US oil supplies to China have been "completely halted." This was announced by Xie Chunlin, President of China Merchants Energy Shipping, one of the largest Chinese oil shipping companies. As Reuters notes, amid the ongoing trade standoff between the countries, Chinese oil importers prefer not to buy it from the United States, despite the fact that, unlike many other goods, it is not yet subject to increased duties. The US has been supplying oil to China since 2016.

Moscow "Locomotive" was defeated by the German "Schalke" in the home match of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League. The meeting ended with the score 0:1. The only goal in the 88th minute was scored by Schalke's American midfielder Weston McKenny. Lokomotiv plays in the Champions League group stage for the first time in 14 years. The team also lost its first match - with a score of 0:3 to the Turkish "Galatasaray".

Russian Railways plans to review the design of reserved seat carriages in the near future, said the head of the company Oleg Belozerov. According to Belozerov, Russian Railways is considering the possibility of creating capsule-type seats so that passengers have personal space. The company is exploring options for creating a “transformable space” that passengers can adapt to their needs. New types of cars are expected to appear in the next two years.

Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the governor of St. Petersburg, Georgy Poltavchenko. Social media users, as always happens in such situations, reacted to this with jokes. Almost no one really regretted the departure of the governor, who had been in charge of the city since 2011. Poltavchenko, why? He didn't do anything at all! Posted by Sergey Shelin Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Anna Altukhova / Interpress / PhotoXPress On September 3, 2018, Vladimir Putin submitted two pieces of draft legislation to the State Duma that would partially decriminalize “extremist” offenses under Criminal Code 282, which prohibits hate speech. Meduza explains why these new amendments have several drawbacks, besides the obvious benefit that there will be fewer felony cases against harmless Internet content. What’s getting rolled back?

The Investigative Committee canceled the decision to open a criminal case against Artem Lyubimov, one of the organizers of the protests against the Yadrovo landfill in Volokolamsk. He was accused under Article 330.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (failure to fulfill the obligation to submit a notification of citizenship of a foreign state) - the investigation claimed that Lyubimov had American citizenship, which he did not report to the Russian regulatory authorities.

"Medusa" answers the main questions about the change of governor of St. Petersburg Svetlana Kholyavchuk / Interpress / TASS Georgy Poltavchenko in the St. Petersburg boarding school "Formula of Success", December 23, 2016 On October 3, Vladimir Putin dismissed the governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko. In August 2011, a former KGB officer and the head of the St. Petersburg Tax Police replaced Valentin Matvienko in this position.

Alexey Nikolsky / Press Service of the President of the Russian Federation / TASS / Scanpix / Leta President Vladimir Putin, former Governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko and Alexander Beglov, appointed by his acting, on October 3, 2018 Georgy Poltavchenko was not going to resign, although journalists repeatedly wrote about his imminent dismissal. In August 2018, RBC said that Poltavchenko intends to participate in the governor’s elections in 2019.

Andrei Nikirichev / The Moscow News Agency Valery Markelov in the Basmanny Court of Moscow. October 2, 2018 The Investigative Committee on October 2 announced the detention as part of the case of Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko, businessman Valery Markelov, one of the owners of the 1520 group of companies, the largest Russian Railways contractor.

October 3. Homeless people, scum, retirement age and manifestations of insanity The main news of the day. Or maybe a year. Vladimir Putin softened the 282nd article of the Criminal Code, according to which they planted for reposts.

CALTECH / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Francis Arnold The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2018 was awarded to three researchers: Francis Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter. Pavel Volchkov, head of the Laboratory of the Genoma Engineering of the Moscow Physics and Technical Institute, explains what these scientists did. Why did you give the Nobel Prize? In short, the award was given for opening methods, thanks to which it became possible to change enzymes and create new antibodies .

Vladimir Putin has fired long-time St. Petersburg Governor Georgy Poltavchenko and offered his job to a similarly mustachioed gentleman named Alexander Beglov, who currently serves as the presidential envoy to Russia’s Central Federal District. Poltavchenko, meanwhile, has been invited to chair the United Shipbuilding Corporation’s executive board. He has served as St. Petersburg's governor since August 2011.

Kirill Kuhamar / TASS / Scanpix / Leta Former Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian government Arkady Dvorkovich became the new president of the International Chess Federation. At the FIDE Congress in Batumi, 103 countries supported his candidacy against 78 votes cast for his opponent-vice president of the organization of Georgios Macropoulos.

President Vladimir Putin has signed controversial legislation raising the country's retirement age. Just hours earlier, Russia's Federation Council approved the bill, raising the pension age from 55 to 60 for women, and from 60 to 65 for men. One hundred and forty-nine senators voted in favor of the bill, just five voted against it, and three senators abstained. Vladimir Putin had recently endorsed the unpopular initiative in a national television broadcast .

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on raising the retirement age, which the Federation Council approved on October 3. The bill provides for a phased increase in the retirement age by five years - up to 60 for women and up to 65 for men. The initiative, according to opinion polls, is not supported by the majority of Russians.