Washington Capitals hockey player Alexander Ovechkin, who was included in the list of the greatest players in the history of the NHL in 2017, announced the creation of a social movement called "Putin's team". “Recently, in the Western press, I come across the combination of Putin's team, that is, Putin's team. And you know, I really liked this definition. Personally, I am ready to be part of such a team, ”he wrote on Instagram.

In Tambov, the court arrested Leonid Yarygin and Igor Slivin, assistants to the headquarters coordinator in support of Alexei Navalny, for 20 and 25 days, respectively. This is reported by Mediazona with reference to the press service of Navalny's campaign. Both activists were found guilty of repeated violation of the procedure for holding a mass event (part 8 of article 20.2). As it follows from the report, in both cases campaigning was taken as an action.

A new species of orangutan has been discovered on the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. This was reported by an international team of scientists who studied an isolated population of monkeys living south of the range of the Sumatran orangutans, in the area of ​​Batang Toru.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow imposed a security arrest on more than 95 million rubles, which are on the accounts of the former head of the Russian Post, Dmitry Strashnov. This was done in the framework of the case against the head of the department of the Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications, Irina Lapteva, who is accused of exceeding her powers due to the payment of a bonus of 95 million rubles to Strashnov, Interfax reports.

Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik / Scanpix / LETA Police outside Moscow’s West Complex Continuing Education College, November 1, 2017 On November 1, Andrey Emelyannikov, a college student in Moscow, murdered his health instructor, Sergey Danilov, and then killed himself. Emelyannikov’s friends say the teacher had recently threatened him with expulsion. Police have opened a criminal investigation, but have yet to name a motive in the case.

Igor Rudnikov, editor-in-chief of the Novye Kolesa newspaper and deputy of the Kaliningrad Regional Duma, has been charged with extortion (Article 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Governor of the Kaliningrad region Anton Alikhanov told journalists about this. Alikhanov said that he "managed to get acquainted with part of the materials [of the case]." “I can say that my colleagues have been working for more than one month, based on what I saw.

Galina Yuzefovich - about how Vladimir Makanin comprehended several eras Alexey Filippov / TASS On November 1, the writer Vladimir Makanin died - laureate of the “Russian Boker” and “Big Book”, one of the most important Soviet and post -perestroika writers who knew how to talk about universally important things in various periods of history. Vladimir Makanin, a writer that has been relevant over the past 50 years, recalls the literary critic of Medusa Galina Yuzefovich.

The US Department of Justice has identified Russian officials who were involved in the 2016 hacking of the servers of the US Democratic Party committee and the leakage of data. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the investigation. We are talking about at least six employees of Russian departments. Their names are not mentioned in the publication; in which institutions they work is also not specified.

November 2. College Murder Interview with Purulent and Fake News Main Russian skier Alexander Legkov was stripped of the Sochi gold medal due to doping . This is the first home medal lost by Russia. If the athlete's appeal is rejected, Legkov will never again be able to compete at the Olympics. all over Russia Supporters of opposition leader Vyacheslav Maltsev are being detained . Earlier, he said that on November 5, a revolution would take place in Russia.

Alexander Shcherbak / TASS / Vida Press The U.S. embassy in Moscow On September 1, the United States dramatically cut the size of its diplomatic staff in Russia, as demanded by the Foreign Ministry. For ordinary Russians, the direct consequence of the reduction has been a de facto tightening of the U.S. visa regime. People living far from Moscow can no longer get American visas at their nearest consulate, and applicants in the capital are waiting far longer than before.

The cousin of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Shelomov, owns a villa on the territory of the sanatorium of the presidential administration "Rus" in Sochi, the Dozhd TV channel reports without indicating sources of information. We are talking about a four-story house and a land plot, the cadastral value of which exceeds 200 million rubles. According to the channel, they belong to Shelomov's Platinum company.

Spain's National Judicial College has arrested eight members of Catalonia's ousted government, including Vice President Uriol Junqueras. They are accused of rebellion and embezzlement of budgetary funds. The head of the Department of Entrepreneurship Santi Vila, who resigned before the declaration of independence of Catalonia, the court agreed to release on bail of 50 thousand euros. Former President Carles Puigdemont and four other members of the Catalan government did not appear in court.

Carlos Barria / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Alexander Legkov at the finish line in a 50 -kilometer race in Sochi At the Olympics in Sochi, Russian skiers Alexander Legkov, Maxim Vylegzhanin and Ilya Chernousov won a 50 kilometer race. For the first time in the history of the Olympiads, the Russians occupied the entire pedestal. If you don’t remember how it was, look. At the finish, the three Russians made a breakthrough and did not give the Norwegian Martin Sundby to compete for the medals.

An international team of researchers confirmed the presence of a large cavity of unknown purpose in the pyramid of Cheops, the existence of which scientists suggested in 2016. Inside the pyramid of Cheops there are three rooms (burial chambers) and several passages. The largest of them - the Grand Gallery - is 47 meters long and 8 meters high. The discovered cavity is located above this passage and has a slightly smaller size. Its length is about 30 meters, scientists suggest.

Kirill Kallinikov / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta Police in front of the educational building of the Western Continuing Education Complex on Gvardeiskaya Street in Moscow, November 1, 2017 A student of the Moscow professional educational institution “Western Complex of Continuing Education” Andrei Emeliannikov killed Sergey Danilov, and then committed suicide. Familiar Emeliannikov explain what happened by the fact that the teacher threatened him with a deduction.