The United States has criticized German economic policies, saying they are leading to deflationary risks both in the eurozone and throughout the global economy. The corresponding conclusions are contained in the biennial report of the US Department of the Treasury. Americans believe Germany's anemic growth and dependence on exports has prevented rebalancing in the rest of Europe.

The websites of Russian sports publications published photographs of the Nazi flag unfurled on the Spartak fan stand during the Russian Cup 1/16 final match with Yaroslavl Shinnik. Photos, in particular, are provided by “Soviet Sport” and Sports.Ru . The swastika flag unfurled by fans was the official symbol of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.

An international team of biologists has discovered viruses in a population of Chinese horseshoe bats, Rhinolophus sinicus , that are very similar to the SARS virus (SARS-CoV). They are capable of infecting pig and human cell cultures. The study was published in Nature , where you can read a summary of it. The closest to SARS-CoV were two isolates, named RsSHC014 and Rs3367. Both genomes have been fully read.

The head of the US National Security Agency (NSA), Keith Alexander, issued an official denial of information about his agency’s illegal surveillance of Yahoo! and Google. CNN reported this on October 31. The head of the NSA called information about the collection of data stored on the servers of Internet companies “absolutely incorrect.” “We receive information from the servers of Internet companies only because they cooperate with us. They are obliged to cooperate with us.

The capital's mayor's office plans to sell 39 cinemas at auction - exactly half of those owned by the city. reports this RIA Novosti with reference to the deputy head of the city property department, Vladimir Pogrebenko. The authorities expect that the new owners of the city cinemas will begin their reconstruction and renovation, and will put the facilities in order within three years.

On October 28, the Ministry of Culture officially announced that Nikolai Tsiskaridze would become the rector of the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet instead of Vera Dorofeeva. While he is only an acting head, the date for the election of the rector has not yet been set.

Grozny football club "Terek" reached the 1/8 finals of the Russian Cup. In the 1/16 finals game, the Grozny team beat Nizhnekamsk Neftekhimik, playing in the Football National League, with a score of 4:1. The live broadcast of the meeting, which took place in Nizhnekamsk, was conducted by the website Sportbox.ru. Forward Jeremy Bokila scored a brace for the winners (in the 54th and 85th minutes).

The Polish Ministry of Defense intends to purchase 116 used Leopard 2 main battle tanks from Germany. This was announced by as Jane's Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, reports. The contract for the supply of combat vehicles is expected to be signed in November of this year. According to preliminary estimates, the amount of the possible transaction will be 200 million euros.

The management of the Nerpa shipyard in the Murmansk region was suspected of abuse of power amounting to 415 million rubles. This was reported on October 31 on the website of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to investigators, in 2008 the Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Zvezdochka Ship Repair Center to carry out repair work worth 1.6 billion rubles.

A North Dakota woman has launched a Halloween campaign to combat childhood obesity. According to a report from Reuters , she plans to distribute letters to children warning them about the dangers of being overweight.

The Philippine Air Force intends to sign a contract with the Italian company AgustaWestland for the supply of eight light multi-purpose AW109 helicopters, Jane's reports . The potential deal is valued at 3.4 billion Philippine pesos ($78.6 million). As part of the Philippine Air Force, new helicopters will have to replace the outdated MD 530.

Deputy head of the Federal Agency for Construction and Housing and Communal Services (Gosstroy of the Russian Federation) Andrei Shishkin was placed under arrest as part of a criminal case of fraud. This was reported on the website of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Moscow on October 31. Shishkin was detained on October 29, and the decision to arrest was made by the Tverskoy court on October 30.

Google has launched an online store of accessories for its Google Glass computer glasses. Marketing Land reports this. The store sells chargers, cases for glasses, spare headphones and replacement glasses - clear or sun-protective. Glasses can only be installed in the new version of the glasses, presented at the end of October.

Tablets from the planet IRU New Windows devices presented I.R.U Pad Master C112G The idea of ​​tearing the display away from a laptop, calling it a “tablet computer” and carrying it with you everywhere has become so firmly established in everyday life that today it is difficult to remember how dull our lives were without such devices. Take, for example, the new IRU C1101 tablets and IRU Pad Master C112G running the Windows 8 operating system.

In Moscow, on Tverskaya Street near house 15, located next to the capital’s mayor’s office, heavy smoke came out of the storm drain manholes, Interfax reports . Several fire engines and ambulances were pulled to the building. According to a law enforcement source, the fire occurred in a cable collector in the basement of this residential building. The electricity in the house is turned off. Heavy smoke is also observed at the entrance to the passage near the Armenia store.