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Russian authorities has designated rock musician Andrei Makarevich and five others as “foreign agents,” accusing them of unspecified political activities while allegedly receiving funding from Ukraine.

Russia is suspending the flow of gas supplies through the crucial Nord Stream 1 pipeline indefinitely, raising fears of an energy shortage in Europe as the cold winter months approach.

Turkey can mediate in a standoff over Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant which is occupied by Moscow's troops, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in a phone call on September 3.

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, said on Telegram on September 3 that he plans to take an “indefinite and long” break from his post.

Germany’s federal regulator and industrial giant Siemens Energy both cast doubt on Russia’s reasoning for not resuming gas deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline under the Baltic Sea.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who is visiting Berlin this weekend to meet with officials, said his country is prepared to supply Germany with electricity to help Europe’s largest economy reduce reliance on Russian energy imports.

Mick Ryan, a retired major general in the Australian Army and a fellow at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, explains the strategy under way for Ukrainian forces as they push forward in the south. 

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Russia’s Chechnya region, said on Telegram on September 3 that he plans to take an “indefinite and long” break from his post.

Amid venomous outbursts from his father in support of the war on Ukraine, former President Dmitry Medvedev’s 27-year-old son joined the ruling United Russia party this summer. Current Time and Meduza take a look at Ilya Medvedev as he emerges from the shadows.

"We were a village before, now it's like London or Paris," jokes an elderly resident. Among the glass and steel of modern Batumi, a small traditional community is fighting to survive – preserving the city's rich history along the way.