CSKA Moscow played a draw with Monaco in the third round of the Champions League group stage. The meeting ended with the score 1:1. The scoring was opened in the 34th minute by forward Lacina Traore of the army. Bernardo Silva equalized in the 87th minute. This is the 40th Champions League match in a row, in which CSKA goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev conceded. He missed in 36 group stage matches and four qualifying matches.

Russian hockey player Alexei Kovalev returned to professional sports and took part in the match of the second strongest championship in Switzerland between the teams EVZ Academy and EHC Visp. Kovalev is 43 years old. At the professional level, he did not compete for two seasons. The team's coaches decided that Kovalev could take the ice due to an injury to striker William Rapuzzi. It is not known if Kovalev will remain in the squad after Rapuzzi's recovery.

In the Brussels suburb of Foret, an armed man took hostages in a supermarket, Reuters reports citing local police. Up to 15 people can be held hostage. The incident may be the result of an attempted robbery, the agency writes with reference to the VRT television channel. The RTBF reports that the invader has been apprehended. No casualties were reported as a result of the incident.

An interview with the rector of the university Alexei Semenov, who was fired by the Minister of Education Olga Vasilieva Photo: press service of the MPSU On October 18, the Minister of Education Olga Vasilieva fired the rector of the Moscow State Pedagogical University (MPSU) Alexei Semenova.

The mother of former Yukos security officer Alexei Pichugin, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, wrote a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking him to pardon him. The text of the appeal was published by Novaya Gazeta.

American photographer Mike Mesule was filming a volcano in Hawaii, but captured several more natural phenomena in one shot. As Mesule prepared to shoot the volcano, the clouds parted. The photographer decided that he should try to capture the stars, and found that the Moon was visible to the right of the Milky Way. When Mesule was taking one of the photographs, which included a galaxy, a satellite, and lava, a meteor flew across the sky.

The capture by Iraqi forces of Mosul, which is held by the Islamic State terrorist organization, could lead to the return of militants from EU countries to Europe. This was stated in an interview with Die Welt by European Commissioner for Security Julian King. According to King, among the IS fighters in the region - about 2.5 thousand people who came from Europe. He stressed that he does not expect a massive return of terrorists, since usually only a few return to their countries.

The Russian Ministry of Sports admitted that the children's mixed martial arts tournament in Grozny was a violation. Children 8-10 years old could not compete according to MMA rules. However, as Deputy Minister of Sports Pavel Kolobkov said, his department "does not have the authority to punish." “We cannot do this - we are not law enforcement agencies,” Kolobkov emphasized.

American film director Martin Skorsze and Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer on October 18 received the imperial award - the highest award of Japan in the field of art. The official award ceremony was held in Tokyo.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has stripped Russian weightlifter Apti Aukhadov of the 2012 London Olympics silver medal after he was convicted of using banned drugs turinabol and drostanolone. that the doping test of Apti Aukhadov from the London Olympics showed a positive result It became known in June 2016 . The athlete was temporarily suspended from the competition.

The Ministry of Education of the Perm Territory confirmed that in the city of Tchaikovsky the director of the gymnasium forced two students with cancer to leave the educational institution. The headmaster of the gymnasium, Marina Rusinova, pressured the parents of two girls who missed a significant part of the last school year due to illness to withdraw their children from school, the ministry said.

The court sentenced to members of the gang, attacking gays in St. Petersburg. Reporting Daniil Turovsky Photo: Valery Zaitsev / Schschi for "Medusa" On October 18, 2016, the Krasnogvardeisky District Court of St. Petersburg sentenced two members of the group of “Hunters for homosexuals”: ​​one of them received two years and three months of prison, the other was sentenced to two years conditionally and released in the courtroom.

Philologist Ivan Babitsky, one of the authors of the statement about the deprivation of the scientific degree of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, demanded the dismissal of the chief scientific secretary of the Higher Attestation Commission (VAK) Nikolai Arister. He sent a corresponding letter to the Minister of Education of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva.

The Krasnogvardeisky Court of St. Petersburg issued a verdict in the case of a gang whose members invited homosexuals on fake dates, beat them and extorted money. The accused Ilya Vasiliev received two years and three months in prison, his accomplice Yulia Semkina - two years probation. Another person involved in the case, Pyotr Kulikov, was also sentenced in September to a two-year suspended sentence.

An American who is afraid of flying took a live duck on a flight from Charlotte, North Carolina to Asheville. As it turns out, the drake's name is Daniel, and he's a companion duck that helps his master deal with his fear of flying. Daniel is even officially allowed to fly in the cabin. When traveling, Daniel wears red boots, a diaper, and the Captain America badge. According to the owner, the drake is about four years old, bought at a garage sale, and is very fond of macaroni and cheese.