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0655GMT//Putin apologises for shooting down Azerbaijani airliner; Kremlin supports Nobel Peace Prize for Trump; Internet freedom NGO shuts

PUTIN APOLOGISES FOR SHOOTING DOWN AZERBAIJANI PLANE: Vladimir Putin publicly apologised to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for the first time for shooting down an Azerbaijani passenger jet on Christmas Day last year. The two men met in Dushanbe for the first time since Russian air defence systems shot the jet

0756GMT//Putin flies to Tajikistan; North Korea sends 'IT specialists' to Russia

PUTIN FLIES TO TAJIKISTAN: Vladimir Putin has arrived in Dushanbe for his first official State Visit to Tajikistan. He has visited Tajikistan a dozen or so times as Russian president, but this is his first State Visit. (COMMENT: This is an important visit for Putin. Bilateral talks are expected to

0654GMT//Russia alleges Ukraine hit nuclear power station with drone; Kremlin holds first formal talks in Kabul with Taliban; Putin works through his birthday

NUCLEAR POWER STATION DRONE ALLEGATION: Rosenergoatom, Russia's nuclear power plant operator, said that a Ukrainian drone hit the cooling tower at its nuclear power station at Novovoronezh, in the Voronezh Region. It said that the collision with operating unit No. 6 had left a "dark mark"

0745GMT//Putin's 73rd birthday plans; Putin ally issues economic warning; 1,000 Russian soliders accused of murder

PUTIN ALLY ISSUES ECONOMIC WARNING: Valentina Matviyenko, chairwoman of the Russian Senate, warned on Monday that businesses in Russia's regions were collapsing at an "alarming rate" because of the increasingly tough economic conditions. "The rise in bankruptcies in the regions is extremely alarming. As one

0725GMT//More drone-linked disruptions at EU airports; Ukraine strikes second-largest Russian oil refinery; Kremlin's rouble earnings from oil and gas fall

DRONE DISRUPTION AT EU AIRPORTS: Munich airport, Germany's second biggest hub, briefly suspended operations on Friday because of suspected nearby drone flights. Media reports also said the drones were spotted circling above a military base in Belgium on Friday. (COMMENT: Drones closed airports in Norway and Denmark last

0535GMT//No petrol shortages reported in main Russian cities; Putin urges Russian women to wear traditional tiaras; healthcare budget is cut to pay for more war

NO PETROL SHORTAGES IN MAIN CITIES: Sources in Russia told The Memo that there are no petrol shortages in major cities. Reports have said that Crimea, regions in the Far East and Southern Russia have seen dozens of petrol stations close and refill limits imposed. Some reports have even reported

0755GMT//Russian refinery capacity falls further; Kremlin seizes snack food producer; opposition leader arrested

FUEL SHORTAGES WORSEN: Russia's oil refining capacity has fallen 38% this year, rather than 20%, because of Ukrainian drone strikes, new estimates said. Reuters reported that Russia lost 17% of its oil refining capacity just in August. (COMMENT: Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian refineries have been one of

0657GMT//Russia to start importing fuel through the Eurasian Economic Union; Kremlin cuts budget to propaganda channels; utilities costs to rise faster than expected

IMPORTING FUEL TO EASE CRISIS: The Kremlin-led Eurasian Economic Union on Tuesday cancelled import duties on car fuel, diesel, jet fuel and shipping fuel to allow Russia to start buying fuel from abroad to plug shortages. (COMMENT: The Kremlin uses the Eurasian Economic Union to dodge Western sanctions. By dropping

0734GMT//Kremlin complains about Moldova election; carmaker puts staff on 4-day week; roughly 1,000 people join 'civic action' in Moscow

MOLDOVAN ELECTION: The Kremlin criticised Moldova's parliamentary election over the weekend for blocking pro-Russia supporters from voting after the pro-EU government party won a majority. Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said that "hundreds of thousands of Moldovans" couldn't vote in Russia because "only

0652GMT//Pro-EU party wins Moldova election despite Russian interference; Kremlin propagandist dies; Russian paralympians back in favour

MOLDOVA ELECTION: Maia Sandu's pro-EU party won a parliamentary election in Moldova despite alleged Kremlin vote-buying tactics. With 99.5% of the vote counted, media is reporting that Sandu's Action and Solidarity party has won 50.03%, compared to 24.26% for a pro-Russia bloc. (COMMENT:

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