Laying pipes of the underwater gas pipeline. Photo: gazprom.ru The Ministry of Economics of Turkey supports mutual investments, including the Turkish Stream project. This was stated by the head of the department, Nihat Zeibekchi, reports TASS. “We also support the projects - the“ Turkish stream ”, of course, and the nuclear power plant under construction in Turkey, because we are interested in these mutual investments.

Mi-8 helicopter. Photo: avia.pro In the Syrian province of Hama, the militants of the Islamic State fired a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter from a portable anti-aircraft missile system. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties in Syria. “None of the Russian troops in the helicopter was injured,” the report said.

Vitaly Churkin in the UN. Photo: Mid.ru The Permanent Representative of Russia at the UN Vitaly Churkin submitted a draft resolution on Syria to the security council, presented as an alternative to the document proposed by France. It is reported by TASS. The Russian document supports the proposal of the special envoy of the UN for Syria Staffan de Mistura to withdraw the militants of the Jabhat Fatam Esh-Sham terrorist organization (former Jabhat An-Nusra) from the eastern part of Aleppo.

In the picket against the introduction of an abortion organized by the feminist groups of St. Petersburg, 60 people took part. St. Petersburg, October 8, 2016

Ministry of Culture. Photo: nppir.ru The Ministry of Culture launches a section on its official website with the catalog of patriotic music. This was reported by TASS with reference to the deputy director of the main information and computing center of the department Timur Aleinikov. "On the website of the Ministry of Culture in the" Open Data "section, a catalog will be published in which you can look for musical works about the homeland, about the people of the country.

Nicholas II with his wife and son. Photo from the site www.ksri.ru The examination of the remains of the children of Emperor Nicholas II, Tsarevich Alexy and Grand Duchess Mary, ends. This was stated by Patriarch Kirill at a meeting with Prince Dimitri Romanovich, a descendant of Nicholas I and the eldest in the Romanov family, TASS reports .

Corey Gardner. Photo: Gardner.Senate.gov The Chairman of the Senate of the US Senate for International Cybersecurity Kory Gardner proposed introducing new sanctions against Russia after the statement of American intelligence on the involvement of the Russian authorities in intentional cyber attacks. This was reported by the press service of the senator.

John Podest. Photo: AmericanProgress.org Wikileaks published part of the correspondence of John Podesta, the head of the campaign of the US presidential candidate from the Democratic Party Hillary Clinton. According to the portal, the first package from the upcoming series of publications of correspondence is published. It contains 2060 emails and 170 files attached to them.

Launch of the rocket with Iskander-M. Photo: mil.ru Poland is concerned about the transfer of Russian missile systems to the Kaliningrad region of Russian missile systems and keeps its own armed forces. This was stated by the country's defense Minister Anthony Machechevich, reports Polska Agencja Prasowa. “We take into account all messages, including those that indicate the possible presence of Iskander missiles, and even in a special configuration, in the Kaliningrad region,” Machevich said.