central, Southern, North-Eastern and Northern districts, where average occupancy is below 50%. Rates will also be revised on sections where occupancy exceeds 80–90%, with the existing tariff grid indexed inside the Third Ring Road and on several streets inside the MKAD. The night rate stays at 200 roubles per hour. Nine more street sections will be added to resident permit zones; permit holders keep free parking from 20:00 to 08:00, and round-the-clock parking under such a permit will cost 3,000 roubles a year.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences had shot down 862 drones heading toward Moscow since the evening of 29 October, of which 170 were downed close to the city itself. He wrote that the attack on the city lasted from 20:30 on 29 October to 07:30 Moscow time on 30 October and did not report consequences of the strikes. All the capital airports suspended operations in the evening for security reasons: restrictions at Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky were imposed at about 22:50 Moscow time, and Sheremetyevo stopped receiving and dispatching aircraft at about 23:30.

Moscow hub airports repeatedly imposed temporary restrictions overnight and in the morning; the restrictions have now been lifted, but schedules are still being adjusted. According to Rosaviatsia as of 10:10 Moscow time, 66 departures and 33 arrivals were delayed by more than two hours. Airlines are adjusting their schedules, airport services are operating in an enhanced mode, and the situation in the terminals is calm.

The Interior Ministry of Karelia said that at 16:20 Moscow time a collision between two vehicles occurred at kilometre 502 of the R-21 Kola highway in the Kondopoga district. Three people died, two of them police officers. A third police officer was taken to hospital; the ministry said the officers were on duty at the time.

The Belgorod region operational headquarters reported the death of a man struck by an FPV drone in the town of Shebekino; the exact date of the incident has not been established. Also in Shebekino, a woman suffered face and hand injuries from a drone strike in the yard of an apartment block and will be transferred from the Shebekino district hospital to the regional clinical hospital. Glazing of the building and a car were damaged at the site; further FPV drone strikes damaged two more apartment buildings and a private house. In the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka an FPV drone exploded next to a private house and shattered windows.

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told journalists that on 30 October four Russian plants were attacked — three refineries and one gas chemical complex. He said one plant sustained minor damage but that air defences on the whole worked; he added that there had been a lull in attacks for some time and that they resumed that day.

Rosatom Director General Alexey Likhachev said that within the Russia–Africa summit the state corporation held talks with representatives of more than 25 African countries and signed three cooperation documents. He said nine states showed significant interest in floating nuclear power units, and project implementation for Egypt, Tanzania, Togo and Namibia is being discussed substantively. Four other countries are discussing construction of large-capacity stations; Uganda and Ghana are being worked through in detail, exploration work is planned to start soon in Ethiopia, and in Egypt the El Dabaa plant is planned to be expanded from four to six large-capacity units. He also said work with Mali is under way on a solar power station equipped with Russian energy storage, and that talks with Congo on supplies of small hydropower plants have resumed.

Using the Vera Rubin Observatory, scientists discovered a new large object beyond Pluto orbit: dwarf planet candidate designated ED138. It lies 46 times farther from the Sun than Earth, compared with 40 times for Pluto. Its diameter is preliminarily estimated at between 600 and 1,500 km; researchers believe it may meet the dwarf planet criterion of sufficient mass for its own gravity to make it nearly spherical, but further observations are needed to confirm this. The International Astronomical Union currently recognises five dwarf planets.

Sports Minister and Russian Olympic Committee head Mikhail Degtyarev said the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has ordered the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to admit Russian national teams to international competitions and to ensure Russian teams take part in events under its auspices in the 2026/27 season. He wrote that the CAS decision is final and cannot be appealed; according to him, CAS found the Russian Ice Hockey Federation claims on key points justified and annulled IIHF decisions that had blocked Russian teams from international competition. The nearest event is the world junior championship in Edmonton and Red Deer, Canada.

Ozon's press service said sellers whose goods were damaged in the drone strike on its Krasnodar warehouse can file an insurance claim with Ingosstrakh. Documents are available in the seller dashboard; the claim must be confirmed under Finance → Insurance → Compensation documents, which requires manager-level permissions. Once confirmed, the documents are sent to the insurer and the payout is transferred to the settlement account linked to the dashboard. The warehouse was hit on the night of 24 August and caught fire; no employees were injured.

