The journalist’s literally question to Donald Trump during the press approach was: “What will the United States do in connection with the risks of pneumonic plague emanating from Russia?” Trump responded that in Russia the disease is called pneumonia, and added that it has become more difficult to treat in recent years as the bacteria have become stronger. “But we will help them,” said the American president.

"Something like quarantine." One of the patients told People of Baikal about this.

Olga Mutovina became the winner of the monthly independent award “Editorial Board” - this is her fifth victory! The award was presented for the text “Mammoth for Sale” about how the residents of Yakutia extract the remains of mammoths from the permafrost - and what they do with them next. Olga worked on the text for several months. Sometimes completely unexpected details are revealed in it: did you know what a tusk just pulled out of the ground smells like? What colors does it come in?

The Court of Appeal decided that this was legal. The Irkutsk Regional Court rejected Elena Sizykh's complaint about forced relocation to an apartment with defects. She informed the editors of “People of Baikal” about this. Previously, the city court recognized the social rent agreement and the apartment acceptance certificate as valid, although Sizykh herself did not sign it.

What is happening in Irkutsk and Shelekhov, where an employee of the anti-plague institute died, and the authorities deny the plague as a possible diagnosis At about ten o'clock in the evening on Friday, October 2, three cars drove up to a two-entrance brick house on Voronezhskaya Street in Irkutsk. People in gas masks and orange suits came out of them. They brought several containers with them and began to disinfect both entrances.

On Sunday, volunteers from the Irkutsk branch of Yabloko held an evening of letters to political prisoners, writing letters and postcards to several. “People imprisoned on political charges really need our support,” the party noted and thanked the volunteers for their participation. This meeting was not announced on social networks, but Yabloko promised that it would announce the next such evenings.

A court in Tyva has sentenced a resident who attacked the Orlyonok children's camp. He was sentenced to 2.5 years of forced labor with 15% of his salary withheld to the state. The judge also partially granted the claim for moral damages to the victims - the attacker will pay 275 thousand rubles. The attack occurred on the night of June 21. A drunk 24-year-old resident of Kyzyl, Ayydaan S. , entered one of the camp buildings with a stick and began randomly hitting the children.

The total number of victims in Siberia has reached 18 people. Over the weekend, there were several more bear attacks on people, two of which were fatal, the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Irkutsk Region reported. In the Ust-Ilimsk region on Friday, October 2, two bears attacked a 71-year-old hunter. He was able to shoot one of them, but later died from his wounds.

On September 29, the former head of Usolyekhimprom, Igor Intigrinov, was sentenced to six years in prison and a fine of 500 thousand rubles in the case of abuse of power, fraud and property laundering. The court also banned him from holding certain positions for two years. According to investigators, in 2016–2018, Intigrinov sold various devices and buildings of Usolyekhimprom to his friends at a reduced price: switchgear, transformers, power lines and non-residential buildings with substations.