**Gazprombank buys 14 Mega shopping centers in Russia**

*Description:* Gazprombank has become the new owner of 14 mega shopping centers in Russia. The deal included 14 objects with a total area of ​​2.3 million km. 
*Summary:* The deal was closed with the Swedish company,  Inca Centres, who continued to own the shopping centers after the closure of furniture hypermarkets in Russia.  The total area of the shopping centers is 2.3 million km and the transaction amount has not been disclosed. However, experts have given their approximate assessment and call the acquisition profitable, with figures ranging from two to 3 billion US dollars. 


**Analysts estimate the purchase amount of Mega shopping centers**

*Description:*  Analysts are giving their estimates on the purchase amount of Mega shopping centers. 
*Summary:*  The assumptions that analysts are making now are based either retrospectively on how much these objects could cost under normal conditions, or based on operational and financial indicators.  The figures range from two to 3 billion US dollars. 


**First IKEA hypermarket appeared in Russia in 2000**

*Description:* The first IKEA hypermarket appeared in Russia in 2000. 
*Summary:*  The first IKEA hypermarket appeared in Russia in 2000, and 2 years later the first Mega shopping center opened. In 2022, the Inca company closed the IKEA store, and at the beginning of 2023 it became known that it was searching for a buyer for the retail space. 


**Experts share their expectations of what will change after the change of owner**

*Description:* Experts share their expectations of what will change after the change of owner of Mega shopping centers. 
*Summary:*  For tenants, often nothing may change, because the contracts are long-term and this is one of the key features since the conditions are clear, understandable, and forecasted for a long period. Gazprombank is buying this asset, including for obtaining clear and predictable profits in future results, then from its point of view, it is also beneficial to put everything together as is, because this asset generates a stable cash flow. 


**Atom Scientific Pavilion opens at the VDNKh**

*Description:* The Atom Scientific Pavilion opens at the VDNKh. 
*Summary:*  The Atom Scientific Pavilion at the Novkh Educational Center  showcases  the history of the Soviet and Russian nuclear industry.  The exhibits include a twelve-meter panoramic glazing that connects the external space with the internal, an atomic symphony installation, and an art object that shows how the atom works. 


**Kremlin comments on the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh**

*Description:* The Kremlin comments on the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh in connection with the administration of the unrecognized republic. 
*Summary:*  The Kremlin stated that Russian peacekeepers continue to assist people in Nagorno-Karabakh and that many people are now expressing a desire to move to the territory of Armenia.  The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that their peacekeepers have completed the evacuation of victims as a result of the explosion of a fuel tank in Stepanakert.  The helicopters transported 258 people, including patients at the Republican Medical Center who needed intensive care. 42 sanitary flights were carried out. 


**Yerevan accuses Baku of carrying out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh**

*Description:* Yerevan accuses Baku of carrying out ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. 
*Summary:*  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has stated that he believes there will be no Armenian population left in Karabakh in the coming days.  He claimed that this was a direct action of ethnic cleansing and deportation.  The Armenian opposition has announced a rally for Saturday in the center of Yerevan in protest of the situation. 


**The complex history of Nagorno-Karabakh**

*Description:* The complex history of Nagorno-Karabakh is detailed. 
*Summary:*  Karabakh is a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan.  Both sides consider the region theirs, citing different periods of history.  The conflict has been ongoing since the collapse of the Soviet Union and has resulted in several wars and ceasefires.  In 2020, a 44-day war resulted in significant territorial gains for Azerbaijan.  A peace treaty has not yet been signed and the situation remains tense. 


**More than 3,000 projects of the grant competition of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives were assessed by the expert council**

*Description:* More than 3,000 projects of the grant competition of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives were assessed by the expert council. 
*Summary:*  The competition received 3.97 applications from all over Russia, with 303 projects worth more than 1.6 billion rubles winning.  The projects are associated with Russian traditions, heroes, and the integration of new regions into a common cultural space. 


**International parliamentary conference of Russia and Latin America opens in Moscow**

*Description:* The international parliamentary conference of Russia and Latin America opens in Moscow. 
*Summary:*  Representatives of more than half of the countries of Latin America will take part in the conference.  The participants will discuss current issues on the international parliamentary agenda, including the situation in Ukraine and the global economic crisis. 


**Election campaign in the new regions ended with a stunning turnout with the victory of candidates from United Russia**

*Description:* The election campaign in the new regions ended with a stunning turnout with the victory of candidates from United Russia. 
*Summary:*  The election campaign in the new regions of Russia, which were annexed from Ukraine, has ended with a high turnout and a victory for candidates from the ruling United Russia party.  The regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson held their first elections after reunification with Russia.  The local parliaments have already held their first meetings, during which deputies elected chairmen of speakers. 


**Agroprodsh, Russia's largest international exhibition of equipment and ingredients for the food industry**

*Description:* Agroprodsh, Russia's largest international exhibition of equipment and ingredients for the food industry, will take place from October 9 to October 13 at Moscow Expocentre. 
*Summary:*  Agroprodsh is Russia's largest international exhibition of equipment and ingredients for the food industry.  It will take place from October 9 to October 13 at Moscow Expocentre.  The exhibition will bring together leading Russian and international companies from the food industry. 


**September in Moscow will most likely become the driest and warmest in the entire history of meteorological observation**

*Description:* September in Moscow will most likely become the driest and warmest in the entire history of meteorological observation. 
*Summary:*  The scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Villefont, has stated that September in Moscow will most likely become the driest and warmest in the entire history of meteorological observation, which exceeds a century and a half.  The weather will start to change only on Saturday, affecting only the most northwestern regions.  In the rest of the Russian Plain, the last days of September will even become a little warmer. 


**Anomalous heat and drought increase the risk of fires and confuse plants**

*Description:* Anomalous heat and drought increase the risk of fires and confuse plants. 
*Summary:*  The anomalous heat and drought in Russia are increasing the risk of fires and confusing plants.  In the Krasnodar region, natural fires are flaring up like summer.  In Sochi National Park, sakura has bloomed again.  Earlier, in the suburbs of Sochi, flowers appeared on magnolias, chestnuts, and sirens.