14 dead near Yaroslavl, another increase in army personnel, and the classification of oil refinery data: NeMoskva news overnight
🔹 The death toll in the fire at the pyrotechnics factory in Yaroslavl areaAll of the victims were Russian citizens. One other person was injured. A criminal case has been opened. September 30th has been declared a day of mourning in the region.
🔹 In Irkutsk area A reduction in the number of 24-hour inpatient hospitals in rural medical facilities has begun. Authorities attribute this to "bed inefficiency" and a shortage of doctors. In villages Parfenovo и Golumet They will completely eliminate 24-hour beds in district hospitals, which serve approximately 7,000 residents, and will also merge two surgical departments.
🔹 In Izhevsk Activists are seeking legal permission to hold a rally against election fraud. Democratic Socialist Dmitriy Morozov filed a lawsuit against the city administration demanding that the refusal to approve the public event be declared unlawful. The reason given was that officials failed to offer the organizers an alternative site, citing the technical deterioration and risk of collapse of structural elements of the Friendship of Peoples Monument, where the event was planned.
🔹 Vladimir Putin increased the size of the Russian army for the fourth time this year - now by another 15,5 thousands military personnel. The corresponding decree came into force on September 29. Now the Russian Armed Forces' staff is 2 441 630 person of whom 1 550 500 - military personnel.
🔹 Putin also signed a decree banning the dissemination of information about the operations of Russian refineries and marine terminals in the media and online. The document imposes restrictions on the publication of information on oil refining and production volumes, fuel exchange transactions, supply routes, transportation routes, and transaction details.