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TASS/ Artem Geodakyan Former NES rector Simeon Dyankov showed that corruption and poor governance in the former socialist countries lead to a decrease in the quality of life Column from Forbes Issue 11 (on sale October 22). In the quarter century since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the countries that were part of it have come a long way. They abandoned central planning, lowered prices, and liberalized foreign trade.

The Council of the European Union has decided to lift restrictions on trade in rocket fuel components with Russia, introduced in 2014 in response to the situation in Ukraine, the Official Journal of the EU reports . As noted in the message, on October 1, the EU Council decided to adjust its decision of July 31, 2014, which imposed sanctions against Russia. “The Council considers that restrictive measures should not affect the European space industry,” the Official Journal of the EU reports.

NASA According to scientists, the blue color is due to the reaction of nitrogen and methane in the upper atmosphere under the influence of sunlight The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration has discovered blue skies and water ice on the dwarf planet Pluto, according to a message on the NASA website. Images of Pluto's atmosphere transmitted to earth by the New Horizons automatic interplanetary station launched nine years ago show a blue haze.

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Moscow's intervention is unlikely to lead to a quick end to the Syrian war Russia is increasingly interfering in the war in Syria. On October 7, Russia launched a strike with 26 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from the Caspian Sea against targets in Syria. This is the first live firing of missiles against ground targets outside the Russian state, mirroring US Tomahawk missile strikes against targets in Iraq and Afghanistan. The war is becoming “hot” in nature.

The cost of the counter-terrorism operation in Syria does not go beyond the normal budget of the Russian Ministry of Defense and will not become a burden on the country's budget, assured the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov “No, this (the operation in Syria) is not a burden for the Russian budget,” TASS quoted a Kremlin representative as saying on Friday, October 9.

Bulgarian economist Simeon Dyankov left the post of rector of the Russian Economic School (NES), where he replaced Sergei Guriev, who left Russia because of the YUKOS case, RBC reports with reference to the NES press service. Despite his departure, Dyankov will retain his seat on the school’s board of directors. First Vice-Rector Shlomo Weber, who previously worked as an expert at the IMF, will be appointed acting rector. Dyankov took over as rector of NES in the fall of 2013.

The Kremlin is not familiar with reports that the European Union may impose new sanctions against Russia due to the ongoing military operation in Syria, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday, October 9. Peskov noted that this information most likely falls “in the category of a huge number of messages on behalf of sources that now abound in the information space, ” Interfax reports .

The United States has evidence that four cruise missiles launched on the night of October 7 from Russian Navy ships in the Caspian Sea against targets in Syria actually fell on Iranian territory, US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at a press conference in London on Friday. October 9. The head of the Pentagon noted that Russian missiles could not reach their targets due to technical problems, the Associated Press reports .

Two high-ranking field commanders of the terrorist organization "Islamic State" (recognized as extremist and banned in Russia) and about 200 militants were eliminated as a result of an airstrike carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces in Syria, said Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Igor Makushev on Friday , October 9.

The UN representative in Libya, Bernardino Leon, said that the list of candidates for the government of national unity of Libya has been agreed upon, and the government will be headed by Fayez Sarraj, reports Associated Press .

Photo by Ulf Andersen/Getty Images The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015 was the Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich, author of the series of verbatim books “Voices of Utopia”. Why now and who is Svetlana Alexievich - in the Forbes Woman review. The winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015 was the Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Alexievich.

The Arbitration Court of Bashkiria received the first claim for bankruptcy of a State Duma deputy as an individual; the claim was filed against Ivan Sukharev from the LDPR, TASS reported on Friday, October 9. “The claim for bankruptcy of Ivan Sukharev was registered from the plaintiff Ruslan Evsyukov,” the court’s press service clarified. The interlocutor noted that the application has not yet been accepted for production.

Senator Vladimir Poletaev proposed legislatively restricting the rights of citizens declared bankrupt by the court to hold state and municipal positions, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, October 9. The agency clarifies that Poletaev will present a corresponding bill for discussion in the near future.

The classic of large-scale cinema spectacles Ridley Scott has made another film in the space odyssey genre English master Ridley Scott, who works in Hollywood, is one of those rare directors (along with Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, and partly Martin Scorsese) who, at the critical age for filmmakers over 70 (and at the end of November he will turn 78), has found a second wind.