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Russia: what's happening right now?

Updated 30 Oct 2026, 00:33 UTC · automatically compiled from 41 sources

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In the last 72 hours our sources reported 166 events in Russia. Reports with similar content are bundled into one event; “independent” counts different wordings, so copies of the same agency report count once.

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Current events

Africa: Russia-Africa Summit to Test Moscow's Ambitions for Broader Influence

📍 Moscow5 sources5 independent11 h ago

France 24 · Hespress English · Africanews · TASS

Putin posthumously awards Hero of Russia title to Chechen man convicted of murder

📍 Moscow3 sources3 independent6 h ago

Meduza (English) · TASS · OC Media

Moscow faces over 600 Ukrainian drones overnights, flights grounded at major airports

📍 Moscow3 sources3 independent16 h ago

Meduza (English) · TASS · The Kyiv Independent

Seven oil tankers carrying 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel sail towards US

📍 Primorye2 sources2 independent2 h ago

The Kyiv Independent · The Guardian

Russia, Africa are natural allies in creating multipolar world order, says Putin

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent3 h ago

TASS · TASS · TASS · Africanews

Drone attack targets Moscow, prompting airport restrictions

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent3 h ago

Ukrinform · The Kyiv Independent · Ukrinform

Zelenskyy: Russians planning further ballistic missile strikes

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent5 h ago

Ukrinform · Ukrainska Pravda (English)

Digital divide could become new colonialism — Russia warns

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent6 h ago

TASS · Vanguard

Africa seeks to be manufacturing hub, same as rest of globe — Putin

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent8 h ago

TASS · TASS · Ukrainska Pravda (English) · TASS

Claude users say their accounts were banned after verification showed a Russian passport

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent8 h ago

TASS · Meduza (English)

Russian general who ordered destruction of Skovoroda Museum to be tried in absentia

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent9 h ago

The Kyiv Independent · Ukrainska Pravda (English)

Russia-Africa Summit big success — Kremlin aide

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent9 h ago

Hespress English · TASS

Kremlin says Iran is always on agenda in Russia-US contacts

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent11 h ago

Middle East Eye · TASS

Russian attacks cause new power outages in three Ukrainian oblasts

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent12 h ago

TASS · Ukrainska Pravda (English)

Kremlin aide comments on Putin’s readiness to pick up the phone, Europe’s outrage

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent12 h ago

The Guardian · TASS

Russia says 'battlefield situation' will determine when Ukraine peace talks begin

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent14 h ago

Times of India · The Kyiv Independent

Putin calls Elon Musk a 'genius' as Russia builds its own Starlink rival

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent15 h ago

TASS · Euronews

Canadian volunteer killed by Russian drone while rescuing animals in Donetsk Oblast

📍 Donetsk2 sources2 independent18 h ago

Ukrinform · The Kyiv Independent

Russia in Africa: What is Putin hoping to achieve?

📍 Russia2 sources2 independent1 d ago

TASS · TASS · TASS · Deutsche Welle

Rare Wartime Dissent in Moscow Over Plans to Dismantle Russia’s ‘Eiffel Tower’

📍 Moscow2 sources2 independent1 d ago

The Kyiv Independent · The New York Times

Air defenses intercept 16 UAVs heading toward Moscow — city mayor

📍 Moscow1 source1 independent48 min ago

Newly Freed American Describes His Years in Russian Prison

📍 Russia1 source1 independent1 h ago

The New York Times

La Justicia falló a favor de Enrique Piñeyro y ARCA deberá devolverle $9377 millones: los donará a la Fundación Garrahan

📍 Arsk1 source1 independent1 h ago

African Union aims to give new impetus to cooperation with Russia — chairperson

📍 Russia1 source1 independent1 h ago

TASS · TASS · TASS

Sportpolitik - Deutsche Gewichtheber kritisieren WM-Vergabe nach Russland

📍 Russia1 source1 independent2 h ago

Deutschlandfunk · Deutschlandfunk

Russia, Africa call for reform of global financial institutions

📍 Russia1 source1 independent2 h ago

Russia suffers record battlefield losses in October – General Staff

📍 Russia1 source1 independent2 h ago

Rusia y sus aliados africanos acuerdan reforzar la cooperación en energía nuclear y fertilizantes

📍 Russia1 source1 independent2 h ago

Putin zaprijetio: Ne želimo rat s Europom, ali spremni smo. I neka nitko ne zaboravi, neće biti pobjednika

📍 Moscow1 source1 independent2 h ago

Aulões gratuitos preparam estudantes para o Enem 2026 no Grande Rio

📍 Enem1 source1 independent3 h ago

G1 Globo · G1 Globo · G1 Globo

Measured data

Earthquake M4.6 – 121 km ENE of Shikotan, Russia · 3 h ago (USGS + EMSC)
Earthquake M4.0 – LAKE BAYKAL REGION, RUSSIA · 21 h ago (EMSC)
WHO: Pneumonia of undetermined etiology - the Russian Federation

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