The Ministry of Defense denied the death of Russian military personnel in Syria, TASS reported on Tuesday, October 20, citing a statement by a representative of the press service and information department of the Russian department. “In connection with emerging reports in foreign media about the alleged death of Russian military personnel in Syria, we declare: there are no losses among military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces in Syria,” the Ministry of Defense said.

Iran has announced its readiness to supply its cheeses to Russia, the Russian News Service reported on Tuesday, October 20, citing a statement by Alexey Alekseenko, assistant head of Rosselkhoznadzor. The agency’s interlocutor noted that the cheeses produced in Iran are “surprisingly good.” According to Alekseenko, Iranian dairy products have successfully passed the Rosselkhoznadzor inspection.

Forbes is looking into whether it’s worth replacing the “old” Audi crossover with a “new” one. In January 2015, at the Detroit International Auto Show, the second generation of Audi's off-road flagship, the Q7 full-size crossover, was presented. The first one adequately lasted on the market for almost ten years. Sales of the new “Seven” began in June 2015, prices started at 3.6 million rubles per unit. The car has become lower, shorter and outwardly it now looks completely urban.

Russian Ambassador to Paris Alexander Orlov was summoned to the French Foreign Ministry after the French ambassador was mistakenly summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry due to an incident with State Duma Speaker Sergei Naryshkin's plane over Switzerland, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Tuesday . The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again confirmed to Orlov that not a single French military aircraft was involved in the incident with Naryshkin’s plane.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, October 20, said that terrorists who have settled in Syria are planning to destabilize new regions, Interfax reports . The head of state explained that supporters of terrorist groups “recruited and continue to recruit militants from many states into their ranks, including, unfortunately, from Russia and the CIS countries.” The Russian President noted that Russia had launched a military operation in Syria as a preventive measure.

The government approved an agreement to provide Cuba with a state export loan of up to €1.2 billion, according to a corresponding Cabinet decree published on Tuesday, October 20. The document is dated October 17. It states that funds are allocated for the construction of power units at the Cuban thermal power plants Maximo Gomez and Eastern Havana. It is planned to build one 200 MW power unit at the Maximo Gomez TPP, and three 200 MW units at the Eastern Havana TPP.

The presence of various aircraft in Syrian airspace has recently increased significantly; more than 30 aircraft can be in one area at the same time, Interfax reported on Tuesday, October 20, citing official representative of the Ministry of Defense Igor Konashenkov. “Recently, the presence of various aircraft in Syrian airspace has increased. These are military transport aircraft, combat aircraft, unmanned vehicles of various sizes, including strike ones,” he noted.

The devaluation of the ruble could be one of the motives of Moscow region businessman Amiran Georgadze, suspected of shooting two Krasnogorsk officials and two other murders, Interfax reported on Tuesday , citing a source in law enforcement agencies.

Former co-owner of the Coffee House and Azbuka Vkusa chains, Kirill Yakubovsky, intends to invest 2 billion rubles in the development of the Netizen hostel chain, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing a representative of the businessman. According to Yakubovsky’s representative, the businessman expects to open 3-4 facilities with 1,500 seats by the end of 2017. Yakubovsky plans to develop hostels in Moscow and some European cities.

Press service of the President of the Russian Federation Earlier, media reported that Riyadh offered Moscow high oil prices in exchange for agreement to the departure of the Syrian leader Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday denied reports that Saudi Arabia allegedly offered Russia to abandon its support for Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad for $300 billion, Interfax reports . "This is wrong. This is a newspaper duck,” Peskov said.

Evgeny Biyatov / RIA Novosti The tariff for passenger cars will be up to 250 rubles The head section of the new M-11 Moscow - St. Petersburg highway will become tolled from November 16, 2015, according to the Rosavtodor website. As noted in the message, we are talking about a section of 15-58 km - from the Businovskaya transport interchange on the Moscow Ring Road to Solnechnogorsk.

Flickr.com / Fabi-DE The translation was carried out by a junior employee while his boss was on vacation The foreign exchange division of Deutsche Bank AG mistakenly transferred $6 billion to a client account of a hedge fund in the United States, the British newspaper Financial Times reported , citing knowledgeable sources. According to the publication, the incident occurred in June.

Annual financing of the pension system deficit accounts for about half of the annual budget expenditures on higher education, said former Finance Minister and head of the Committee of Civil Initiatives Alexei Kudrin at the all-Russian forum on strategic planning in St. Petersburg on Tuesday. “This is approximately 300-350 billion rubles a year for the deficit of the pension system due to changing demographics and other reasons, including inflation,” Interfax quotes him as saying .

Rosneft placed a deposit with the Moscow Credit Bank (MCB) for approximately $3 billion, the Kommersant newspaper writes , citing sources and reports from the Moscow Credit Bank. MKB provided the Central Bank with reports, from which it follows that in September the bank increased the total volume of corporate deposits by 68%. As the publication notes, such dynamics in corporate deposits is uncharacteristic for MKB.

RIA Novosti Former spouses abandoned legal proceedings on the division of property, which they had been conducting for several years. Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev has reached an agreement on the terms of his divorce from his wife Elena, according to a joint statement by the Rybolovlevs obtained by Forbes. Dmitry and Elena Rybolovlev “are pleased with the agreement between them and are glad that a difficult period for them and their family is over,” the message says.