On Oct. 1 at the Valdai Discussion Club plenary, Putin said that if Russian territories — including the Baltic exclave Kaliningrad — are attacked, Moscow would consider using the full range of weapons in its arsenal. NATO has recently stepped up exercises aimed at Kaliningrad; Russia earlier warned that a NATO blockade of the region could prompt the use of all means, including nuclear weapons, to defend its territory.

據路透社：消息人士表示，美國希望歐盟在未來6個月內釋放1.2億桶柴油。美國已告知法國和德國，應釋放緊急柴油儲備，否則可能面臨美國柴油出口禁令。

China's finance minister Lan Foan said fiscal authorities will design targeted incremental policies to expand domestic effective demand and keep the economy on an even keel as the 15th Five-Year Plan begins. Fiscal measures include reasonably speeding up spending and stepping up oversight of regions with slow disbursements to get funds deployed sooner. Authorities will coordinate use of ultra-long special sovereign bonds and local government special bonds to advance construction of the six networks and two priority projects. The ministry will expand interest-subsidy programs—widening coverage, adding executing agencies and modestly raising limits—to stimulate consumption and leverage private investment. Beijing will issue 300 billion yuan of special sovereign bonds to help selected central financial firms replenish core Tier‑1 capital, shoring up their stability and capacity to lend to the real economy. Officials will study using local government debt-stock limit arrangements and other incremental measures to boost local general public budget capacity and support expanded effective investment.