Nationalist Alexander Belov, accused of legalizing five billion rubles, was arrested. The judge explained his decision by the fact that Belov was hiding from the investigation when a case was brought against him in Kazakhstan. In addition, the court pointed out that some witnesses are afraid of Belov's violence.

George Soros about what danger modern Russia is for Europe Photo: Giuseppe Cacace / AFP During the conflict in Ukraine, Russia has turned into force that threatens the existence of the European Union and preaches the values ​​alternative to Western. The financier and philanthropist George Soros writes in his article for The New York Review of Books: Vladimir Putin clearly demonstrates that the Russian approach is fruit and is more successful than the EU policy.

The Interstate Aviation Committee has deciphered the flight recorders of the Falcon aircraft that crashed in Vnukovo. As the experts found out, when the take-off permission was issued, the runway was free. After that, no negotiations between pilots and ground services were recorded. This was told by the first deputy chairman of the IAC Sergey Zaiko.

France will not insist on its own investigation into the causes of the disaster at Vnukovo, in which the head of the oil company Total died. According to the representative of the Air Accident Investigation Bureau of the Dassault company (manufacturer of the Falcon aircraft), Francois Ochard, the French side has no reason to doubt the quality of the work of the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee. French specialists who arrived in Russia after the emergency will return home on October 24.

Ukrainian border guards did not let Yevgeny Kiselyov into the country by mistake, Ukrayinska Pravda reports, citing its sources. The border service told the publication that they have a document banning entry to Ukraine for a person whose name, surname and patronymic match those of the journalist. An Interfax-Ukraine source in law enforcement agencies said that Yevgeny Kiselev was confused with Russian presenter Dmitry Kiselev, who takes an anti-Ukrainian position.

The American publication Mashable believes that 2014 can be called the year of Emoji smiles. So, Halloween of this year will be full of costumes of the corresponding theme. In honor of this publication, 15 real costumes that people made on graphic emoticons chose. And for the lazy, special masks are already sold .

Image: ESA/Atg Medialab The astronomer Vladimir Surdin called the three most important cosmic events that will occur before the end of 2014 and which should be followed. The material is the landing of the Phil probe on the comet Churumov-Gerasimenko and two meteor streams that can be observed with the naked eye (but, perhaps, you will have to leave away from the city).

Continued: Yevgeny Kiselyov was not allowed into Ukraine by mistake Journalist Yevgeny Kiselev said that the Ukrainian authorities decided to deport him from the country. According to Kiselev, he flew to Kyiv on October 23, but he was not allowed into the country. The journalist assures that the “authorized body” decided to expel him despite having a residence permit. At the Boryspil airport, he was not allowed to cross the border and a deportation order was issued.

The role of Steve Jobs in the biographical film directed by Danny Boyle will be played by Christian Bale. This was told by the screenwriter of the film Aaron Sorkin. Previously, Leonardo DiCaprio was considered the main contender for the role of Jobs, but the actor refused it, saying that he was going to take a break from his career. Other nominees included Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Bradley Cooper. “We needed the best actor of a certain age, and this is Chris Bale. Sorkin said.

The story of the Bashkir TEK from the Rakhimov to Yevtushenkov. Essay on Ilya Zhegulev Photo: Acodered / Wikisklad The purchase of Bashneft cost the founder of AFK Sistema Vladimir Yevtushenkov Freedom - he has been under house arrest for a month, he has been accused of embezzlement of shares. There is a version that the head of Rosneft Igor Sechin claimed for Bashneft.

The Moscow authorities offered the nationalists to hold marches on November 4, the Day of National Unity, in two places - in Lyublino and Shchukino. A group of nationalist Nikolai Tishin from Great Russia was agreed on a route from the Oktyabrskoye Pole metro station to Shchukinskaya. Another group led by Vladimir Tor (Vladlen Kralin) approved the route along Pererva Street to the intersection with Lublinskaya Street.

The founder of the Facebook social network Mark Zuckerberg spoke in the Mandarin (North -Chinese) language. At a meeting with students of the University of Qinghua in Beijing, he not only greeted the audience in Chinese, but also answered it to questions during the entire half -hour conference.

“Poster-Avo”: Anton Dolin about why “Bitter! 2 "doomed to become a hit Photo: Bazalevs Distribution Comedy "Bitter! 2 ”, despite the easy genre, the main Russian film of the year, especially after the rental of Leviathan Andrei Zvyagintsev was transferred to 2015. Kinocritic Anton Dolin in a review of the Afisha-Athos writes that the second picture of the director Zhora Kryzhovnikov is a little worse than the original “Bitter!”, But no less significant and acutely social.

Employees of the air traffic control service of Vnukovo airport wrote a collective letter to the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. In an open letter, dispatchers demand the release of their colleagues, who were detained as part of an investigation into the crash of the plane of the head of Total.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law allowing investigators to initiate cases of tax crimes without materials from the Federal Tax Service. Under the new law, employees of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation must apply to the Federal Tax Service, but are not required to wait for a response.