Patriarch Kirill gives one position after another, as evidenced by the personnel decisions adopted at the next meeting of the Synod of the ROC MP, which took place on October 22. The scandalously famous archimandrite of the Sretensky monastery, the "confessor of Putin" Tikhon (Shevkunov) will become Bishop Yegoryevsky. And this means that the “Lubyansk” party receives additional trump cards in the struggle for power within the dominant denomination.

On Sunday, October 25, local elections were held in large and small Ukrainian cities: Ukrainians chose mayors and deputies of regional, city district and village councils. These elections took place a year after parliamentary, and in a political dimension, the alignment of parties is interesting here, first of all.

Almost 13.8 million citizens of Ukraine took part in local elections on October 25. The record holder became the Ternopil region, where 56.5 percent of voters voted. The smallest number of citizens came to the elections in Donetsk (31.65 percent of the total number of registered) and Lugansk (35.27 percent) regions. The turnout in Kyiv amounted to 41.87 percent. The elections were held according to the new electoral law.