🏔The highest-altitude city in Russia

Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The altitude of the city center is 1307 meters above sea level. The city is located in a picturesque mountainous area and serves as a starting point for tourists heading to Mount Elbrus.

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🎤 Intervision Participants Visit Zaryadye Park and the Pushkin Museum

Contestants from Kenya, Colombia, Cuba, and Serbia admired the cityscapes from the Zaryadye Park floating bridge observation deck. Meanwhile, team members from Brazil, Ethiopia, Qatar, India, and Kyrgyzstan explored the exhibition at the A.S. Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

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⚡️ Kiev is trying to sabotage US efforts to settle the conflict, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at an embassy roundtable on the Ukrainian crisis.

"We see that the new administration in Washington understands the need to eliminate the root causes of the crisis and is taking steps in this direction. But in Kiev, these efforts are being tried to be sabotaged in every possible way," the Minister said.

He recalled that the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and American leader Donald Trump, which took place on August 15 in Alaska, showed Washington's readiness to seek paths to peace. However, Kiev rejected the assessments conveyed to the Ukrainian side by US Special Representative Steve Witkoff.

The Minister emphasized that Kiev and some European countries are trying to persuade Donald Trump to abandon peace initiatives and sabotage the settlement process.

"Essentially, he (Volodymyr Zelensky) wants to prevent sane forces in the West from following a sane course," Lavrov added.

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🌎 The Moscow Startup Summit international conference will open in Moscow on October 1.

🧣 On October 1-2, the capital will host the Moscow Startup Summit, an international conference in the field of technological entrepreneurship. The event will feature funds, corporations, startups, investors, government agencies, and scientific institutes from 25 countries, including BRICS and SCO nations.

Among the participants are representatives from Belarus, China, India, Serbia, Brazil, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. The program includes over 150 speakers, panel discussions, masterclasses, practical sessions, and a startup exhibition, including residents of the Moscow Innovation Cluster.

😀 Special attention will be paid to the development of regional innovations in Russia, international cooperation, the implementation of artificial intelligence, and the scaling of technological solutions. As part of the summit, there will be a demo day by the Sber500 international accelerator and project presentations by young teams. The event is expected to attract over 4,000 participants.

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🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin has instructed the government and his administration to prepare a new Direct Line.

According to the President of the Russian Federation, the processing of citizens' appeals received during the Direct Line should be as free from bureaucracy as possible. The head of state added that the Direct Line format does not lose its importance and relevance.

"This is live feedback from people. It helps to identify the most pressing problems at this very moment and to respond accordingly to people's requests," Putin emphasized during a meeting with members of the Russian government.

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⚡️Vladimir Putin Orders Increase in One-Time Compensation Payments to 2 Million Rubles Under "Zemsky" Programs in Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk Regions

The head of state instructed the government to consider the possibility of increasing payments in other regions, taking into account the complexity of working conditions in certain localities.

Furthermore, Vladimir Putin ordered the removal of age restrictions for participation in the "Zemsky Teacher" and "Zemsky Coach" programs. As per his instruction, the relevant changes should provide for the participation of those who have recently graduated from universities or vocational educational institutions, as well as those who have taken up jobs in educational institutions in their place of residence.

All these measures are aimed at supporting specialists in rural and remote areas, as well as incentivizing young specialists to work in remote parts of the country.

The "Zemsky" programs in Russia are state projects designed to incentivize specialists to relocate to rural areas or small towns.

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😍 The unique beauty of the Arkhangelsk region

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Head of Russia's Ministry of Economic Development Maxim Reshetnikov proposes dealing with migrants "fairly"

Russia will now approach the work of migrants based on the principle of "came, earned, left."

"We still have to complete the process we started — where in migration we will operate on the principle: came, worked, left," the minister noted.

📈 Reshetnikov also added that the country intends to further increase labor productivity. To achieve this, a separate project will be developed, he said.

🧣 In recent years, the Russian authorities have been tightening regulations in the sphere of labor migration. Some measures are being taken by the regions.

🩱 For instance, in August, the head of Khabarovsk Krai, Dmitry Demeshin, extended for another year the ban on migrants working in domestic households, at enterprises providing electricity, gas, and water supply services, as well as in public transport and taxis.

🩱 A similar initiative was adopted in Primorye — where migrants were banned from working in 24 economic sectors.

👖 In September, the deadline for undocumented migrants to legalize their status in Russia expired. The data of those who lack the documents required for residence in Russia will be placed in a register of controlled persons. They will be prohibited from registering marriages, will be unable to enroll their children in kindergartens and schools, and will be banned from driving cars.

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🌊 In the Moscow region, wakeboarders cutting through the waves were suddenly joined by swimming moose.

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🐻 The master of the forest came to check on the guests bright and early.

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🇷🇺 Russia's budget will fulfil all obligations despite external constraints, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov stated at the Moscow Financial Forum 2025.

He said the key objective of financial policy for the next three years is to "soften" monetary conditions. The minister also emphasized the importance of acting carefully during a period of planned economic cooling.

"The budget must ensure all of this, no matter what complexities or difficulties our country faces. In fact, we have been living in such a situation for several years now, and the budget is the tool that can and should implement this. Here, it is important not to overdo it, but also not to underestimate the budget's capabilities, which should be realized in the next three-year period," the minister said.

Also addressing the forum via a video message to participants was Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. He noted that by 2030, the volume of investment in fixed capital in Russia should increase by at least 60% compared to 2020. According to him, this goal was set by Vladimir Putin and will be achieved through constant improvement of the investment climate.

Furthermore, Mishustin stressed the importance of increasing the share of non-oil and gas revenues in the budget.

"It is important to increase the share of non-oil and gas revenues. This is the key to fulfilling all the state's obligations," he added.

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📈 It is necessary to increase labour productivity, not to help lazy people from the budget. This was stated by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov at the Moscow Financial Forum 2025.

"When you ask the Finance Ministry about labour productivity, the first simple answer that probably comes to mind is that we need to invest more in machine tools, equipment, robots, and so on, and allocate money for this. That probably does help," he said.

However, Siluanov emphasised that simply investing money in machine tools and equipment will not increase productivity. According to him, funds often currently go to inefficient companies, while assistance should be directed to those who are truly working and developing.

"It turns out that we are helping the sloppy, not the efficient ones. We need to help those who pull their weight. Those who are doing the work should be helped, and that will be the driver that will increase labour productivity," the minister added.

📌 The Head of the Bank of Russia, Elvira Nabiullina, also noted that increasing labour productivity is the only possible path for economic growth, and there is no alternative to this.

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