Unknown criminals fired at law enforcement officers with automatic weapons in the Levashinsky district of Dagestan on Tuesday, October 1. This was reported on the website of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs. Four people were injured, including three police officers, one of whom later died, and one civilian. The incident occurred at 11:35 between the villages of Verkhnee Ubeki and Nizhneye Ubeki, where the police carried out operational and preventive measures.

In the coming weeks, VTB may sell part of the mobile operator Tele2-Russia to a group of three to four investors. This was stated by the head of the banking group, Andrei Kostin, as reported by Interfax . The head of the financial organization did not specify any other details. A day earlier, the authorities allowed Tele2-Russia to provide services as a virtual operator (Mobile Virtual Network Operator, MVNO) - a subsidiary of St.

The Board of Directors of the Russian Economic School (NES) appointed former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Bulgaria, economist Simeon Dyankov, as rector of the university. This was reported in a press release published on October 1 on the NES website.

Moscow authorities have approved restrictions on entry into the city for professional drivers with foreign driving licenses. This decision was made at a meeting of the city government on October 1, Interfax reports . From November 5, according to the decision of the mayor’s office, in order to obtain a pass for a truck to enter the city through the city portal of public services, the applicant will be required to present a Russian driver’s license.

The young people who staged a pogrom at the Nigerian Embassy in Moscow turned out to be students of the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. agency reports this The RIA Novosti with reference to the RUDN administration. Meanwhile, the ITAR-TASS agency was informed in the Nigerian diaspora that all students had already been released from custody.

The British Prime Minister's Office has denied rumors that David Cameron's family is hostile to Larry the cat, the official pied piper of 10 Downing Street, The Daily Mail reports. David Cameron considered it necessary to personally refute rumors about his dislike for the cat on his Twitter, where, after the information appeared, a large-scale SaveLarry campaign was launched.

US and Australian citizen Sabirhan Hasanoff was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for supporting the al-Qaeda terrorist network. agency reports this The Associated Press . In particular, Hasanoff provided terrorists with equipment for remote control of explosive devices and information about the New York Stock Exchange building. In addition to imprisonment, a federal court in Manhattan sentenced 37-year-old Hasanoff to a fine of seventy thousand dollars.

In Russia, the summer increase in prices for red caviar, which reached 70 percent in the Kamchatka Territory, was brought down thanks to supplies from the United States. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated October 1 The Kommersant , with reference to the representative of Rosrybolovstvo, Alexander Savelyev. In central Russia, wholesale prices for caviar reach 1.2-1.3 thousand rubles per kilogram. This is cheaper than Kamchatka, which produces up to 40-60 percent of red caviar.

The X5 Retail group plans to update the format of the Pyaterochka store chain and transfer the management of retail outlets to special freshness directors. newspaper writes about this in its issue dated October 1, The Vedomosti with reference to Olga Naumova, general director of the “soft discounter” format at X5. Directors of Freshness, who will manage stores in place of traditional directors, will be responsible for product quality and work on the sales floor.

Doctoral agitation The government approved a new system for awarding academic degrees Defense of a candidate's dissertation at Samara State Technical University. Photo: official website On September 30, the Russian government approved a new procedure for awarding academic degrees of candidate and doctor of science.

The Council of Muftis of Russia refused to participate in the ceremonial events on the occasion of the 225th anniversary of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims (TSDUM). issued by the council on October 1 A press release notes that the reason for this decision was the alleged involvement of the leadership of the Central Muslim Spiritual Directorate in the ban on one of the Russian-language editions of the Koran.

Alexey Miller, the head of Gazprom, the largest Russian company by market capitalization, took only 58th place in the ranking of the country's best leaders published by the Slon portal. For comparison, the head of Rosneft (the second largest company in the country) Igor Sechin was in 28th place in the ranking. The first place was taken by Ivan Tavrin from MegaFon, and the second place was taken by Sergey Galitsky from Magnit.

Justin Timberlake (foreground) and Ben Affleck in the movie "Va-Bank." Photo: official film website The American crime thriller “Va-Bank” took first place in the list of box office leaders in Russian film distribution following the weekend of September 26-29, reports “Film Business Today.” The film, directed by Brad Furman and starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake, grossed $3.02 million on its opening weekend in Russia.

The joint flight of Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko to Kaliningrad during the Zapad-2013 exercises clearly showed that Russia and Belarus remain allies (the level of military integration of Moscow and Minsk can very eloquently demonstrate one fact: according to the joint plans of the General Staffs of the Armed Forces of the two countries, it is the Belarusian the army, in the event of the outbreak of hostilities from the west, will have to ensure the release of Kaliningrad).

Russian Vladimir Kramnik rose from third to second place in the International Chess Federation (FIDE) ranking. The updated version of the rating was published on October 1 on the official FIDE website. Kramnik, who has 2796 points, swapped positions with Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian (2795). Russian Alexander Grischuk (2786) is in fourth place.