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Putin stays away as Russia says farewell to Soviet gravedigger Gorbachev

Thousands of Russians on Saturday paid their final respects to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, in a ceremony held in Moscow with little fanfare. Russian President Vladimir Putin was notably absent.

Radio France Internationale

EU Commissioner says Europe well prepared if Russia keeps the gas turned off

EU Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni said Saturday that the European Union was "well prepared" in the event of a total halt in Russian gas deliveries, thanks to storage capacity and energy-saving measures.

Radio France Internationale

Tesla Giga Canada Rumors, Ford's Sizzling EV Sales, Lucid, Nikola Tap Equity Market, Canoo Loses Top Manufacturing Executive: Week's Biggest EV Stories

Electric vehicle stocks fell across the board in the week ended September 2 amid macroeconomic concerns that rocked the market. The August jobs report, the U.S. government’s move to restrict chip exports to China, and the shutting down of the Nord Stream 1 offshore pipeline that supplies oil from Russia…

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Gorbachev funeral: Russians say farewell to former Soviet leader as Putin ‘too busy’ to attend

Kremlin stops short of announcing full state funeral for former leader

The Independent UK

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant cut from main power line, IAEA says

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate the standoff between Kyiv and Moscow over Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe’s largest, which has been occupied by Russian troops since early in the invasion. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded. All times are Paris…

France 24

Ukraine’s Nuclear Plant Partly Goes Offline amid Fighting

The head of the UN nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line but was still able to run electricity through a reserve line amid sustained shelling in the area. International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi said…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and cinema essays released at the Coimbatore Book Festival

A round up of books on Coimbatore’s history, cinema masters, and a compilation of cinema essays released at the just-concluded Coimbatore Book Festival

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Germany's gas situation is tense and could worsen, regulator says

Germany's gas supply situation is currently guaranteed but the situation is tense and further deterioration cannot be ruled out, the country's network regulator said after Russia's Gazprom extended an outage of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline.

Reuters

Russian army 'rounding up homeless people' to fight as Vladimir Putin grows desperate

Officials at the city administration in St Petersburg confirmed that army recruiters had been trying to enlist from the local homeless population as the Ukraine war struggles on

Daily Mirror

‘Friendly ties’: Myanmar’s top general to visit Russia

Military leader Min Aung Hlaing will hold talks with Russian officials to ‘further cement cooperation’.

Al Jazeera

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian attempt to seize nuclear plant

Ukrainian forces attempted to capture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attack on the facility on Friday night, Russia's defence ministry said in its daily briefing on Saturday.

Reuters

Türkiye Can Be Facilitator on Ukraine Nuclear Plant, Erdogan Tells Putin

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call that his country can play a facilitator role regarding the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, his office said on Saturday. The two leaders also discussed developments regarding Ukrainian grain exports and expressed their determination to continue the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine ‘exploiting poor Russian leadership’ in new offensive, says UK

In its daily intelligence briefing, the MoD said Ukrainian forces have taken advantage of “poor logistics” by the Russians during renewed offensive operations in Kherson Oblast

Evening Standard

Putin ally: US dream of Russian breakup is road to doom

A top Russian official has accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to provoke the country’s breakup and warned that it could lead to doomsday

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Daughter of pro-Putin politician flees Russia after being branded 'traitor' by own dad

Diana Isakova, 25, said she was fearful of spending years behind bars for protesting against the invasion of Ukraine, prompting her own father to denounce her as a traitor

Reuters

Turkey can be facilitator on Ukraine nuclear plant, Erdogan tells Putin

Daily Mirror

Mikhail Gorbachev funeral sees mourners weep over open casket - but no Vladimir Putin

For many liberal Russians, he remains a hero and hundreds of Muscovites queued up to catch a glimpse of his open coffin inside the Hall of Pillars in Moscow’s House of the Unions

Reuters

Russia reports 50,000 COVID-19 cases for second day running

Russia recorded more than 50,000 new daily COVID-19 cases for the second day running on Saturday, the government's coronavirus task force said.

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The Independent UK

UK ‘could have to compete with Europe in a bid to avoid rationing’ after Russia escalates energy war

Putin accused of ‘psychological’ warfare

Bangkok Post

High-season airfares soar on pricey fuel

Travellers alarmed at sky-high airfares for the year-end holidays can add soaring fuel prices, spurred in part by Russia’s weaponisation of its energy resources, to the list of factors to blame.

The Independent UK

‘A country of missing people’: How Russia is vanishing thousands of Ukrainians

The Missing: In her latest investigation, international correspondent Bel Trew reports from Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Poltava, speaking to Ukrainians and families of victims who were captured and taken to Russia in another possible war crime

Asharq Al-Awsat

Egypt, Russia Discuss Nuclear Science Research Cooperation

Egyptian Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Ayman Ashour held talks on Friday with head of the International Cooperation Department of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Russia Dmitry Kamanin. The talks focused on means to activate a cooperation agreement signed with Moscow on the peaceful uses of nuclear…

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Gorbachev to Be Buried in Modest Funeral Snubbed by Putin

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried Saturday in a relatively low-key ceremony snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin's refusal to declare a state funeral reflects its…

The Independent UK

Gorbachev to be buried in modest funeral snubbed by Putin

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched dramatic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup of the Soviet Union, is set to be buried in a relatively low-key ceremony snubbed by Russian President Vladimir Putin

The Guardian - AU

Zaporizhzhia plant again loses last main power line; public bids farewell to Gorbachev at funeral – as it happened

Nuclear energy facility now linked to grid with a reserve line; former leader buried without state honours

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