Help on the death of a Russian mercenary. Source: Reuters The Russian consulate in Damascus has registered the death of at least 131 Russian in Syria since the beginning of the year - such a serial number had the certificate of death from October 14, which was at the disposal of Reuters, issued by the diplomatic mission. The embassy does not register the dead military personnel, but the killed mercenaries of private military companies may include this number.

A meeting of the Government of Spain. Photo: EFE The Spanish government dismissed Zeneralitat (government) and the Catalonia parliament. This was announced by Prime Minister of the country Mariano Rahoy, reports El Pais. Early elections to the Catalan parliament should take place on December 21. The new convocation of the parliament will have to form the following government of the region. The head of the Catalan police, Zhuzeppe Lewis Trapeo, was also removed from his post.

Yuri Korny and Andrey Kepty The Meshchansky Court of Moscow arrested until December 23 of artillery activists Yuri Korny and Andrei Kepty, Mediazona reports . Activists are suspected of paragraph "A" of part 2 of Article 205 of the Criminal Code (a terrorist act committed by an organized group). On October 12, Keptyu, the Koron and three other supporters of the leader of the “artillery” Vyacheslav Maltsev were detained on Manezhnaya Square in Moscow.

Sophia Apfelbaum. Photo with personal FB page Judge of the Basmann District Court of Moscow Arthur Karpov sent under house arrest the director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater Sofia Apfelbaum, accused of the Seventh Studio case. It is reported by "Mediazona". Thus, Karpov satisfied the application of the investigation, deciding to support the accused under house arrest until December 26. The judge did not allow the walk.

Alexander Makhonov. Photo: ksonline.ru The deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Makhonov filed a report on his retirement of his own free will against the backdrop of a corruption scandal. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the official representative of the department Irina Volk.

Pistol and bomb. Photo from the site Veeer.com The FSB officers detained a member of the Youth Right -icing Nationalist Group in Belgorod, who organized an underground weapons workshop, RIA Novosti reports with reference to the regional department of the special services. According to the security forces, the gunsmith was detained while trying to sell a home -made explosive device. His name is not called. According to the FSB, the detainee made explosives, firearms and ammunition.

Andrey Nikolaenko. Photo: mospolytech.ru The head of the Ministry of Education and Science Olga Vasilieva signed an order to dismiss the rector of the Moscow Polytechnic University Andrei Nikolayenko. This was reported by TASS with reference to the head of the Department of Information Policy of the Department of Andrei Emelyanov.

Andrey Turchak. Photo from ER.ru website The Pskov branch of United Russia put forward an ex-governor of the region, acting as secretary of the Secretary General of the party Andrei Turchak as a candidate for the Federation Council from the Legislative Assembly of the region, according to the official portal of state bodies of the region. The Pskov Legislative Assembly will consider the appointment of Turchak by a senator on November 2.

Ksenia Larina. Photo with personal FB page The editor -in -chief of "Echo of Moscow" Alexei Venediktov decided to "evacuate" the journalist of the radio station Ksenia Larina abroad. He stated this on the air of "Rain". According to Venediktov, Larina will leave "for at least six months, until she is guaranteed security", she will lead the program at Echo remotely.

Demonstration in Barcelona on October 21, 2017. Frame La Vanguardia The Parliament of Catalonia adopted a resolution on independence from Spain, reports El Pais. 70 deputies voted for its adoption, 10 were opposed, two abstained. At the same time, 53 deputies boycotted a vote. On the eve of the chairman of the Zeneralitat (Government) of Catalonia, Carles Puchdemon rejected the demand of Madrid and hold early elections and said that the autonomy parliament would continue to work.

55 years ago, on October 27, 1962, an American U-2 reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over Cuba by a Soviet anti-aircraft missile. Its pilot, Major Rudolf Anderson, was killed. On this day, called "Black Saturday", the world was especially close to a global nuclear war. In the morning, a proposal was broadcast on Soviet radio to withdraw American missiles from Turkey in exchange for the withdrawal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

Viktor Nochevnov. Photo from a personal VK page (Victor Nobo-Nobo) The Central District Court of Sochi abolished the verdict to a resident of the city Viktor Khochevnov, fined for repost in VKontakte, caricatures for Jesus Christ. This was announced to the "Frances" by the defender Nochevnov, the lawyer of the Agora group Alexander Popkov. The case was sent for a new consideration. “Today, the court partially satisfied our complaint,” Popkov said.

Pavel Durov. Photo with personal VK page The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, called the penalty that was imposed in Russia on the messenger for refusing to submit to the special services of encryption keys in Russia. Durov wrote about this on his VK page. "Although the weight of the Telegram audience falls on more conservative countries than Russia, only in Russia Telegram was fined for failure to provide messages of message encryption.

US State Department. Photo: state.gov The US State Department prepared and transferred to Congress a list of Russian persons and organizations that can affect new sanctions. This was stated at a briefing by the press secretary of the American Foreign Ministry, Heather Neurt.

Ilya Milstein. Courtesy Photo "Matilda" did not look and I will not, but I will say: the film took place. Although he, apparently, came out, little-hot, albeit spectacular. Due to the cardboardness of individual characters and some script hacks, as we are thrown here. But very timely. Like the novel "Mother", which Lenin praised for relevance, this movie managed, but with a useful reverse sign.