Three militants were killed in Kabardino-Balkaria, where a counterterrorist operation regime was introduced on the evening of October 13. "Neutralized bandits are involved in the killings of policemen," the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) said. According to the NAC, "the leader of the gang and two of his accomplices" were killed, Interfax reports. Whether the report refers to the murder of traffic police officers on October 9 is not specified.

In St. Petersburg, unknown people dismantled a memorial plaque to Finnish Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim, installed in June on the building of the Military Engineering and Technical University. It is reported by "Fontanka" with reference to its correspondent. According to an Interfax correspondent , scaffolding has been installed in place of the board, and workers are painting over the wall.

The data theft of 500 million Yahoo accounts is a "material factor" that could affect the deal with telecommunications company Verizon, which announced the purchase of Yahoo in July. It is reported by Reuters, citing Verizon Vice President Craig Siliman. “We have reasonable grounds to believe that this is a significant impact, and we are waiting for full information from Yahoo on the effect [of the hack].

The director of the Russian-American film "Hardcore" Ilya Nayshuller shot a video for the Canadian singer The Weeknd. The singer published a video for the song “False Alarm” on the new channel on Yetube. The Weeknd (real name Abel Tesfaye) is a double holder of Grammy; From his songs “Can >t Feel My Face” and “The Hills” in the last two years to hide either in the gym, nor in the minibus, or in the club.

The defendants in the case of "Ukrainian saboteurs" Yevgeny Panov and Andrey Zakhtey are in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in Moscow. This was reported by members of the Public Monitoring Commission of Moscow Zoya Svetova and Eva Merkacheva , who visited the detention center on October 13 with a scheduled inspection.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton - about his heroes Soon the film by Marvel “Doctor Strange” with Benedict Cumberbatch will be released soon in the title role. Medusa is represented by a video in which Cumberbatch and his partners in the site - Tilda Swinton, Rachel Macadams, Chvetel Edgyopher and Benedict Wong - talk about their heroes and their relationships. In Russian cinemas, Dr. Strange will begin to show on October 31. Meduza Heroes of Dr. Strandge

In Armenia, on the night of October 13, Russian serviceman Alexander Rutskoi was wounded. This was reported in the Investigative Committee of Armenia. “According to preliminary data, on the night of October 13, Rutskoi participated in a feast with his colleagues, during which a quarrel broke out and he was injured with a piercing and cutting object,” the Novosti Armenii website quotes the department.

The co -founder of the ATARI gaming studio Nolan Bushnell introduced the Modal VR virtual reality platform. A distinctive feature of his platform is a multi -user regime. Players on the same site can interact with each other. On one of the promo-video, two testers go to the football field and “shoot” at each other. At the same time, in virtual reality, it seems to them that they are on the roofs of two houses.

Pavel Mikov, Russia's Children's Right Commissioner for the Perm Region, denied reports on Wednesday that a child had been expelled from a local school due to her cancer diagnosis. "No one expelled the girl from the school. The only [termination document signed] was that [signaling] her successful completion of nine grades and receiving a basic, general education," said Mikov in an interview with Meduza in response to the student's complaint.

Galina Yuzefovich - on the expansion of the boundaries of literature Photo: Topfoto / Scanpix / Leta On October 13, the Swedish Academy announced that Bob Dylan became the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Jezebel editor Joanna Rothkopf wore a plush dinosaur tail for a week as an experiment. But this did not bring her any joy. “At the end of August, the Asos online store released a dinosaur tail. Jezebel employees were greatly amused by this. Why are they selling this product? Who will wear the tail? I remember jokingly said “I will”, ”the girl wrote. Rothkopf agreed with her colleagues to wear the tail during the working week, taking it off only at night.

Photo in the announcement: Munawar Hosain / Rex / Vida Press

Who and why accuses US presidential candidate of sexual harassment Photo: Darryl Dyck / The Canadian Press / Pa Images / Scanpix / Leta Mascock Donald Trump holds a protest under construction near the Trump International Hotel building in Canadian Vancouver, October 5, 2016 On the evening of October 12, The New York Times, The Palm Beach Post and People magazine published the stories of four women, who at different times were harassed by Donald Trump.

Businessman Alisher Usmanov participated in a meeting of representatives of the most influential clans of Uzbekistan, dedicated to the management of the country after the death of President Islam Karimov. It is reported by Reuters, citing a source in diplomatic circles. According to the agency, the meeting was held on September 28 in Tashkent.

Photo: Sergey Karpukhin / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Vitaly Mutko Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the government will have a new deputy prime minister-in sports.