❗️Snowden did not serve in Russian army, so he should not be drafted within partial mobilization, his lawyer says

⚡️Russian citizenship was granted to Edward Snowden at his request, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik.

“As soon as you cross the water, they will give you food, everything”

A British newspaper has “exposed” the Albanian people smuggler known as the “Golden Lion”

Monday’s Daily Mail uncovered an Albanian gangster nicknamed the “Golden lion” who openly runs the people trade in France's Dunkirk. He reportedly makes £1 million a week sending migrants to Britain on flimsy dinghies.

The “Golden Lion” told the Daily Mail’s reporters posing as customers that he could take them for £4,500 each and promised that British authorities would give them food, blankets and everything they needed before putting them up in a hotel.

Hours after the meeting, French police picked up the criminal. But not for long: the “Golden Lion” was released the next morning.

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“We have been waiting for this, and this joy just overwhelms us”

WATCH how residents of Novotoshkovskoe (LPR), which was almost completely destroyed during hostilities, participate in the referendum on joining Russia.

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❗️Turnout in the Zaporozhye region was 66.43% after four days of the referendum and taking into account voting abroad, the CEC reports.

Turnout in the DPR was 86.89% after four days of the referendum, the CEC of the republic reports.

Voter turnout at the referendum in the LPR was 83.61% and 63.58% in the Kherson region, according to local election commissions.

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US people kind of don't really know what's going on across the world while the media obsesses over celebrity news, and domestic news, Ted Rall, award-winning editorial cartoonist and columnist and author of the graphic novel, "The Stringer," explained in relation to the US disinformation campaigns on social media.

💬“The ridiculous idea of American exceptionalism, which is that somehow we are the United States is exempt from being held to the same standards as every other country because somehow it behaves better than every other country when in fact, it behaves in many respects worse than any other country… the American people kind of don't really know what's going on across the world. The media obsesses over celebrity news, domestic news. And when it turns its eyes overseas, it's for contentless pablum."

🎧Listen to more of Rall's analysis in our podcast: Why Mainstream Media Ignored News About US Disinformation Campaigns

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❗️The US believes that Snowden should return to the country and face trial, the US Department of State says.

“We are for reunification with Russia”

WATCH how the citizens of the LPR and Kherson region explains why did they take part in the referendums on joining Russia

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❗️The Biden administration and Moscow have privately discussed possible consequences of nuclear weapons use.

Meanwhile, the White House spokesperson said that the US doesn’t see any signs of preparation of Russia’s nuclear weapons.

“I think it’s important for all democrats in the world not to believe what the western press says…And to come with their own eyes to observe and witness what’s happening in Lugansk today”

WATCH: International analyst from Mexico Katu Akrkolanda stresses the importance of referendum in Lugansk

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⚡️Pressure drops on both threads of Nord Stream 1, causes being investigated - operator.

📲Florida asked the U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether the Constitution permits social media companies to limit political speech on their platforms. The state requested a petition filed Sept. 21 that asks the high court to resolve conflicting rulings by two different federal appeals courts, Reuters reports.

At issue is the constitutionality of Florida and Texas laws that would bar Facebook, Twitter, and other social media companies from moderating posts or banning political candidates from using their platforms.

Republicans have criticized the companies for banning former President Donald Trump after he praised his supporters for attacking the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Although the Florida and Texas laws are similar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit struck down much of Florida’s direction while the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld Texas’ law.

*Facebook is a company banned in Russia
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Eight African leaders will be speaking at the 77th UN General Assembly on Monday - the final day of High-Level Week. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who spent almost a week in New York holding bilateral talks, which included meetings with African diplomats, said on Saturday that prospects of Moscow's cooperation with Africa are good. And it looks like some African politicians have similar views. @BolotskySputnik

🚓The New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) is hiring up to 75 civilians to respond to certain calls and take some other work off officers' hands during what is being called an ongoing staffing crisis.

NOPD Superintendent Shaun Ferguson announced the initiative during a Thursday press conference. Some civilians hired by the department will be trained to take over detective work, and others will respond to calls that don't require a police presence, Ferguson said.

Civilian employees at the NOPD will also handle incoming online messages and phone reports. Others will aid in collecting evidence and, in some cases, work alongside investigators. Administrative tasks are reportedly also a part of some civilian positions' responsibilities within the department.

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🛰NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft hit a tiny asteroid as part of a historic planetary defense test mission.

🇧🇷🗳Brazil presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva slightly widened his lead over President Jair Bolsonaro less than a week before the South American country's election, a poll by IPEC released Monday showed.

In a first-round vote scheduled for Oct. 2, Lula reached 48% of voters' support against 31% for Bolsonaro, compared with 47% and 31%, respectively, in the same poll a week ago, the survey showed.

According to the poll, Lula could win the race in the first round since he holds 52% of voters' intentions, excluding abstentions and null votes. In a potential second-round runoff, Lula's lead remained at 19 percentage points, the same as last week, indicating he would get elected with 54% of the votes versus Bolsonaro's 35%.

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🇨🇺Cubans have overwhelmingly approved a sweeping “family law” that would allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt, the electoral commission said, in a move that will also redefine rights for children and grandparents.

More than 3.9 million voters – 66.9 percent – voted to ratify the new code while 1.95 million or 33 percent were opposed, National Electoral Council President Alina Balseiro Gutierrez said on state-run television on Monday.

The 100-page “family code” legalizes same-sex marriage and civil unions, allows same-sex couples to adopt children, and promotes equal sharing of domestic rights and responsibilities between men and women. Preliminary results from the electoral commission showed that 74 percent of 8.4 million Cubans eligible to vote participated in the Sunday referendum.

“Love is now the law,” President Miguel Diaz-Canel wrote on Twitter on Monday morning.

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💻Police in London have confirmed that a 17-year-old teenager suspected of involvement in high-profile breaches at ride-hailing giant Uber and Rockstar Games, has been charged with multiple counts of computer misuse and bail violations.

“The City of London Police arrested a 17-year-old in Oxfordshire [on September 22] on suspicion of hacking, as part of an investigation supported by the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU),” said Detective Inspector Michael O’Sullivan from the City of London Police’s Cyber Crime Unit. “He has been charged in connection with this investigation and remains in police custody.”

Uber said last week that it believes a hacker affiliated with the Lapsus$ hacking group was responsible for its recent cyberattack, which forced the company to take several of its internal tools offline.

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📹 “It’s barbarism. It’s fascism”: A resident of Stakhanov in the LPR on Ukrainian shelling.

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📌LIVE UPDATES: Referendums in Donbass Republics, Zaporozhye & Kherson Regions enter final day

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