Bailiffs came to Alexei Navalny to seize property. The politician himself announced this on Twitter. According to Navalny, he refused to comply with the demands of the bailiffs, since his lawyers were not on site. “I am not going to arrange any arrests of property in front of children,” he also stressed. At the same time, the oppositionist himself cannot get into his apartment (he met the bailiffs at the entrance), since the FSSP officers will use this opportunity to get inside.

Conde Nast has bought Pitchfork Media, which owns the Pitchfork Review website and magazine. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Pitchfork was founded in 1995. Now the company, which in addition to the publishing business holds music festivals in Paris and Chicago, is profitable. Pitchfork is known for its unbiased evaluation of albums by bands. It has about 10 million visits per month. Conde Nast is a major publishing house.

The leader of the al-Nusra Front, a branch of the al-Qaeda terrorist organization in Syria, has called for war with Russia. According to Abu Muhammad al-Julani, the militants in the Caucasus should divert Russian troops from Syria. Russia has been conducting a military operation in Syria since September 30. Russian aviation strikes the positions of the Islamic State, as well as the rebels fighting against the country's President Bashar al-Assad, and other groups participating in the war.

Photo: Anastasia Markelova The Moscow photographer Anastasia Markelova, while traveling through Sri Lanka, looked into the antique shop, where she discovered several hundred black and white photographs telling the history of a rich European family. Markelova bought part of this archive, became interested in people depicted on it and, as a result, was able to restore the history of this family. Markelova spoke about her search and finds at Bird in Flight.

The head of Rospotrebnadzor, Russia's Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, has recommended that Russians stop eating sushi made with raw fish. "Eating raw fish isn't a humane way to treat oneself," Anna Popova announced today. According to the news agency TASS , Popova's remarks apply not only to rolls and sushi, but to all raw fish.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, five days ago reported on the destruction of Aslan Baysultanov, who was arrested on October 13 on suspicion of involvement in preparing a terrorist attack in Moscow. On October 8, Kadyrov named Baysultanov among the three militants killed as a result of a special operation in Grozny. According to the head of Chechnya, Magomed Mazaev and Shamil Chergizov were killed along with Baysultanov.

Why closed the exposition about the Ukrainian revolution and what its creator is known Photo: Ieva čīka / leta On October 5, an exhibition of photos “Maidan People” opened in Riga. In a week she was defeated several times, and then closed by decision of the city authorities. Medusa tells the incredible story of its creator Sergei Melnicoff. What's happened?

Racism, Russophobia and other topics for discussing the film Ridley Scott Photo: "The twentieth century Fox" The film "Martian" Ridley Scott in the first weekend after the premiere expectedly headed the Russian film distribution. The story of the hero of Matt Damon, accidentally remaining on Mars, but surviving thanks to the ingenuity, turned out to be interesting and even believable.

Vera Savchenko, the sister of Ukrainian soldier Nadezhda Savchenko, has been banned from entering Russia until 2020. According to lawyer Mark Feigin, Vera Savchenko said that she learned about the ban while at a checkpoint on the Russian-Ukrainian border. Feigin said that Vera Savchenko was declared the only witness for the defense at the trial in her sister's case. The lawyer promised to appeal the decision and make a special statement at the next court session on October 15.

The head of Kinopoisk, Olga Mansurova, will leave Yandex, and her place will be taken by Dmitry Stepanov, head of the search engine’s media services department. As Stepanov himself stated, he decided to take responsibility for the future of Kinopoisk. Stepanov admitted that “managerial mistakes” were made when relaunching the site.

A film about a woman who persuades her son to go to jail Shot: "Seven days in St. Petersburg" The Artdokfest documentary festival in 2015 will be held in Riga, Moscow and St. Petersburg. Three times a week, the President of the film conduct of Vitaly Mansky tells at Medusa about films from the competitive program of the festival. This time, the director represents the picture “Seven days in St. Petersburg” by Reuven Brodsky (Israel).

The founder of Bellingcat commented on reports on the disaster of the Malaysian Boeing Shot: "Almaz-Antei" / YouTube The Safety Council of the Netherlands on October 13 submitted a report in which he called the reason for the crash of the Boeing MH17 near Donetsk: the liner was shot down by a rocket released from the Buk air defense system. On the same day, the manufacturer of Bukov, the Russian concern Almaz-Antei, spoke about the results of his own investigation.

Meduza speaks to the open-source research guru about reports by the Dutch Safety Board and Almaz-Antey Screenshot: Almaz-Antei / YouTube The Dutch Safety Board has finally presented its final report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, finding that the passenger jet was attacked by a missile fired from a "Buk" anti-aircraft system.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told the press earlier today that the Dutch Safety Board's final report on the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 is an "attempt to advance a biased conclusion," calling the investigation a "political job." “We hope that these deviations from norms—from how such matters ought to be handled—will be corrected in the future,” Ryabkov said.

Twitter has announced it will cut 336 jobs, or eight percent of the company's workforce. Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said that "the company has made a very difficult" but necessary decision. Dorsey thanked all the employees who fell under the reduction, and promised that they would be paid decent compensation, as well as all possible assistance in finding a new job. The announced layoffs will affect approximately 8 percent of Twitter's total workforce, which has 4,100 employees.