On October 9, Syrian rebels took the city of Maaret al-Numan, located in Idlib province on the highway connecting the country's largest cities - Damascus and Aleppo, with battle, reports Agence France-Presse . Despite the small size of the city (about 60 thousand people live in it), it has an important strategic significance, since it was through it that columns with reinforcements, equipment and ammunition passed for the government troops storming Aleppo.

The game Battlefield: Bad Company will turn into a comedy television series. According to Deadline, the publishing house Electronic Arts and the Fox channel agreed on this. The new show will be produced by John Eisendrath, who previously co-created such series as Alias ​​and Beverly Hills 90210. He will also write the script for the project. The series will be produced by Happy Madison, owned by Adam Sandler.

In Thuringia, an unknown person fired an air gun at a school, writes Spiegel with reference to the Nordhausen police. At least four teenagers were injured as a result. The incident occurred in the city of Artern. An unknown person shot at the open windows of two classrooms in which fifth and sixth grade classes were being taught. In most cases, the injured schoolchildren received hematomas; no one had open wounds. In addition, the children are in a state of shock.

In Moscow on the evening of October 8, the winner of the competition to develop a concept for the development of the Mikhail Bulgakov Museum was determined. As museum director Valentina Dimenko told Lente.ru, the winner was a group led by Olga Moskvina from the studio of the Italian architect Gabriele Filippini. This project involves the development of not only the museum, but also the surrounding area - from the Patriarch's Ponds to the museum itself across the courtyard.

The authorities of the Turkish city of Kirsehir, located in the central part of the country, named one of the central streets in honor of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev . This was reported by the Kazakh TV channel "Khabar". The ceremony associated with the assignment of a new name took place on the eve of Nazarbayev’s visit to Turkey. It was attended by the mayor of the city, Yasar Bahceci, and the governor of the province, Ozdemir Kacacik.

British law enforcement authorities arrested the artist from Russia Vladimir Umanets, who damaged a painting by Mark Rothko in the Tate Modern gallery, reports Agence France-Presse . Police announced that the suspect was taken into custody on the evening of Monday, October 8, in Worthing, Sussex. The detainee will be held at a local police station for some time, and then, as expected, he will be sent to London.

The man who damaged a painting by Mark Rothko in the Tate Modern gallery is a citizen of Poland, not Russia, RIA Novosti reports, citing the Russian Embassy in the UK. Earlier, Western media reported that the man detained by the police turned out to be the Russian artist Vladimir Umanets (the artist allegedly reported this himself). The Russian diplomatic mission, however, did not receive notification from the British police about the detention of the Russian citizen.

The Turkish General Staff sent at least 25 F-16 strike fighters to the Diyarbakir airbase, located near the border with Syria, the Associated Press reports . This happened immediately after the inspection tour of the Chief of the Turkish General Staff to a number of military units deployed on the Syrian border. According to Hurriyet, Necdet Ozel and the high-ranking officers accompanying him inspected the troops and checked the situation in their places of deployment.

In the Primorsky Territory, a case has been opened against an officer, under whose command a soldier was doused with sulfuric acid. This was reported on October 9 on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. The case was initiated under Article 293 of the Criminal Code (negligence). According to investigators, senior lieutenant Alexander Khvostov did not provide his subordinates with protective equipment and did not instruct them on safety precautions.

Rosatom intends to take part in the construction and operation of new nuclear power plants in the UK. This was stated by Alexey Kalinin, head of the foreign division of the state corporation Rusatom Overseas CJSC, The Daily Telegraph reports. Kalinin spoke about Rosatom's plans in London during an event at the Center for Policy Research. Rosatom may acquire a stake in one of the nuclear power plants under construction.

The Russian Foreign Ministry has given the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) until the end of December 2012 to complete all projects in Russia. reports this Interfax with reference to the Department of Information and Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

09.10.2012, 20:49:23 version Print | PDA/PDA Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo by RIA Novosti, Alexey Nikolsky 60 shades of gray How the media celebrated Putin's current and previous anniversaries At the beginning of October 2012, Vladimir Putin celebrated his 60th birthday. Despite the president’s demonstrative reluctance to make a national holiday out of the round date, the media, like ten years ago, did not ignore his person.

Israeli and American authorities, despite public disagreements, have in recent days significantly brought their positions closer together on the issue of a military operation against Iran. An article about this in Foreign Policy magazine was published by David Rothkopf, a well-known US expert on international trade and foreign policy.

Welcome to reality Ivanishvili presented the government of the Georgian dream On Monday, the leader of the Georgian Dream coalition, Bidzina Ivanishvili, presented to the public the new composition of the Georgian government, which should replace the current cabinet of ministers after the Central Election Commission of the republic approves the final election results and a ruling majority is officially formed in parliament.

A strong fire in warehouses in the south of St. Petersburg, which began on the evening of October 8, was extinguished by the morning of the 9th. reports this Interfax with reference to a press release from Toyota, whose factory building is located next door. The document says that the fire did not disrupt the work cycle of the enterprise, and the plant was operating normally on October 9. The area of ​​the fire in the Shushary industrial zone reached 3 thousand square meters.