CSKA Moscow lost to Monaco in the fourth round of the Champions League group stage with a score of 3:0. Valere Germain opened the scoring in the match in the 12th minute. Radamel Falcao scored two more goals - at the 28th and 41st minutes. AS Monaco top group E with eight points. CSKA scored only two points in four matches and takes the last place. Bayer moved into second place, beating Tottenham Hotspur 0-1.

On October 31, the FIFA commission, which inspected the Zenit Arena stadium under construction in St. Petersburg, recognized the stadium's roll-out field as unsuitable for competitions. It is reported by "Fontanka" with reference to the participants of the event. Members of the commission jumped on the lawn and recognized the vibrations of the field as too strong, the newspaper writes.

The clown Oleg Popov has died. This is reported by TASS with reference to the director of the Great Moscow Circus, trainer Edgard Zapashny. He was 86 years old. Popov died in Rostov-on-Don, where he was on tour. The initial TASS report said that Popov died in Germany, where he lived in recent years. meduza Oleg Popov died Oleg Popov has passed away. The general director of the Russian State Circus, Dmitry Ivanov, just called me and informed me about this, ”said Zapashny.

Magomed Murtazaliev, general director of the Makhachkalavodokanal enterprise, has been detained in Dagestan in a case of mass poisoning with drinking water. It is reported by the RF IC. The investigation intends to petition for his arrest. According to the IC, at the end of October, Makhachkala Vodokanal supplied drinking water that did not meet the requirements for the safety of life and health of consumers to the water supply networks of Makhachkala, which led to mass poisoning.

Gawker Media has settled a legal battle with wrestler Hulk Hogan, who in the spring of 2016 sued her for $ 140 million for publishing an intimate video with his participation. Under the terms of the agreement, Gawker Media is required to pay Hogan $31 million, as well as a portion of the proceeds from the sale of its assets at auction. The agreement must be approved in the court where Gawker Media's bankruptcy case is pending.

Interview of the Nobel laureate in the literature of Orhan Pamuke Photo: Ozan Kose / AFP / Scanpix / Leta On November 2, the laureates of the Russian Literary Prize "Yasnaya Polyana" were announced in Moscow. In the nomination “Foreign Literature”, the Turkish writer was awarded the awards, the Nobel Prize laureate in literature Orhan Pamuk-the jury noted his novel “My Strange Thoughts” , who in January 2016 came out in Russian in the publishing house “Foreigner”.

The former head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Fradkov, will become chairman of the board of directors of the Almaz-Antey concern, and will also head the Institute for Strategic Studies (RISI). This was announced at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Fradkov and the head of the Rostec Corporation, Sergei Chemezov, TASS reports.

In Saratov, one of the streets was named after military pilot Yevgeny Dolgin, who died in Syria on July 8. The corresponding decision is published on the website of the city administration. According to TASS, a new street in the Leninsky district of the city was named after Dolgin. Another street in the area was named after Mikhail Bulgakov. Evgeny Dolgin was a native of the village of Sokolovy, Saratov Region. He died at the age of 24.

Canadian Indie Pop Duet Tegan & Sara overwritten their song “Stop Desire” in the language of the game “Sims”. The song will be included in the extension of City Living for the fourth part of the simulator. The characters of the game "Sims" speak in Simlisha - a fictitious language of the simnation, which even has an unofficial dictionary. In an interview with Mashable, Tigan Quin said that it was quite difficult to teach the text on Simlisha.

Ildar Dadin, a prisoner of the Segezha colony No. 7, was summoned to the doctors during his meeting with an employee of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights in Karelia. Regional Ombudsman Alexander Sharapov told Meduza about this. According to Sharapov, Dadin became ill shortly after the start of the meeting. Doctors were summoned to him from the Republican Hospital No. 2 of the Federal Penitentiary Service for Karelia.

Photo: Cyril Kuhamar / TASS The health department of Yekaterinburg reported that the city is an epidemic of the human immunodeficiency virus. HIV-establishing about every fiftieth resident. "Medusa" answers the main questions on the topic: is it really possible to talk about the epidemic; Why everything is so bad; What is the situation with HIV in other regions; How to protect yourself from illness. Is the epidemic in Yekaterinburg or not? Yes, and this is not news.

In Turkey, work has begun on the construction of a bridge across the Dardanelles. Specially equipped vessels started drilling operations before installing the bridge supports. The Canakkale 1915 Bridge will be the longest suspension bridge in the world, with a main span of 2023 meters. The work is expected to be completed by 2023. The bridge is named after the successful Dardanelles operation during World War I, during which the Ottoman Empire defeated the forces of the Entente.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, in an interview with Interfax about financing the republic, said that attempts to apply uniform standards for all regions to Chechnya "look strange." “We perceive with bewilderment certain explanations that possible cuts [of the budget] concern not only the Chechen Republic, but all subjects of the Russian Federation,” Kadyrov said.

The press service of the Moscow property department said that the office of the human rights organization Amnesty International was sealed due to rent arrears. According to the department, Amnesty International was warned in advance that if it did not pay the debt, the lease would be terminated. “This claim by an unscrupulous tenant was ignored,” the department said. Amnesty International spokesman Alexander Artemyev denied the department's allegations of debt.

Who are the electors? Can Americans vote for Vladimir Putin? (Yes!) Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The US presidential election is a difficult procedure, and the candidate that the majority of the population supported is far from always won by them. The Institute of Electors, the ability to enter into the ballot any name and right to vote without a passport make American elections a unique phenomenon.