Meduza examines Rosaviation’s biggest gripes about the Dutch MH17 report Photo: Maxim Blinov / RIA Novosti / Scanpix The Russian authorities have been very critical of the Dutch Safety Board's report on the Boeing MH17 disaster in eastern Ukraine. Rosaviation, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency, has offered some of the sharpest commentary, calling the work of Dutch experts illogical, biased, and incoherent. Rosaviation also directly accuses the Dutch of falsifying key evidence.

Photo: Lucasfilm / Walt Disney On the night of October 20, the final, maximum epic trailer for the film “Star Wars: Awakening of Power” was released. The seventh episode of a fantastic saga comes out very soon - in December. In the meantime, you can try to squeeze the maximum amount of information from the trailer. Caution: this material is one big spoiler for the new Star Wars. If you do not want to know anything about the plot of the film, immediately close the page.

In Lyon, the trial of the leader of the French National Front, Marine Le Pen, began on charges of inciting racial hatred. The reason for the trial was the statements of Le Pen, made back in 2010, when she was nominated for the post of party chairman. Le Pen compared the mass prayers of Muslims in the streets of French cities to the German occupation during World War II. “This is the occupation of part of the territory, the suburbs, where religious law is applied.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation approved in the first reading a bill allowing Russian citizens to have two foreign passports at the same time. According to the bill, a second passport can be issued during the validity period of the first one. The explanatory note to the bill says that the issuance of a second passport will allow Russians to avoid overlap when they need to travel abroad and at the same time apply for a visa of another country.

The Russian Embassy in Syria called the information about three dead Russians a fake. As the embassy stated, they have “no information about the alleged ‘deaths of three Russians’ or ‘three Russian servicemen’ in Syria.” Earlier, Reuters reported that three Russian citizens were killed during the fighting in Syria. Several more people, according to the agency, were injured. The information came from an unnamed source among the Syrian military.

Scientists from the Institute of Physical and Chemical Biology of Moscow State University were ordered to show their work to the FSB before they were published. The journal Nature writes about this with reference to the minutes of the meeting at this institute, which took place on October 5th. “Remember that the current rules oblige scientists to obtain permission to publish any article, speak at a conference or presentation,” the protocol says.

Vladimir Slepak, the chairman of the Russia Civic Chamber's commission on social policy, labor relations, and quality of life, has proposed introducing a voluntary seal of "Russian Orthodox Standard," analogous to halal and kosher foods in Islam and Judaism.

Reuters reported, citing an unnamed source among the Syrian military, that as a result of the fighting in Syria, three Russian citizens were killed and several more were injured. There has been no confirmation of this information. The Russian Ministry of Defense has not yet provided any comments. According to Reuters, the Russians fought on the side of Syrian government forces. They died during shelling of positions in the province of Latakia.

A film about a prisoner, to whom the death sentence was replaced by a 25-year term Shot: "My brother Cain" The Artdokfest documentary festival in 2015 will be held in Moscow and St. Petersburg, part of the films from the competitive program in October will be shown in Riga. Three times a week, the President of the festival Vitaly Mansky tells at Medusa about paintings from the competition. This time, the director represents the film “My Brother Cain” Irina Vasilyeva (Russia, 2015).

Israeli and Arab media about what is happening in Israel and Palestine Photo: Xinhua / Sipa USA / Scanpix In the last month, the number of attacks by radical Arabs on Jews has sharply increased on the territory of Israel and the Palestinian National Administration (PNA). As a result of the clashes, nine Israelis and about 40 Palestinians were killed, including at least 14 terrorists.

Meduza summarizes the killing spree that's come to Krasnogorsk Photo: Sergei Fadeichev / TASS / Scanpix This Monday, October 19, a businessman in Krasnogorsk named Amiran Georgadze walked into City Hall and murdered two state officials, including Deputy Mayor Yuri Karaulov, and then he shot and killed another two people. According to unverified reports, the city's officials had forced out Georgadze from the local construction business, without "compensating" him for the loss of income.

Russian businessman Dmitry Rybolovlev and his ex-wife Elena have agreed on the terms of their divorce, Forbes reports, citing a joint statement from the ex-spouses received by the editors. The divorce proceedings and division of the Rybolovlevs’ property have been ongoing since 2008. The agreement provides that both parties cease all legal proceedings related to the divorce in all jurisdictions.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs made an official representation to the Swiss Ambassador in Moscow, Pierre Helg, in connection with the approach of the Swiss fighter with the aircraft of the Russian delegation.

Oleg Navalny, convicted in the Yves Rocher case, was recognized as a “malicious violator of order” and decided to be transferred to strict conditions of detention in a colony. This was announced by his brother Alexei Navalny. Oleg will be transferred to a strict regime after his term in the punishment cell ends. Previously, he was given 15 days in a punishment cell for a "malicious violation" - possession and use of prohibited items.

Critics demanded to dissolve the expert council of the award Photo: Maxim Shemetov / TASS / Scanpix On October 12, the Union of Theater Workers approved the composition of the expert council of the Russian National Theater Festival "Golden Mask", which will be held in 2017. Experts must watch all the premieres of the 2015/2016 season and choose nominees for the prize.