55 years ago, on October 17, 1961, the XXII Congress of the CPSU opened in Moscow, at which a new (third in a row) program of the party was adopted and the task of building a communist society by 1980 was proclaimed. The charter of the CPSU was supplemented by the "moral code of the builder of communism." The congress continued the fight against Stalin's personality cult by openly condemning Stalin's crimes.

Stanislav Klykh with lawyer Marina Dubrovina in court, 09/06/2016 The Ukrainian-Politzek Stanislav Klykh, after torture during the investigation in the Una-UNSO case, suffered from a mental disorder, refused the services of his lawyer Marina Dubrovina. It is reported by the "Caucasian Knot".

80 years ago, on October 17, 1936, Ivan Fedorovich Drach, a Ukrainian writer and politician, founder of the folk rush of Ukraine, was born. In the 60s, he was connected with Ukrainian dissidents, but in 1966 he wrote an open letter in which he announced that he was repenting in his behavior. In the late 1980s, Ivan Drach, along with Vyacheslav Chornovil, Mikhail Goryn and other prominent Ukrainian dissidents, created the People’s Ruh of Ukraine and was its chairman in 1989-1992.

Refugees from Mosul. Frame BBC In Iraq, an operation began on the liberation of Mosul from the militants of the Islamic State. As the German Wave reports , the country's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi stated this. "Today I am announcing the beginning of this victorious operation to free you from violence and terror of IG," the head of government said, referring to the residents of Mosul.

White House. Photo from Whitehouse.gov The US administration does not exclude the imposition of financial sanctions against Russia for cyber attacks on the American electoral system. This was stated by the press secretary of the White House Josh Ernest. The official noted that the proportional response to the cyber attacks, which President Barack Obama is considering, will not necessarily be a blow to computer networks.

Sergey Khadzhikurbanov. Photo: svobodanews.ru From the former operative of the UBOP Sergey Khadzhikurbanov, sentenced to 20 years of strict regime as one of the organizers of the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, require testimony of the late oligarch Boris Berezovsky. This was reported by "Mediazona" with reference to Andrei Vikanov, a prisoner lawyer.

The building of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. Photo: europahouse-tm.eu The actions performed in the Aleppo regime of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad and his allies, especially Russia, can be qualified as war crimes. This is approved in the statement of the Council of the European Union adopted on Monday.

The funeral of those who died during the events at the Vilnius television center.1991 Photo by D. Borko The Vilnius District Court, considering the case of the suppression of protests on January 13, 1991, intends to interrogate Mikhail Gorbachev as a witness to the ex-president of the USSR. It is reported by DELFI.LT. On the call of Gorbachev, the victim Robertas Povilitas was insisted in court, whose father Apolinaris Poslavitis died when suppressing protests.

Maxim Topilin. Photo: rosmintrud.ru The restoration of Russians income to the pre -crisis level will occur no earlier than by the end of 2018. As the Moscow says , the head of the Ministry of Labor Maxim Topilin said. According to him, we are talking about real indicators of salaries and pensions.

Tartus. Photo from the site www.kacmac.com The agreement on the placement of the Russian naval base in the Syrian Tartus will be concluded for 49 years. This was reported by RIA "Novosti", referring to a source in parliament. "The agreement on Tartus will not be unlimited, we are talking about 49 years," the source emphasized. The fact that Russia intends to place in the Syrian tartus a naval base on an ongoing basis was announced last week by Deputy Minister of Defense Nikolai Pankov.

AvtoVAZ conveyor. Photo: Lada.ru AvtoVAZ went into the four -day working week, the abbreviated schedule was entered until February 19, 2017. According to Interfax, the company’s press service reported this. The decision was made in connection with the ongoing fall of the car market. In 2016, the car manufacturer already introduced a “four -day” - from February 15 to six months, partially the production worked in three days.

In the studio Russia Today. Photo: TVC.ru In the UK, all the accounts of the propaganda foreign television channel of Russia RT are blocked. This was reported by RBC with reference to the chief expense of the television channel Margarita Simonyan. This decision, Simonyan noted, is not subject to review. According to the propagandist, the blocking of accounts was a surprise to her.

Alisher Usmanov. Photo from Telegraph The owner of the USM Holding Alisher Usmanov has ceased to be a tax resident of Russia. According to Forbes, this information was confirmed by the press service of the holding. To be considered a tax resident of Russia, it is required to live in the country at least six months.

The best quotes from the current show of Vladimir Solovyov and the final program of Dmitry Kiselev. The chronicle is led by Nikolai Ruden. The first part of the October pearls here .

"Jesus Christ is a superstar": a scene from the performance of the Rock Opera Theater. Photo: Rock-opera.ru The director of the Omsk State Musical Theater Boris Rothberg canceled the demonstration of the opera "Jesus Christ - Superstar" in the production of the Petersburg Rock Opera Theater after the protests of the Orthodox activists. This was reported by Radio Baltic with reference to the administration of the Omsk Theater.