A rundown of what's happening in eastern Ukraine, while everyone's focused on Syria Photo: Valery Melnikov / RIA Novosti / Scanpix Separatists in eastern Ukraine have postponed their elections until next year, which until recently were scheduled to take place in late October and early November. The decision comes as the conflict cools dramatically, with regular attacks having ceased completely.

The Central Bank of Russia intends to propose a new pension system. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the Central Bank Sergei Shvetsov. True, he did not specify what it consists of, adding only that it will not be completely voluntary. It is not clear whether the Central Bank is developing the reform on its own initiative or working together with the government.

For which they gave the Nobel Prize in Chemistry: N + 1 Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / Scanpix The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry of 2015 became Thomas Lindall from Great Britain, as well as Paul Modric and Aziz Sankar from the USA. The Nobel Committee noted them for researching the mechanism of DNA reparation.

FIFA President Joseph Blatter has been suspended for 90 days. This decision was made by the disciplinary committee after the Swiss authorities opened a criminal case against him. It is reported by Sky News, citing Blatter's former adviser Klaus Stelker. According to the correspondent of the BBC, Blatter has not yet been removed, only recommended to be removed. On September 25, Swiss prosecutors announced that Joseph Blatter was suspected of negligence and misappropriation of property.

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What good showed Microsoft Photo: Mark Von Holden / Ap Images for Windows In the first half of autumn, the largest technological companies presented their new products. At first, Apple showed the iPhone 6s and iPad Pro, then Google performed with Nexus 5x and 6P and Pixel C tablet-transformer. Finally, on October 6, Microsoft was presented: the company showed new smartphones, tablet and laptop on it.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case against Ukrainian deputy Anton Gerashchenko, who called for collecting information about Russian pilots in Syria so that “ISIS and their brethren in Russia, who are many in the Caucasus, could then find them and take revenge according to the canons of Sharia.” The case was opened under the article "Public calls for the implementation of terrorist activities or public justification of terrorism." On October 6,

Photo: Website of the State Autonomous Culture Institution of the Slovtsov Museum Officials in Tyumen have been caught trying to steal three paintings from a local museum, in order to gift them to the region's governor.

Air Force aircraft of the Russian Federation approached American drones three times during the Russian operation in Syria. This is reported by Fox News, citing unnamed American representatives familiar with the intelligence data. All three incidents took place over part of the Syrian territory, which is under the control of the "Islamic State" (the organization is recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned).

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov suspected that the international coalition led by the United States was conducting airstrikes in Syria not only against terrorists. “We have reason to believe that they do not always, or rather, very often, hit non-terrorist targets,” the general said.

The Arbitration Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region rejected claims against VKontakte from the recording companies Universal Music and Warner Music, which sought compensation for the distribution of phonograms on the social network. VKontakte's announcement states that the court recognized the social network as a "bona fide information intermediary" that does not receive profit from music recordings.

The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory has published a list of 520 historical figures who fall under the government's new decommunization initiative. Their names must be erased from geographical names across Ukraine before November 21.

Turkish police discovered in the province of Gaziantep in the south of the country an underground workshop where the currency of the "Islamic State" was made (the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia and banned). According to the Turkish edition of Todayʼs Zaman, citing a statement by the Gaziantep authorities, the police found coins and equipment for printing them. As a result of the operation, six people were arrested.

The United States refuses military cooperation with the Russian Federation in Syria, but is ready to exchange data necessary to ensure the safety of pilots. This statement was made by US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter.

Today in the city of Tobolsk (about 1,400 miles east of Moscow), an old man was beaten up, after he tore down a portrait of Josef Stalin taped to the window of a bus. Police haven't yet commented on the attack, but the company that owns the bus told the local news website Tobolsk.ru that a young passenger attacked an elderly man, allegedly hitting him with crutches, when the older man removed from the windshield a portrait of Stalin.