Martin Fornusek

The step comes after Germany accused Russia of an attempted drone attack at Leipzig Airport in early August and said it was closing the Russian consulate in Bonn and the Russian House in Berlin.

A U.S. official told the Kyiv Independent on Sept. 6 that Trump would call the Russian leader after being briefed by his envoys. The U.S. president is then expected to call with President Volodymyr Zelensky.

As the Russian legislative elections near, the Moscow propaganda is accusing the West of plotting to disrupt the vote — the same charge Western governments have repeatedly leveled against the Kremlin.

The comments come as a rejection of the latest U.S.-Ukraine proposal for an aerial truce, which was put forward during the visit of U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow and Kyiv.

Polish far-right politician Grzegorz Braun published a video of himself damaging a memorial in eastern Poland, which commemorated UPA fighters killed while fighting the Soviet secret police.

The two leaders met in New Delhi ahead of a BRICS summit held in India's capital between Sept. 12 and 13, an event that will also be attended by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, among other leaders and top officials.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said he would resign from office on Sept. 25 or 26 before focusing on his campaign for the upcoming parliamentary elections, the Serbian Beta News Agency reported on Sept. 11.

Oleksandr Yurchenko, then a member of President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People parliamentary group, was charged in 2020 for soliciting bribes in exchange for legislative amendments.

The Russian Central Bank's board of directors on Sept. 11 decided to keep the key rate at 14%, the first time the regulator has opted not to cut it since mid-June 2025.

The legislation passed with overwhelming support in the Senate in August but is expected to face stronger opposition in the House, with some House Democrats fearing it would grant U.S. President Donald Trump too much authority over tariffs.