Sergey Pugachev. Frame TVC The Russian economy was transformed into a feudal system, where businessmen are only nominal owners of their assets. This was stated by the ex-Senator from Tuva, one of the founders of the bankrupt interprombank Sergey Pugachev in an interview with The Financial Times . According to Pugachev, there are no more “untouchables” in the Russian business environment, where President Vladimir Putin dominates, not a single company in the country outside his reach.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Photo by Yuri Timofeev. The ex-head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky is ready to cooperate with the opposition in the State Duma elections in 2016. According to him, the help will be organizational, but not financial. According to RBC, he told about this in an interview with RBC-TV. "There is an experience in conducting elections in Russia, the experience is not bad. To date, unfortunately, these mechanisms are purposefully destroyed by the authorities," Khodorkovsky said.

Averses of coins in honor of the annexation of Sevastopol and Crimea. Source: CBR.ru The Central Bank released 10-ruble coins in honor of the annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol. This was reported by the press service of the institution. Coins "Crimea" and "Sevastopol" are made of suburgical metals; From which ones, the Central Bank does not specify. The circulation of each of the coins is 10 million pieces.

The helicopter carrier of the Mistral class. Photo from the site www.rfi.fr It is time to determine the French side on the situation with the supply of Mistrals to Russia. According to RIA Novosti, this was stated by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Alexander Lukashevich. "On Mistrals, there were too many statements of the Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs recently.

Alexey Ulyukaev. Photo: Premier.gov.ru Russian business is experiencing too much administrative and power pressure. This was stated by the Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev in an interview with "Echo of Moscow". “Unfortunately, the power pressure on the business is noticeable and excessive. This also applies to legislation. This is a clear criminalization of the relevant articles of the Criminal Code,” the minister said.

Moscow Arbitration Court. Photo from the site www.russianla.com The Moscow Arbitration Court rejected the request for the entry into the Investigative Committee as a third party to the claim for the stake of Bashneft shares in favor of the state, RAPSI reports . The Investigative Committee made a request to recover from the defendants AFK "System" and CJSC System Invest 190 billion rubles.

Dmitry Ishevsky in Bolotnaya. Frame video from the case file The case of the Swamp Prisoner Dmitry Ishevsky is considered in a special order, the correspondent of the "faces" from the Zamoskvoretsky district court of the capital reports. In this regard, instead of the preliminary hearings expected on Thursday, judge Natalya Cheprasova began the hearing on the merits.

Patrick Modiano. Photo: franceculture.fr The laureate of the Nobel Prize in literature in 2014 was French writer Patrick Modiano, according to the website of the Nobel Committee. The prize is awarded for "the art of memory, with the help of which he showed the most incomprehensible human destinies and revealed the life world of man during the occupation." Modiano was born in 1945. His first novel "Star Square" was published in 1968 and immediately brought fame to the author.

Pavel Shekhtman leaves the IVS on October 9, 2014. Photo by Yu. Timofeeva/Grani.ru Civil activist and publicist Pavel Shekhtman on Thursday was released from the temporary detention center of the Internal Affairs Directorate in the Western District of Moscow. According to the correspondent of the "faces", a non -departure subscription was taken from the activist. On the eve of the Kuntsevsky district court refused the investigation in his arrest.

The deceased Konstantin Domansky. Photo: Lifenews.ru 27-year-old Konstantin Domansky, a resident of the village of Ust-Yugan of the Nefteyugansky district of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, hanged himself, asking in a suicide note to blame the policemen who tried it in his death. It is reported by Lifenews. As, without mentioning the name of the deceased, the District Administration of the Investigative Committee clarifies , the body of Domansky was found on October 5 in the barn.

Sergey Aksenov. Frame of Channel One The head of the Crimean occupation administration Sergei Aksenov will also take part -time the post of chairman of the “Council of Ministers” of the Republic. It is reported by RIA "Novosti". On Thursday, Aksenov was unanimously elected by the deputies of the State Council "Head of the Crimea".

YouTube The Federal Antimonopoly Service proposed to introduce separate tariffs for the use of video services and other Internet portals that require high access capacity of the communication channel. The department sent the relevant proposals to the government, the Vedomosti reports . According to the FAS initiative, the changes are supposed to be made to the law "On Communications".

Currency exchange. Photo by A. Karpyuk/Grani.ru The euro at the auction of the Moscow Exchange for the first time since March reached 51 rubles, RBC reports. In the evening, on Wednesday, the quotes of the European currency grew by 41 kopecks, to 51.01 rubles. The maximum euro rate established by the Bank of Russia was recorded on March 18 this year. Then the cost of the European currency reached 50.94 rubles.

Dmitry Ishevsky in Zamoskvoretsky District Court, 10/09/2014. Photo by Andrei Novichkov/Grani.ru The prosecutor of Sevryugin, speaking in the debate of the parties in the case of the Swamp Prisoner Dmitry Ishevsky, requested five years of general regime for the defendant. This was reported by the correspondent of "faces" from the Zamoskvoretsky district court of the capital.

Alexander Konovalov. Photo: Patriarchia.ru Russia appears the decision of the European Court of Human Rights in the Yukos case until October 30. This was stated by Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov, RIA Novosti reports.