Two alleged supporters of the terrorist groups “Islamic State” and “Ahrar al-Sham” were detained on October 18 in the German city of Aachen, ITAR-TASS reports. As stated in a published statement from the local Prosecutor General's Office, one of them is a citizen of Tunisia, the other is a citizen of Russia. In total, searches were carried out in 15 apartments of alleged Islamists throughout Germany, the report indicates.

Suspicion of Ebola fever among African students studying in Oryol was not confirmed. ITAR-TASS reported this on October 18 in Rospotrebnadzor. “Research has proven that African students are not sick with Ebola,” the department said. African students were hospitalized after arriving in Oryol from Guinea-Bissau with signs of illness: fever, malaise. As Rospotrebnadzor said, two people in Komsomolsk-on-Amur who are also suspected of having Ebola remain under observation.

On October 18, a rally in support of Novorossiya “Battle for Donbass III” took place on Suvorov Square in Moscow. How Muscovites supported the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics - in the Kommersant photo gallery. On October 18, a rally in support of Novorossiya “Battle for Donbass III” took place on Suvorov Square in Moscow. How Muscovites supported the residents of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics - in the Kommersant photo gallery.

The Pyatigorsk City Court sentenced the former head of the specialized investigative department for the investigation of serious crimes and road accidents at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Stavropol, Artem Nazarov, to nine and a half years in a maximum security colony for bribery, the court’s press service reported.

The Moscow-Kazan-Beijing high-speed highway will cost at least $230 billion According to Chinese experts, the cost of construction of the Moscow-Beijing high-speed railway transport corridor, an agreement on which was signed on October 13 during the visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Moscow, will be at least $230 billion. If the project is implemented, the speed of travel between capitals will be reduced from six up to two days.

The leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine fired about 17 thousand employees working in the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Nikolai Velichkovich, ITAR-TASS reports on the night of October 18. “We fired 17 thousand police officers in these regions for failure to take the oath, for going over to the side of the enemy, or for simply holding people in and waiting for what will happen.

More than 450 foreigners were captured by the police as a result of a raid in Moscow aimed at searching for criminals and suppressing violations of migration legislation, reports the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the capital.

The international competition for young pop singers “New Wave” is close to a decision to move from Jurmala. Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky told an ITAR-TASS correspondent about this on October 18. “This decision causes nothing but amazement, and the result of all this will most likely be serious damage to the economy of Jurmala if the New Wave decides to move from there.

Lysvenskaya Metallurgical Company is trying to recover damages from the former co-owner The Arbitration Court of the Perm Territory accepted the claim of Yuri Kiselev, a member of Lysvenskaya Metallurgical Company LLC (formerly the Tolyatti GC Insayur. - Kommersant), against the former co-owner of the company Inessa Mirzoeva for the recovery of more than 1 billion rubles in damages. The reason for these losses was not stated in the arbitration notice. Observers believe that Mr.

The President of the Russian Tennis Federation, Shamil Tarpishchev, was suspended for a year from any activities in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for statements addressed to Americans Serena and Venus Williams, RIA Novosti reported on October 18. In addition, Shamil Tarpishchev was fined $25 thousand.

Representatives of Russia at gas negotiations with Ukraine and the European Union in Milan on October 17 rejected the main provisions of the draft protocol proposed by the European Commission, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan told the Interfax agency. “When we met, in words it was felt that there was some mood for constructive negotiations on the Russian side.

Energia demands bankruptcy of IDGC of the South The largest energy company in the region, JSC IDGC of the South, demanded that the Energia enterprise, which transmits electricity through its networks in Volgodonsk and Krasny Sulin, be declared insolvent. Energia says that they were forced to do this in order to collect a debt from IDGC of the South. The amount of debt recognized by the court is about 500 million rubles.

A storm warning with further deterioration of the weather was announced in Tuva, ITAR-TASS reported on the night of October 18. Flights of aircraft into the search area for the Mi-8 helicopter were canceled today, an assistant to the operational duty department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the republic told TASS.

Rules are changing for inspectors and drivers From November 15, inspectors will no longer be able to remove license plates from cars of violators, and drivers will be checked for drunkenness without witnesses. Owners of mopeds and scooters will have to have rights and bear the same responsibility for traffic violations as motorists. The traffic police explained the specifics of the introduction of these amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses yesterday.

Health Canada will send 800 vials of its experimental vaccine against Ebola virus disease to the World Health Organization in Geneva on October 20. The department reported this on October 18. “WHO specialists will have to determine how best to distribute and use this vaccine,” ITAR-TASS quoted the Ministry of Health as saying.