State Secretary and Deputy Finance Minister Alexei Sazanov said the Finance Ministry is not working on tax breaks for Yandex comparable to the support measures granted to Wildberries and Ozon, and said the question should be addressed to the government. In early October, Yandex data centres in Sasovo (Ryazan region), Kaluga and Vladimir were hit by drones, causing large-scale service outages that also affected third-party online resources. On 29 October the company said key functions of all services had been restored, with engineers still working to bring back full functionality, and it withdrew its 2026 revenue and adjusted EBITDA guidance. On 2 October the government granted Ozon sellers affected by the attacks a 12-month deferral of a number of taxes and insurance contributions; similar measures had earlier been provided for Wildberries and its sellers.

Under Russian accounting standards, Russian Post's revenue for January–September totalled 166 billion roubles, up 5.2% year on year. Revenue from commercial activities rose 10%, from freight transportation 54%, and from warehousing and logistics services 90%. Revenue from postal services over nine months was 119.5 billion roubles and from trading activities 17.3 billion roubles. Net loss narrowed 5.5% to 7.6 billion roubles; EBITDA excluding dividends from subsidiaries was 12 billion roubles. Figures come from the company's accounting statements.

Dockers and joining ship crews staged a one-day strike that paralysed operations at 113 ports in 22 countries. The action was launched by dockers' associations in Italy, France, Greece, Spain, Turkey and Morocco and backed by more than 25 port workers' unions in Europe as well as in India, the United States, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, Uruguay and Israel. Organisers estimate it could block the movement of 52,000 containers, with the total value of goods stuck in ports put at $2.8 billion. The ports whose unions took part account for 64% of regional and 13.5% of global shipping. The report cites Reuters. Russian ports are not listed, and no impact on Chinese sellers routing via European ports is stated.

Eurasian Economic Commission Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev, following a meeting of the joint commission implementing the EAEU–China trade and economic cooperation agreement, said joint work in 2025 allowed Russia and China to move to trial shipments using electronic waybills under paperless technology. The first shipments with in-demand cargo types — coal, fertilisers and consumer goods — using digital documents have already run through the Grodekovo–Suifunhe crossing. He said he hopes a package of documents for similar shipments with Kazakhstan will be ready for signing in the near future. Progress was noted in testing the exchange of electronic veterinary certificates, with a proposal to replicate the model and to push integration of the electronic systems of competent authorities on plant quarantine. The sides also agreed to hold consultations on developing transit shipments from EAEU states through China towards South-East Asia.

Vladimir Matyagin, head of the GruzAvtoTrans association and a member of the public council under Rostransnadzor, sent an appeal to President Vladimir Putin over automatic weight and dimension control points that he says make compliant operators pay unjustified fines repeatedly. The association receives numerous complaints about incorrect measurements, attributed to poor road surface condition (peeling asphalt, cracks, rutting), snow, ice and dirt on the road, incorrect placement of the load-sensing module and non-working warning displays. A separate problem is the timing of fines: a carrier sometimes learns of a violation months later, when it is no longer possible to prove the road was in poor condition at the time; even when the point's own software registers an anomaly, fines are still issued automatically. He warned that long-haul drivers plan a one-day warning strike in late November. The Transport Ministry said a unified federal automated weight and dimension control system is planned, with launch set for 1 September 2028; it did not say whether current fine collection rules would be adjusted.

Vladimir Maltsev, head of the Federal Tax Service's operational control department, said at a webinar that the service is piloting a scoring model to identify risks of concealed income among the self-employed. The model targets professional income tax payers who improperly cancel receipts in the My Tax app. Parameters include the systematic nature of such cancellations over a certain period; another trigger is cancellation of a receipt by the payer's counterparty, such as a digital intermediary platform or a bank. Maltsev said the model is being tested in the regions in near-operational mode. Over the first nine months of the year, the service held about 3,000 self-employed people liable for improper receipt cancellation, with penalties totalling about 300 million roubles. The Tax Code sets specific liability for professional income tax payers who conceal income: a fine of 20% of the transaction amount for a first violation and 100% for a repeat violation within six months.

According to Turkish statistics, Russia's September fish imports from Turkey reached a record $72.6 million, 1.5 times the level a year earlier and 34% above August. Frozen fish drove the record, hitting an all-time high of $55.3 million, up a third month on month and 1.7 times year on year, of which $53.5 million was trout. A further $17.1 million was fresh and chilled fish — again mostly trout ($14.6 million), plus sea bass ($1.4 million) and gilthead bream ($1.1 million); up 28% from August and 4% from September last year. Exports of fish fillets and meat fell 13% month on month and 31% year on year to $249,100, mostly trout fillet. The report notes that in August 2026 Rosselkhoznadzor banned fish imports from several Armenian enterprises over veterinary violations, saying at the time that the market would reorient towards Turkey and Iran.

