Kommersant

Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.

Russia blamed the blasts in the village of Mayskoye on an "act of sabotage," without naming the perpetrators.

China is comfortably settling into the Russian electronics market, as their smartphones, tablets, computers, home appliances, and more are actively filling the market space vacated by Western companies.

Russia is seeking assurances from Turkey that planes carrying Russian tourists will not be seized when they land in Turkey under the sanctions the western countries imposed on Moscow over the invasion of Ukraine.

Also, all preparatory procedures have started in these countries, the Russia-based Kommersant writes, according to Sputnik.

As reported, the first gas deliveries to Bulgaria and Serbia will begin in 2020, Russian gas will arrive in Hungary only a year later, which will allow the Russian company to completely shut off supplies via Ukraine by 2022.

Bulgarian police have arrested a supposed Russian hacker at the request of US authorities on charges of committing advertising fraud of over $7 million.

The supposed hacker is named Alexander Zhukov, a Saint Petersburg native who's been living in Varna, Bulgaria, since 2010, according to Russian newspaper Kommersant, which first reported the arrest, reports ZDNet.

The moderate Syrian opposition should be part of the political solution in Idlib, Turkey’s president told Russian newspaper, Kommersant, on Sept.  23.

Moscow-based media and analysts have expressed caution about concrete after Montenegro's newly-installed president Milo Djukanovic said he is ready to work on improving relations with Russia.

When President Vladimir V. Putin in July ordered American diplomatic missions in Russia to slash their staff by 755 employees, the State Department said it would need time to assess the “impact of such a limitation and how we will respond to it.”

Russian cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab has filed a lawsuit against US software giant Microsoft over alleged abuse of its dominant position and unfair competition in the market of operation systems in the EU.

The Russian company applied to the European Commission and Germany's Federal Cartel Office.

Judging by the results of Russian FM Sergei Lavrov's visit to Belgrade, Serbia "intends to broaden cooperation with Russia."