Historians Aleksandr Borisov and Vladimir Lavrov, listed in the abstract of the doctoral dissertation of the Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky as official opponents , told Novaya Gazeta that they were not actually opponents. The publication also reports that the VAK expert council did not review the work after the defense and did not issue a positive conclusion on it.

A video was published on how the Russian actor artist Peter Pavlensky sets fire to the Bank of France in Paris and how the police delay it. The video was removed by the activist of the Ukrainian movement Femen Sarah Konstanten. The record shows how the policemen by force was allocated by Pavlensky from the building and laid to the ground.

The TV3 channel accused the Canadian battle platform KOTD, which organized the battle between Oksimiron and Disaster, of unfair negotiations. The reason for this was the “sudden” refusal to sell the broadcast rights, as a result of which the battle was never shown on TV3. “We are confident that such behavior in business is unacceptable. Therefore, we want this situation to be assessed not only by the channel, but also by the courts,” said TV3.

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who accused Prime Minister Joseph Muscat's family of corruption using documents from the Panama Papers, has died in Malta. She was 53. Caruana Galizia's car exploded shortly after she left her home. The cause of the explosion has not yet been established, The Times of Malta reports. According to local media, she told police 15 days ago that she had been receiving threats.

The Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Yaroslavl Region began checking reports that in one of the boarding schools for children with developmental disabilities, the director “as a punishment for violating discipline” forced the pupils to drink their own urine.

US Army Sergeant Bowie Bergdahl, who spent five years as a Taliban prisoner in Afghanistan, has confessed to desertion and misconduct in combat. He made such a statement in a military court. The soldier has not yet been sentenced. The article on violation of discipline in combat provides for life imprisonment. Bergdahl was suspected for a long time of leaving his post without permission. Donald Trump during the election campaign called the sergeant a traitor and offered to execute him.

🔥 October 16. Peter Pavlensky lights in Paris, Oximiron in Los Angeles Main The artist Peter Pavlensky set fire to the Bank of France in Paris. In fact, he repeated his Moscow campaign - in 2015, Pavlensky set fire to the FSB door on Lubyanka. Capucine Henry / AP / Scanpix / Leta In Los Angeles, the Oximiron Rap-Battle with a dizaster-the strongest Emsi in the world was held. We retold their performance , which took place in English. Actor Dmitry Maryanov died.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the military operation in Syria "is coming to an end." According to Interfax, this happened at a meeting with Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman in Tel Aviv.

The story of Maxim Lapunov, the only applicant in the case of the persecution of gays in Chechnya Radio Liberty / YouTube Maxim Lapunov In the spring of 2017, New Gazeta reported the mass persecution of gays in Chechnya, then other media joined the lighting of this story. According to journalists, gays in the republic were stolen, tortured and even killed, and we are talking at least about dozens of people.

The Krym Kino company, one of the founders of which is actor Mikhail Porechenkov, terminated an investment contract with the Crimean government for the construction of a film studio on the peninsula. It is reported by RBC.

In the elections in Austria, the party of conservative Sebastian Kurtz won. He is 31 years old - and he is a nationalist Georg Hochmuth / APA / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Christian Kern announced a radical update of the Austrian People's Party In Austria, on October 15, parliamentary elections were held, the first place on which conservatives from the Austrian People's Party took. This means that its leader, 31-year-old Sebastian Kurtz, can become the country's chancellor.

Who is ST. Vincent and why it is included in the list of the most important musicians of our time Mat Hayward / Wiremage / Getty Images On October 13, 2017, the American Annie Clark released the fifth - and the most unusual - the album of her already avant -garde project St. Vincent; It is called "MasSeduction" . A talented guitarist in ten years of career has gone from a promising star of an alternative scene to an artist working with the main American pop-producer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on measures to implement UN Security Council Resolution 2321, adopted almost a year ago, on November 30, 2016. In accordance with the decree, Russia retroactively (from November 30, 2016) introduces new sanctions against North Korea. The decree was published simultaneously with the speech of the representative of the DPRK at the assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, which is taking place in St. Petersburg.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case after checking the information that ambulance doctors refused to promptly provide medical assistance to actor Dmitry Maryanov, who died on October 15. The case was initiated under the article “causing death by negligence due to improper performance of one’s professional duties” (Part 2 of Article 109 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). No suspects in the case have been named in the press release.

Marvel studio released the second trailer for the Black Panther. In the video of T'Challa - the king of the fictional African country of Wakanda - in the Black Panther's costume jumps from a flying plane, runs along the walls and with his bare hands tearing off the wheel from the car.