Agriculture Minister Oksana Lut responded to the red caviar issue with the words "we will think about it", saying the ministry is working on a solution amid climate change and falling salmon catches, and adding that "the salmon just didn't come in... it's nature". In 2026 salmon species led price growth, with wholesale prices for Far East pink and chum salmon rising most. Kamchatka governor Vladimir Solodov attributed this to a failed fishing season caused by warming of the World Ocean and shifting fish migration routes. Alexander Fomin, executive director of the Association of Fish Market Production and Trading Enterprises, said a sharp drop in catches of popular species pushed wholesale and retail prices up rapidly, leading to a noticeable fall in domestic demand; in these conditions it became more profitable for Russian fishermen to ship products abroad, above all to China, Japan and European Union countries.

Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin has barred users in Russia and Belarus from operations, citing the risk of EU secondary sanctions and explaining the decision as necessary to comply with legal and regulatory requirements, while promising an orderly termination process. Affected clients will receive notifications setting out deadlines and procedures for closing positions and withdrawing assets. Since early October, four crypto exchanges have stopped serving clients in Russia and Belarus: besides KuCoin, Bitget, MEXC and HTX have exited. According to CoinMarket.Cap, in September MEXC, Bitget, KuCoin and HTX together accounted for about 17% of turnover among the world's largest exchanges. The paper earlier reported that the withdrawal from Russian and Belarusian audiences is linked to companies' reluctance to fall under the EU's 21st sanctions package adopted in July. The text does not address applicability to Chinese cross-border sellers' payment channels.

The Bank of Russia's official rate interface shows the @Date=31.10.2026 set as USD 80.5573 roubles, EUR 89.6603 roubles and CNY 12.0873 roubles — the set published on the coverage day and effective from 31 October. The set in force on the coverage day was @Date=30.10.2026: USD 80.6761, EUR 89.8167, CNY 12.0844. Interfax reported that the Central Bank cut the official dollar rate effective 31 October by 11.88 kopecks to 80.5573 roubles and the euro rate by 15.64 kopecks to 89.6603 roubles. The Bank also noted that since 8 June the official euro/ruble rate is derived from the dollar/ruble rate and the ECB's euro/dollar rate as of 15:30 Moscow time on the current business day. The interface does not return a publication time.

On Friday the yuan fell on the Moscow Exchange, closing at 12.0715 roubles at 19:00, down 12.9 kopecks from the previous session's close; the ruble strengthened ahead of the weekend as the market followed news on a possible Ukraine settlement. Gazprombank senior analyst Alexander Kamyshansky said volatility was elevated this week, with the ruble moving in a 12–12.24 per yuan range; on Thursday the rate briefly fell below 12 roubles per yuan for the first time since early August but failed to hold there. He attributed support to higher foreign-currency sales by exporters ahead of tax payments on 28 October and to revenue from September's higher export oil prices (+37% month on month to $92 per barrel, according to the Ministry of Economic Development). The next factor will be the scale of Finance Ministry operations under the fiscal rule, with parameters to be announced on 5 November; he estimates combined Central Bank and Finance Ministry currency purchases could rise to 15–20 billion roubles a day from the current 12.1 billion, which could limit further ruble strengthening.

Ilya Smirnov, head of the Bank of Russia's insurance market department, said at the Insurance Market Leaders Forum on 29 October that insurers' net profit for the first nine months of 2026 halved year on year to 195 billion roubles, implying a third-quarter loss of 11.5 billion roubles. Over six years, quarterly losses occurred only three times: Q2 2022 (1.4 billion), Q4 2023 (60 billion) and Q3 2026 (11.5 billion), while since early 2024 companies posted quarterly profit of 100–150 billion roubles. Experts cited in the article attribute the result to higher claims settlement costs in motor insurance (compulsory third-party and comprehensive) due to rising repair costs, higher loss ratios in voluntary health insurance, and large risk payouts at industrial and warehouse facilities and in cargo insurance in Q3. The article puts the loss ratio in compulsory motor third-party liability insurance above 100% including acquisition costs, voluntary health insurance at about 90% (Remind broker estimate) and property insurance at about 120% (financial expert Andrei Barkhota estimate). The Central Bank plans to tighten capital requirements: rules for accounting for catastrophic risk from technological disasters will apply from 1 October 2027, with a transition period until 2029. The All-Russian Insurers' Union says the regulator plans to extend the catastrophic risk approach to a wider range of accounting groups. AlfaStrakhovanie believes many companies may fall short and will have to raise own funds, which could reduce profitability.