The Moscow Region club opened the scoring with victories in the group Basketball Euroleague In the second round of the Euroleague basketball, Khimki, playing in Group A, won their first victory in the tournament. On their site, they beat Real Madrid yesterday in a dramatic ending - 86:85. Another Russian participant in the main European Cup, CSKA Moscow, won a difficult away victory in extra time over Partizan Belgrade on Thursday - 76:71.

Blogger from Karelia Maxim Efimov, against whom a criminal case was opened in Russia on charges of inciting hatred and enmity against the clergy, confirmed receiving political asylum in Estonia, the Delfi portal reported late in the evening of October 20. Efimov clarified that his application was considered for four months. This year, about 80 such petitions were submitted, about 10% were satisfied. "Very little.

British Conservative minister Andrew Mitchell has resigned following a scandal that erupted over his dispute with police officers in Downing Street. The Police Federation and Labor called for the minister's resignation. Mitchell himself admitted that he swore at law enforcement officials, but continues to deny that he called them “plebs,” as the police themselves claim. Mitchell, who served as parliamentary party organizer, will be replaced by George Young.

30-year-old Prince Guillaume, the last royal bachelor in Europe, married his chosen one, Belgian Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Luxembourg. The royal wedding has attracted enormous attention from local and foreign media and tourists, who are buying flags with portraits of the newlyweds, champagne and chocolate produced especially for the event, RIA Novosti reports.

On a single voting day on October 14, in the first gubernatorial elections after an eight-year break, the incumbent heads of five regions won in the first round. Moreover, the United Russia nominees in all cases showed better results than Vladimir Putin in the presidential elections in March. The party in power is also pleased with the results of the elections to regional parliaments, in which it managed to improve its result in the Duma elections

As part of the 12th round of the Russian Football Championship, Anzhi Makhachkala defeated Spartak Moscow 2:1 in a home match. Spartak opened the scoring in the match in Makhachkala thanks to Diniyar Bilyaletdinov’s goal in the 35th minute. After the break, the Muscovites were left with ten men on the field due to the sending off of Kirill Kombarov, and Anzhi managed to bounce back - Traore scored in the 64th minute.

The Supreme Court of Tatarstan has started a retrial of one of the Kazan brigades of the Pervaki organized crime group, known as the “Fedya brigade,” which operated in the late 1990s and early 2000s. As Natalya Loseva, assistant to the chairman of the court, reported, this is already the second attempt at criminal proceedings in the case of the “Fedya brigade”.

Apple has sent out invitations to journalists for a press conference on October 23, where they are expected to talk about a compact version of the iPad. According to unofficial reports, the iPad mini will have a 7.85-inch screen instead of the 9.7-inch displays Apple currently uses. Presumably, the price of the device in the US will start at $249 for a model with 8 GB of memory. According to RIA Novosti , the start of sales, according to preliminary data, is scheduled for November 2.

Context Yesterday, the Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) summed up the results of the competition to fill the position of General Director of the State Space Research and Production Center (GKNPTs) named after Khrunichev. Instead of Vladimir Nesterov, as Kommersant expected, he became Alexander Seliverstov, who until recently held the post of deputy head of the enterprise. In the near future, the head of Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin will sign a document on his official appointment.

The research service of the HeadHunter company during the survey found that for the majority of employers in the Rostov region and other regions of the country, the experience of the candidate is more important than the specialized knowledge acquired at the university and confirmed by the relevant document.

The prosecutor's office failed to return the reservoir to the residents of Staraya Binaradka The environmental prosecutor's office failed to return the Babaozg pond in the village of Staraya Binaradka, Samara Region, to municipal ownership, which became private property in 2007 and was resold several times. The last owner limited the villagers' access to the reservoir.

Direct speech Evgeniy Artyukh, Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Sverdlovsk Region: — On Tuesday I will participate in the conference of the Pervouralsk branch of United Russia, at which the secretary and leader of the faction in the city duma will be elected. In addition, from October 22 to 27, the IV International Forum “Legal Week in the Urals” will be held, within which more than 25 round tables are planned.

A bus carrying students was involved in an accident in southwest Iran, 500 km from the country's capital Tehran. As a result of the incident, 21 people died, another 23 were injured of varying degrees of severity. According to preliminary data, the driver lost control due to speeding on a wet road after rain. The bus skidded and overturned, RIA Novosti reports.

The SBU confirmed that the suspects in organizing the explosions in Dnepropetrovsk, among other things, wanted to disrupt the holding of Euro 2012 in Ukraine. "Members of the terrorist group immediately stated what motivated them. First of all, they did not agree with the socio-political system in Ukraine, they wanted to cause chaos and provoke the population to protest against the authorities.

A coordinated opposition rally is taking place on Trubnaya Square in Moscow. Initially, its goal was to support elections to the coordination council. However, later politician Boris Nemtsov proposed dedicating the rally to the leader of the Left Front, Sergei Udaltsov, against whom a criminal case was opened on Wednesday. Kommersant FM correspondent Nikita Batalov told the details to presenter Daria Polygaeva. - What's happening now? What does the beginning of the action look like?