Spontaneous protests against the mobilization continue in Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkaria.
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September 26, 2022 (Monday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Vladimir Putin, publicly admits for the first time that he founded the Wagner Group, a private military company accused of war crimes in places where they had been deployed. Prigozhin had previously denied any involvement with the organization.
Eleven soldiers are killed as a 150-vehicle convoy carrying supplies to Djibo is ambushed by Islamist militants in Gaskindé (Pobé-Mengao), Soum Province.
Business and economy
Inter-American Development Bank chief Mauricio Claver-Carone is fired by the bank's board of governors after an external investigation, started because of a whistleblower complaint, found that Claver-Carone had an undisclosed intimate relationship with his subordinate and committed several ethics violations in connection with her.
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
The death toll from an Ebola virus outbreak in Mubende District, Uganda, increases to 23, with a total of 36 confirmed and suspected cases.
The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Syria increases to 29, with a total of 338 cases reported, the majority of whom are in Aleppo Governorate.
International relations
Kazakhstan says that it will not recognize the results of the ongoing annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
The Colombia–Venezuela border reopens for commerce and trade after a seven-year closure.
Law and crime
President Vladimir Putin signs a decree granting Russian citizenship to American whistleblower Edward Snowden.
A man kills 17 people and injures 24 others in a mass shooting at a school in Izhevsk, Russia, before killing himself.
The United States Forest Service seizes equipment owned by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company, as part of a criminal investigation into the company's role in the Mosquito Fire.
Politics and elections
A referendum is approved in Cuba, granting, among other things, broader rights for the LGBT community, including marriage.
Science and technology
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