Four Kalibr missiles fired by Russian ships across Syria landed in Iran. This is reported by CNN, citing unnamed US officials. According to CNN sources, it is not yet possible to say about possible victims in Iran. It is also unknown where exactly they fell. The Russian Defense Ministry denied this information .

Photo: Jen Fogarty / © Antweb.org / CC-by-SA-3.0 It is believed that ants are extremely hardworking. But, as a new study showed, this is not entirely true. Scientists from the University of Arizona studied the behavior of ants of the type of Temnothorax Rugatulus and came to the conclusion that most of them do nothing for days. Researchers considered five anthills in the laboratory. They installed cameras that filmed ants for two weeks six times a day for five minutes.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said that on October 8, law enforcement officers killed three militants of the Islamic State (an organization banned in Russia as a terrorist organization) in the republic. According to Kadyrov, they planned to stage a terrorist attack "on holidays." When exactly is not specified. According to the head of the republic, police officers stopped a car in the Staropromyslovsky district of Chechnya, where the leader of the group Shamil Chergizov was.

The Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) banned Alexei Navalny from traveling abroad. This decision was made in connection with enforcement proceedings to recover from him a debt in the amount of 4.5 million rubles. Alexei Navalny and his brother Oleg must pay this money in a civil lawsuit against the Diversified Processing Company. She was a victim in a fraud case in which the Navalny brothers were convicted.

Transaero pilot told Medusa about the situation in the company Photo: Marina Lyztseva / TASS / Corbis / Vida Press The Transaero Airlines actually went bankrupt: the government decided not to give her money to serve the debt, and the sale of Aeroflot to the state. Transaero has already been forbidden to sell tickets, its flights are constantly canceled - instead of a private company, passengers are transporting the same Aeroflot.

Leading theories about Moscow's startling show of strength Photo: Press service for the Russian Ministry of Defense / TASS / Scanpix On October 7, Russian warships in the Caspian Sea launched 26 "Caliber" cruise missiles at targets in Syria roughly 930 miles away. Experts have offered different explanations for why Moscow decided to use such advanced weapons in a local conflict against an irregular army so far away. Meduza reviews the leading theories.

US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said that Russia will begin to suffer losses in Syria in the coming days. Speaking at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels, Carter condemned the Russian military operation in Syria and called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to support US policy aimed at removing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power.

US Air Force officer Spencer Stone, who prevented the attack on the Amsterdam-Paris train, was stabbed. The incident took place in Sacramento, California. The soldier is in stable condition. What exactly happened is still unknown. It is only reported that Stone was injured in a street fight near several bars. US National Guard Alec Scarlatos, who also helped prevent the attack, asked for prayers for his friend.

Income and expenses of the most powerful terrorist organization Photo: Reuters / Scanpix The Islamic State terrorist organization (prohibited in Russia) controls the significant territory of Iraq and Syria, where oil fields are located. Forbes called the IG the richest terrorist group. At the same time, no one knows exactly how much the militants have. New documents allow you to evaluate how much the IG earns and where it spends money.

Galina Yuzefovich - about the new Nobel laureate in literature Photo: Magnus Hallgren / Dn / Scanpix In Stockholm on October 8, the name of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015 was announced-the Belarusian writer and journalist Svetlana Aleksievich, the author of the Voopia Voice Books cycle, became.

In the Kinopoisk service, which provides access to an extensive database of cinema, there was the opportunity to watch films and TV shows. Representatives of the service spoke about this at a press conference in Moscow, the Medusa correspondent reports.

Why did the Ministry of Defense use winged missiles Photo: Press Service and Information Department of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / TASS / Scanpix On October 7, Russian warships, located in the Caspian Sea, produced 26 Caliber cruise missiles at 11 objects of the Islamic State in Syria. Experts answer differently to the question of why Russia to use such weapons in a local operation against an irregular army. "Medusa" studied the main versions.

A senior official in the Russian Foreign Ministry says the US-led international coalition against ISIL has been ineffective in both Iraq and Syria. Ilya Rogachev, director of the Ministry's department for new challenges and threats, said in an interview with the news agency Interfax that the coalition's bombing campaign in Syria has failed to reduce the amount of territory controlled by ISIL, whose forces have only grown in number since US-led airstrikes began.

Swiss film about women in Chechnya Screenshot: "Terrible Blues" The Artdokfest documentary festival in 2015 will be held in Riga, Moscow and St. Petersburg. "Medusa" three times a week publishes films from Artdokfest with comments by the president of the film conducture of Vitaly Mansky . This time, the director talks about the picture of Nikolaa Bellulchi “Terrible Blues” (Switzerland, 2015). I did not notice that Russian documentaries were interested in Chechnya.

Special forces in Chechnya have killed three militants who are said to have returned recently from Syria, where they received training from ISIL, according to an announcement today by Ramzan Kadyrov, the republic's ruler. "The same thing awaits anyone who even entertains the thought of plotting against Chechnya and the Russian Federation," Kadyrov said.