Tass

• Maximal interest rate on ruble deposits reach 13.06% in early October

  The rate was at the level of 13.01% in the middle of September

• Hokkaido Shimbun reporter arrested on espionage charges, taken to Moscow

  The Investigative Directorate of the Russian Federal Security Service has initiated a criminal case against the Japanese citizen

• No agreement on trilateral meeting on Ukraine reached so far — senior diplomat

  According to Sergey Ryabkov, there will be no progress without adequate pressure on Kiev

• Trump’s demand for elections in Kiev deals blow to 'party of war' — Crimean legislator

  Vladimir Konstantinov attributed Ukraine’s refusal to hold elections to Vladimir Zelensky’s low approval rating

• Russia expects UN High Commissioner to be impartial on situation in Ukraine — diplomat

  According to Gennady Gatilov, in just one week, from September 28 to October 4, as many as 235 civilians were affected in shelling attacks by the Kiev regime