📹 An observer from Italy, the head of the Italian edition Russia News, shared his impressions of voting in the DPR with Sputnik. According to him, the process is going smoothly and without violations.

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Russian FM Sergey Lavrov held talks on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra.

📹 Dr George Szamuely, a senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute, speaks about the attitude of western leaders regarding the referendums taking place in the liberated territories.

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"I will be speaking [at the UN GA] this afteenoon", - said India's top diplomat Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during his meeting with Russian FM Lavrov. "Same as me" - Lavrov replied.

📹 🇵🇱 'Stop Ukrainization of Poland' demonstration takes place in Warsaw.

▪️ Protestors came out with posters reading “Ukrainians are only a tool in the hands of politicians”, “We remember Volyn; we will not give up the truth”, and “Stop stealing under the guise of helping Ukraine”.

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📹 🇷🇺 WATCH footage of Sevastopol citizens enthusing about the referendums in the LPR and DPR, as well as in the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions.

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📹 🇨🇳 There was no visible security presence in Beijing on Saturday, a week before China celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic, a Sputnik reporter said.

📌 Unconfirmed media reports suggested this week that the Chinese military was plotting a coup during the so-called Golden Week of public holidays that precede China’s National Day on October 1.

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❗️ Future of the world order being decided today, Lavrov says at UNGA

📌 WATCH LIVE: Lavrov speaks at UN General Assembly in NYC

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❗️ The formation of sovereign states, ready to defend their national interests, leads to the emergence of an equal, socially oriented and sustainable multipolar architecture, Lavrov says at UNGA

❗️ Having proclaimed victory in the Cold War, Washington elevated itself almost to the rank of God's messenger on Earth, which has no obligations - only "sacrosanct" rights to act with impunity, Lavrov says at UNGA

Russian FM Sergey Lavrov gives another history lesson for those who accused Moscow of escalating situation in Ukraine by reminding the leaders at the UN General Assembly, that there was a coup d'etat at Maidan in Kiev in 2014, deposing the elected President Yanukovich, which paved the road to Kiev-led violence against Russian-speaking population in Donbass. Lavrov said that 'the West shrugged and watched in silence' as members of the coup bombed Donbass.

⚡️ Russophobia has acquired unprecedented and grotesque proportions in the West, Lavrov says

🚀 The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Saturday it once again postponed the launch of Artemis 1 unmanned moon mission, scheduled for Tuesday, as tropical storm Ian is edging toward the US coast.

💭 "NASA is foregoing a launch opportunity Tuesday, Sept. 27, and preparing for rollback, while continuing to watch the weather forecast associated with Tropical Storm Ian," the statement said.

▪️ According to the US National Hurricane Surveillance Center, tropical storm Ian formed over the Caribbean Sea on Saturday. It is expected to cross the central part of the Caribbean Sea and move through the southwestern part of Jamaica on Sunday. On Monday night, the storm will pass near the Cayman Islands and approach the western part of Cuba.

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📍 WATCH: Lavrov holds press conference after his speech at UNGA

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📊 Inhabitants of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and the areas of the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye controlled by pro-Russian administrations are holding status referendums September 23-27, with residents of each of the four territories asked whether they would prefer to become part of Russia or stay part of Ukraine.

▪️ Overwhelming majorities of residents in the DPR, LPR and the Russian-controlled areas of Kherson and Zaporozhye plan to vote in favor of joining the Russian Federation, a poll has found.

▪️ The survey, conducted on September 23 by Russia-based market research company INSOMAR, showed that between 94 and 97 percent of residents of the Donbass republics, and between 83 and 84 percent of the inhabitants of Kherson and Zaporozhye were in favor of joining Russia.

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📌 Large or overwhelming majorities of those polled in each territory also confirmed their intention to take part in the plebiscites.

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Sergey Lavrov just reminded reporters at his UN news conference how the US was meddling in UA elections in 2013-2014, quoting the leaked phonecall of Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland who allegedly used an F-word when taking about concerns of the EU.

Lavrov to a Western reporter, in English: don't judge from your office [about situation in Ukraine]. "Go to Crimea, go to Donbass, see for yourself what's going on".

💊🇫🇷Emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, will be made free of charge to all women in France, regardless of age, as part of a program of new sexual health initiatives announced by the county's minister for health Francois Braun.

The minister of health said he intended to make contraception easier to access and also wanted to increase screening for sexually transmitted infections, or STI, after a 30 percent decline in screenings, partly caused by the pandemic, saw a rise in cases between 2020 and 2021.

Previously, emergency contraception had only been free for minors without a prenoscription or those up to 26 years of age, provided they had one.

"We have to fight against women's difficulties in getting access to contraception," Braun said in the interview. "We know that the efficiency of emergency contraception is maximum in the 24 hours that follow intercourse."

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🚨A suspect who was fleeing from police in South Carolina fatally fell off the top level of a balcony at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, according to authorities. The Cayce Police Department said an officer approached a car with two individuals at Guignard Park after the park closed for the day early Saturday morning.

As the officer walked toward the vehicle, the suspects sped away from the scene, eventually causing a single-car crash at the Convention Center. Police said officers did not pursue the suspect because they were providing aid to the other individual in the car.

"Our officer responded in accordance with his training by calling for additional officers and first checking on the other individual from the single car accident," Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowan said. "There was no foot chase initiated." While running from police, the suspect fell from the top of the upper-level balcony at the Convention Center to the lower level, causing his death.

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