Vyacheslav Kryukov, a defendant in the Novoye Velichiye case who has been on a hunger strike for almost a month, has been placed in the hospital at the Matrosskaya Tishina pretrial detention center. Dmitry Ivanov, a lawyer for Kryukov, told OVD-Info about this. Evgeny Yenikeyev, a member of the Moscow Public Monitoring Commission (PMC), reported on his blog that Kryukov was hospitalized on October 5.

The Yandex.Zen service has restricted the distribution of MBKh Media materials because they contain “detailed descriptions of [tragic] incidents.” MBKh Media provides a corresponding letter from Yandex.Zen support in Telegram. The letter cites, in particular, five materials from MBKh Media in which violations were found. Among them are articles about torture in colonies, the death of military personnel during training exercises, and animal abuse .

After the announcement of the verdict, the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow released Korney Makarov, convicted in the case of the death of a blogger from St. Petersburg Stanislav Dumkin, in the courtroom. It is reported by RAPSI. Makarov was found guilty of causing death by negligence. He was sentenced to one year and 11 months of imprisonment.

How a Kremlin lifeline aided by separatist Ukraine is developing South Ossetia Ilya Zhegulov / Meduza Konstantin Lastovich, a Russian businessman from Rostov-on-Don, at his apple orchard near South Ossetia's boundary with Georgia, July 2018 After the war with Georgia in 2008, Russia became the first of five UN member states to recognize the independence of South Ossetia, effectively taking the breakaway republic under its wing.

ABDULLAH Doma / AFP / Scanpix / Leta Military Libyan National Army Caliph Haftar in Benghazi. June 5, 2017 Russia transferred the “dozens” of special forces and other employees of the Main Directorate of the General Staff (earlier GRU) to Libya, The Sun said on October 8 with reference to sources in the British government. The Russian contingent in Libya is engaged in the preparation of Field Marshal of the Caliphs of Haftar , which controls the east of the country.

Google introduced its flagship smartphones Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL at a presentation in New York. Google Compared to previous models, the new products received an increased screen of 5.5 inches and 6.3 inches, respectively, against 5 inches and 6 inches on Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. At the same time, the dimensions of the devices themselves have not changed. The Pixel 3 XL has a “bang”, like the latest Apple smartphones. In the younger model, it is still absent.

October 9th. The two most annoying couples in Russia Terribly boring topics (we tell reluctantly) Petrov and Boshirov. In fact, the name of Petrov is Mishkin . Yes, also Alexander, like Petrov. Yes, also from the GRU, like Boshirov. Yes, I also received the Hero of Russia in 2014. No, why is unknown. And he's also a doctor. And he also has an apartment for 24 million rubles. And he also has a Mercedes, which Boshirov sold him . Well, that is Chepiga. Kokorin and Mamaev.

The Museum of English Rural Life tweeted on October 6 about a collection of 18th-century diaries it had received. They belonged to the Beale family, who lived on a farm in Kent. Among the documents was a maths textbook by one Richard Beale, which the museum believes he used in 1784 when he was 13 years old. Richard Beale would solve equations and problems in the textbook — and sometimes draw.

The Industrial District Court of Barnaul overturned the sentence of neo-pagan Natalia Telegina. She was sentenced to two years probation on charges of extremism (part 1 of article 282 of the Criminal Code) and insulting the feelings of believers (part 1 of article 148 of the Criminal Code). Aleksey Bushmakov, lawyer for the Agora International Human Rights Group, wrote about this on Facebook.

Artist Katrin Nenasheva was detained in Makhachkala, where she tried to hold an action against torture "Cargo 300". Together with her, wrote Nenasheva on Facebook, the police detained journalist Svetlana Anokhina and photographer Shamil Gadzhidadaev. “The action lasted about 5 minutes,” she added. In September, Katrin Nenasheva held several actions against torture in Moscow. During one of these actions, on September 17 on Novy Arbat, Nenasheva and her assistant were detained .

Interview with Maria Motuznaya, who was tried for memes. Her case was sent for a review Alexander Kryazhev / Sputnik / Scanpix / Leta On October 9, the court returned the case of extremism and insulting the feelings of believers (Articles 282 and 148 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) a resident of Barnaul Maria Motuznaya to the prosecutor's office.

If sanctions against the Russian Federation are sharply tightened in 2019, the Russian currency exchange rate against the dollar could fall to 83 rubles, and GDP by the end of the year could shrink by 2.5%. ACRA presented this forecast option for the most pessimistic scenario - “alternative + financial stress”.

US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has left her post. This was announced at her meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. Who will replace Haley at the UN is still unclear. Hailey has served as Permanent Representative since January 2017.

Four documentary traveling films at Artdokfestt artdoc.media "My dad Genghis Khan" "Medusa" continues to present films from the competitive program of the Film Festival "Artdokfest". It will be held from 19 to October 23 in Riga and from December 6 to 12 in Moscow. This time, the president of the festival and director Vitaliy Mansky talks about four Russian pictures, whose authors found heroes and themes in distant regions of Russia or even other countries.

A court in St. Petersburg dismissed a criminal case against a local resident, Yevgeny Kuzovlev, who flew in a helicopter under a bridge along which the Western High-Speed ​​Diameter (WHSD) motorway passes. Kuzovlev was accused of actions threatening the safe operation of vehicles. His case was submitted to the court with a petition from the investigation to terminate the criminal prosecution and impose a fine. As a result, the court fined Kuzovlev 150 thousand rubles.