The former head of the Serpukhov district, Alexander Shestun, said that on the evening of October 23, a cellmate attacked him in the pre-trial detention center. This was reported by his wife Yulia Shestun and lawyer Andrey Grivtsov . “From the words of Shestun, I know that the night before, after lights out, he was attacked by a neighbor, a 26-year-old native of Uzbekistan, a professional fighter without rules, accused of terrorism.

Packages of pipe bombs sent to billionaire George Soros, former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and CNN most likely had the same sender. John Miller, head of the New York Police Department's counter-terrorism department, said. In all cases, these were primitive improvised explosive devices. The NYPD did not mention if this applies to packages sent to other cities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said that if arms control treaties are eliminated, “there will be nothing left but an arms race.” "We are concerned that the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty has been eliminated; now we are talking about the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty; then, the fate of the New START Treaty on limiting offensive strategic weapons is unclear," Putin said at a press conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.

A Soviet diplomat who helped negotiate the INF Treaty recalls how it came together in 1987 and what U.S. withdrawal means today Peter Heimsath / REX / Vida Press Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, December 8, 1987 Donald Trump has announced that the United States will withdraw from the the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which was signed in December 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

October 24th. Issue, as if made by Dmitry Kiselev and Irada Zeynalova Everything is very bad in the USA (then imagine the voice of Dmitry Kiselev). One by one, American politicians began to receive letters with bombs - Washington is in a panic, the Secret Service - the one that is considered the best in the world - just shrugged.

The Red-Blue World CSKA fan club announced the start of preparing a class action lawsuit against the authorities of Rome due to an accident on a subway escalator , as a result of which 16 Russians who arrived at the CSKA-Roma match were taken to hospitals with injuries. Red-Blue World said in a statement that many media outlets and even Italian officials are spreading false information about the incident, blaming fans for what happened.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the consulate of the kingdom in Istanbul a "heinous crime". According to the crown prince, the crime was "painful for all Saudis and all people in the world." He promised that Saudi Arabia will do everything necessary to complete the investigation, and those responsible will be brought to justice. This was Mohammed bin Salman's first public comment regarding the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi.

On October 23, Kate Middleton first appeared at the official event after the birth of her son (their third child with Prince William, the son of Louis, was born on April 23, 2018). She visited a reception at the Buckingham Palace in honor of the visit of the King and Queen of the Netherlands - putting on this occasion the blue dress Alexander McQueen and one of the favorite tears of the late mother of her husband Princess Diana.

The FSB is against the operation of the OneWeb satellite communications network in Russia, which is designed to provide global Internet coverage. This was reported by Reuters, citing a speech by FSB representative Vladimir Sadovnikov at a conference in Moscow (which one was not specified). According to Sadovnikov, Russia cannot verify OneWeb's claims that the system "is not of an intelligence nature and cannot harm the interests of individuals and society" in the Russian Federation.

WABC7 / AP / Scanpix / Leta Police car near Hillary and Bill Clintons in Chappakua On Wednesday, October 24, the secret service said that explosives were discovered in postal items addressed by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama . The Parcel Obama was sent to his house in Washington, and the Clinton package to her house in Chappakua, a suburbs of New York. The secret service report emphasizes that neither Obama nor Clinton was in danger.

A suspicious object, believed to be an explosive device, has been found at a CNN office in New York. The building has been cordoned off and evacuation is underway. According to NBC , CNN's "suspicious item" looks like explosive devices that were previously sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and George Soros. Another explosive device, according to CNN, was sent to the White House.

The Tver Region Commission on Pardons has once again recommended rejecting the petition of 78-year-old scientist Vladimir Lapygin, convicted of treason. This was reported by MBKh Media, citing human rights activist Zoya Svetova. According to the publication, the commission did not find “circumstances of significant importance for the application of the act of pardon” in relation to Lapygin and recommended that Russian President Vladimir Putin reject the corresponding request.

Film critic Anton Dolin explains why On October 25, in more than 10 Russian cities, a restored version of the film Andrei Tarkovsky “Stalker” is released in limited rental. The picture, based on the story of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, “Picnic on the side of the road,” was released in the USSR in 1979, and in 1980 received a prize of the ecumenical jury at the Cannes Film Festival (an independent award created by Christian cinema masters).

US National Security Advisor John Bolton said in Baku that the US is not currently considering introducing additional sanctions against Russia over the Skripal case . TASS and other Russian news agencies are reporting on this. According to these reports, Bolton explained that sanctions over chemical weapons use were imposed “four months ago,” and that additional sanctions would be decided in six months.

Counterfeiters began to counterfeit banknotes with a face value of 200 rubles, put into circulation in December 2017, follows from the report of the Bank of Russia. In the third quarter of 2018, three counterfeit 200-ruble bills were discovered in Russia. Earlier in the reports of the Central Bank, the counterfeiting of banknotes of this denomination was not reported. The first counterfeit banknotes of 2,000 rubles, also issued at the end of 2017, were discovered in February.