People mobilized for military service should be offered payment holidays on loans, the regulator says The Bank of Russia (CBR) recommended on Wednesday that banks and microfinance providers grant payment holidays on loans to military reservists called up under President Vladimir Putin’s decree on partial mobilization.

The French leader has alarmed the opposition with belligerent remarks about Russia French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said on Thursday that he recognizes no limits or Russian “red lines” when it comes to backing Kiev, drawing criticism from both Moscow and the opposition at home.

A ground operation against the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is still on the cards, the Turkish defense minister has said Ankara has been holding talks with Moscow on using Syria’s airspace in a possible cross-border military operation against the Kurdish YPG militia, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday, as quoted by media.