More than five thousand people took part in the Moscow action "Return of Names" in 2017, said the Memorial society, which organizes the event. Of these, only about 1200 were able to walk up to the microphone and read one, two or three names. The campaign has been going on for ten years. It first took place in 2007. At the event, those who came for 12 hours read in turn the names of people who were shot during the Soviet terror.

At Sheremetyevo, the driver of a bus taking passengers to the plane found hockey referee Pavel Komarov with a hole in his head in the cabin, Moskovsky Komsomolets reports. According to the newspaper, on October 27, Komarov was returning from Riga to Nizhny Novgorod via Moscow. He arrived at Sheremetyevo at about 15:00. The flight to Nizhny Novgorod departed in an hour and a half.

The governor of the Kaliningrad region, Anton Alikhanov, said that the mayor of Svetlogorsk, Alexander Kovalsky, would resign of his own free will. He will leave his post on October 30. A few days earlier, on October 26, Alexander Kovalsky told the Klops publication about the assassination attempt . According to him, on October 21 he received a call from an unfamiliar number and was asked to go to the gate at the country house.

Nikolai Lyaskin, the head of the capital headquarters of Alexei Navalny, was detained in Moscow, said another employee of the headquarters, Vitaly Serukanov. Lawyer Dmitry Volov and five volunteers were also detained. All were detained near the Ulitsa 1905 metro station, where they had gathered before going to campaign for Navalny. This weekend, Navalny’s headquarters is holding the so-called Mobilization Day, when activists go door to door.

Pierre-Philippe Marcou / AFP / Scanpix / Leta in Barcelona on October 29 took place a demonstration against the Catalonia department from Spain. This happened after the Catalan parliament voted for independence, and Madrid in response introduced direct control in the region. According to various sources, from 300 thousand to a million people came to the demonstration.

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On October 28, Iceland held its second parliamentary election in a year. The first place was again taken by the Independence Party, although it lost five seats. Now she occupies 16 out of 63 seats. In total, eight parties made it to parliament, more than at any time in history. After the last elections, which took place in October 2016, there were seven parties. The Pirate Party lost 4 seats out of 10 they won last time.

In Barcelona, ​​a protest was arranged against the separation of Catalonia from Spain. According to the organizers, more than a million people participate in the demonstration. The Barcelona police counted 300 thousand participants. Ivan Golunov / "Medusa" Ivan Golunov / "Medusa" As the Medusa correspondent reports, he saw that the demonstrators spat on the portrait of Carles Puchdemon - the president of Catalonia, suspended by Madrid.

A teacher was fired in Ivanovo, who scolded schoolchildren for participating in the presidential campaign of Alexei Navalny, reports Ivanovonews with reference to the head of the education department of the city administration Elena Yuferov. Earlier on social networks, a teacher’s conversation appeared with ninth -graders of school No. 14.

Halloween is celebrated on October 31 in the United States, Great Britain, Canada, and many European countries. It is customary to dress up for the holiday, and from year to year the most popular Halloween costumes remain witches, vampires, and superheroes. Meduza has selected several looks that are suitable for both a home party and a costume show — and the most important thing is the makeup, not the costume.

In Chuvashia, a prison guard committed suicide while on duty. This happened in the detention center No. 2 of the city of Tsivilsk, according to a press release from the Federal Penitentiary Service. Why the guard decided to shoot himself is unknown. Currently, the investigating authorities are conducting an inspection in accordance with the procedure established by the current legislation. FSIN in SIZO No. 2 of Tsivilsk There are 600 prisoners .

Two recipes from culinary books inspired by rock and hip-hop In September 2017, three British - Gurman Joseph Innis, journalist and news agency Ralph Miller and designer Peter Stadden - published the colorful culinary book “Dark Side of the Spoon: The Rock Cookbook” . It contains recipes inspired by rock groups from Nirvana and Rammstein to ZZ Top and Metallica.

Norwegian rescuers found a Russian helicopter that crashed on October 26. The wreckage was found at a depth of 209 meters. Three vessels, two helicopters and an underwater vehicle were involved in the search for the missing Mi-8. (Nor.) The daily newspaper The Mi-8 of the Arktikugol company went missing on October 26. The helicopter flew from the village of Piramida to Barentsburg.

In Moscow, the action “Return of Names” is held, dedicated to the victims of political repressions. In Solovetsky stone on Lubyanka, people read the names of people executed in the USSR. The organizer of the Memorial event is conducting a live broadcast. Memorialru Return of names-2017 The action began at 10 in the morning and will end at 22:00. Anyone can participate in it.

The editor -in -chief of The New Yorker David Pennik - about the book "Grave of Lenin", perestroika and the topic of Russia in the American media Patrick Lewis / Starpix / Rex / Vida Press The Corpus publishing house “Lenin’s Grave” was published - the first book of journalist David belt, who was written by him in 1993 and dedicated to Soviet perestroika, during which he lived in Moscow and worked as a correspondent of The Washington Post.