Rates of modern movements are an important factor in the modern geodynamics of the Baikal Rift System. Reflection of strong earthquakes in the experimental values of displacements is discussed, as well as the question of modern vertical movements. According to absolute gravimetry and space geodesy measurements of vertical and horizontal movement rates at the Talaya seismic station (Baikal Rift) for 1992-2022, the displacement rates were determined as 1.7-1.9 mm/year SEE with respect to the point of Irkutsk (Siberian Platform). A set of methods was used to obtain the vertical movement rates for different epochs prior to, during, and after the Kultuk earthquake (2008, M = 6.3, 25 km to epicenter). Subsidence rates vary from 1.1 to 3.3 mm/yr. Possible signs of preparation of Baikal earthquakes have been identified