The organizer of the March 26 anti-corruption rally in Makhachkala, Marat Ismailov, said that the Sovetsky District Court awarded him compensation in the amount of 25,000 rubles for obstructing the rally. According to Ismailov, the court sought compensation for non-pecuniary damage from the Russian Interior Ministry.

American film producer Harvey Weinstein has filed a lawsuit against The Weinstein Company, which he founded, from where he was fired due to allegations of sexual harassment and violence. It is reported by Reuters. In the lawsuit, Weinstein is demanding information and documents he believes can protect him and the company from harm from unfair court decisions.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a criminal case in connection with the crash of the Mi-8 helicopter of the Arktikugol company off the coast of Svalbard. This was reported by the North-West Investigation Department of Transport. The case was initiated under the article “violation of the rules of traffic safety and operation of air transport, resulting in the death of more than two persons” (part 3 of article 263 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

The Investigative Committee charged Sofya Apfelbaum, director of RAMT, who was detained in the Seventh Studio case, with fraud on an especially large scale (part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This was reported by her lawyer Irina Poverinova. The lawyer confirmed that Apfelbaum did not plead guilty. Poverinova said that on October 27, the investigation will apply to the court with a request to impose a preventive measure on the director of the RAMT.

The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation has published the names of the people who were on board the Mi-8 helicopter of the Arktikugol company that crashed near Svalbard. These are employees of the Research Institute of the Arctic and Antarctic Oleg Golovanov, Nikolai Fadeev, Maxim Kaulio and crew members Evgeny Baranov, Vladimir Frolov, Alexei Pouliauskas, Marat Mikhtarov and Alexei Korolev.

The Dagestan police detained in Grozny two natives of Dagestan who returned from Syria to Russia under the guarantees of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The women were promised that they would not be prosecuted under the article on participation in illegal armed groups. The names of the detainees are Zagidat Abakarova and Muslimat Kurbanova. According to the BBC Russian Service, they arrived in Grozny on October 21 as part of a campaign to return women and children from Syria.

October 26. Director of Ramta Sofya Apfelbaum detained Main In the case of the Seventh Studio , the director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater (RAMT) Sofya Apfelbaum was detained . She is suspected of fraud. According to investigators, in 2011-2014, the Apfelbaum, which at that time in the Ministry of Culture, signed documents on the allocation of subsidies of the Seventh Studio and agreed on reporting documentation with high expenses. Apfelbaum refused to plead guilty.

What did the permutations in the Politburo Communist Party of China led: Carnegie.ru How Hwee Young / EPA / Scanpix / Leta all members of the Permanent Committee of the Politburo Communist Party of China At the end of October, the updated composition of the Standing Committee of the Politburo Communist Party of China became known.

An interview with the 11-year-old girl who set feminist fire to Russian Twitter From Victoria Taranenko's personal archive On October 22, a Twitter user shared a photograph of her younger sister’s school textbook, where students were asked to list various “men's” and “women's” household chores.

Businessman Umar Dzhabrailov was fined 4,000 rubles for drug use (Part 1 of Article 6.9 of the Code of Administrative Offenses), Mediazona reports with reference to the press service of the court. The decision was issued by a magistrate of judicial district No. 370 of the Tverskoy district of Moscow. It is not specified which episode the case is related to.

Documentary blockbuster "On the edge of freedom" about ruffers in Moscow and Kyiv. Artdokfest Medusa continues to talk about films participating in the competitive program of the Artdox Film Festival (will be held in December 2017 in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg). This time, the President of the festival Vitaly Mansky represents the documentary blockbuster “On the edge of freedom” Anita Matal Hopland and Jens Lenerke (Russia and Denmark).

Theater managers commenting on the investigation of "Transpenser Internet - Russia" Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS Khudruk "Gogol Center" Kirill Serebrennikov. Moscow, September 2, 2014 Transpenser Internet - Russia published an investigation that claims that the financing system for many theaters is “penetrated by conflicts of interests”.

Waffles, games and limited collection Topshop On October 27, the second season of the Scientific and Fantastic series “Very Strange Affairs” of the DaFfer brothers is released at the Netflix streaming service. In the new season, the main characters of the series Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas and eleven will encounter new monsters made from the other world to the small city of Hawkins.

With the Google Translate online translator, something strange is happening. Russian users found that if you include a translation from the Mongolian language into Russian in it, and enter a lot of repeating letters, something strange will happen. For example, if you try to transfer from Mongolian to Russian “Aaaaaaaa”, it turns out “this is all.” If you add another “a”, it turns out “this is normal”, and after another, “everything is in order”.

Update: RT says Twitter actually pushed it to purchase a large number of ads during the 2016 U.S. election, but the channel turned down the offer.