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Ancient DNA from 18 people buried near Lake Baikal points to a plague outbreak among hunter-gatherers about 5,500 years ago, a Nature study reports.

• ID Times Team
• October 6, 2026

The New York Times reports Putin raised Lukoil’s foreign asset sale with U.S. envoys as investors seek to buy the business.

• ID Times Team
• October 5, 2026

A White House official says the administration is monitoring reports of a suspected plague case in Russia’s Irkutsk region and assessing options.

• ID Times Team
• October 5, 2026

Baikalsk officials briefly urged people to avoid Shelekhov amid reports of a possible pneumonic plague death; authorities have not confirmed plague.

• ID Times Team
• October 5, 2026

Several Irkutsk hospitals reportedly began three-week quarantines after an anti-plague institute employee died of pneumonia of unknown cause.

• ID Times Team
• October 5, 2026

Arend Feenstra says a Russian rule requiring a Defense Ministry contract for permanent residency has left his family unsure of their future.

• ID Times Team
• October 4, 2026

The 2008 film Twilight grossed 340 million rubles after returning to Russian theaters, outpacing new releases in September.

• ID Times Team
• October 4, 2026

Russian drone attacks damaged Kyiv’s Southern and Northern bridges, closing one to cars and metro trains and restricting traffic on the other.

• ID Times Team
• October 4, 2026

A strike damaged Kyiv’s Northern Bridge on October 3, two days after attacks on the Southern Bridge led to its closure.

• ID Times Team
• October 3, 2026

A prison guard and an inmate died aboard a prisoner transport train in Kabardino-Balkaria. Early reports of a riot were later disputed by an FSIN source.

• ID Times Team
• October 3, 2026