The head of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency, Yuri Ganus, said at a conference in Colorado that thousands of changes could have been made to the database of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory to protect athletes who became officials. It is reported by The New York Times. In an interview with Interfax, Yuri Ganus said that "this was done for athletes who now occupy high positions." He noted that this is his guess.

Journalists from the investigative website Proekt say they began receiving threats after they started looking into the operations of Russian mercenaries and political strategists in Africa and the Middle East. Proekt says it has reason to believe the combatants and consultants in question may be working for Evgeny Prigozhin, the Russian catering magnate who has been linked to businesses that produce “Internet trolls” and online fake news, as well as the “Wagner” private military company.

The management of Pavel Durov's Telegram messenger may postpone the launch of the TON blockchain platform with the Gram cryptocurrency for six months or a year due to a court injunction in the United States. This was reported by Forbes and TASS, citing sources. According to Forbes, Pavel Durov's team expects to settle all contentious issues with the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which filed a lawsuit to suspend the ICO of the Telegram blockchain platform, during this time.

Journalists from the publication Proekt faced threats after they began working on articles about the activities of Russian mercenaries and political strategists in Africa and the Middle East, allegedly linked to businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin . "It all started in the spring with threats coming by mail, and it has reached its peak now," said Proekt editor-in-chief Roman Badanin in an interview with Reuters.

In the Kirov region, experts found alcohol in the blood of a six -year -old boy who was killed to death by the police. Relatives of the deceased child are afraid that the guilty of an accident may evade punishment. On behalf of the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, a new forensic medical examination was appointed. In July 2019, a six -year -old boy died in a road accident in the village of Buiskoye in the Urzhum district of the Kirov region.

Russia’s top anti-corruption activist takes on the American political scientist who wrote ‘The End of History’ Last week, Warsaw hosted the fourth Boris Nemtsov Forum , welcoming dozens of prominent experts, journalists, and activists to discuss “fighting fear in Russia and beyond.” On October 9, the conference featured a lecture by Stanford University Professor Francis Fukuyama (best known for his 1992 book about the ascendancy of Western-style liberal democracy, “The End of History and the

Actress Jennifer Aniston started Instagram and posted the first post - a selfie with her colleagues on the series “Friends”: Lisa Kudrou, Courtney Cox, Matt Leblan, David Schwimmer and Matthew Perry. “Now we are also friends on Instagram. Hi, Instagram 👋🏻, ”wrote Aniston. The actors got free time and they gathered for dinner at home at Courtney Cox and took a joint photo.

What Google showed at the presentation on October 15 Justin Lane / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Pixel 4 and Pixel XL About how the new Pixel phones will be, it was possible to learn for a long time - there were so many information leaks. Nevertheless, now they were finally officially introduced. The screens of the new “pixels” are made using OLED technology with an increased frequency of update - 90 hertz. Diagonal Pixel 4 - 5.7 inches, Pixel 4 XL - 6.3 inches.

American actor Neil Patrick Harris will star in the fourth part of the film “The Matrix,” Variety reports. It's unclear what role Harris will play. Warner Bros. Studio in August announced plans to film the fourth installment of the Matrix franchise. The film stars Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss, who starred in the first three films. Also in the fourth part will star actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (“Baywatch,” “Aquaman”), whose participation became known in October.

Wilbert Bijzitter / EPA / Scanpix / Leta The police in the Netherlands discovered a family who lived in the basement on an isolated farm for at least nine years, waiting for the end of the world. Five people aged 18 to 25 years and their father were found in a house located near the village of Ruinerwold in the province of Drenta in the northeast of the country. Also detained a 58-year-old Austrian named Joseph B. who he is his family is unknown.

On the CW channel, the last (fifteenth!) Season of the series "Supernatural" started. This is the longest fantasy show in the history of American television. Since the pilot episode, some spectators have already managed to graduate from school, go to the university, find a job, graduate from the university, get a family, change work, move to another country - and “supernatural” has not ended (and even remained in the list of the most rating projects CW).

Christopher Pike / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Chechen government head Ramzan Kadyrov. Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian outlet known for its investigative journalism, has released a report arguing that massive purges have shaken the Chechen ruling elite since August 2019. Local sources told Novaya Gazeta that high-ranking government officials in the Northern Caucasian republic have been arrested extralegally and sent to secret prisons in a wave of repressions.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia proposed that drivers could choose and buy vehicle numbers through the public services portal, TASS reports. The ministry proposes that on the website of public services it is possible to choose “beautiful” numbers with repeating numbers, letters, and any other free numbers.

They offered to give vaccination gifts, and teachers - hire to a contract Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The Nobel laureates in economics in 2019 were Abhijit Banerji, Esther Duffloo and Michael Kremer (USA). These are scientists who have come up with how to use truly effective point measures to combat poverty in developing countries-and how, in fact, to establish the degree of this effectiveness.

On October 15, the defendant of the Moscow Case Samariddin Rajabov was charged with the final edition, MBH Media reports with reference to the lawyer of the Human Rights Cards Sergey Badamshin. Rajabov was accused of a threat of violence to the younger police lieutenant Linnik during an inconsistent campaign on July 27. Earlier, Linnik claimed that Rajabov hit him with a bottle of water, but now he said that he took the bottle as a threat, since it made a sharp sound when falling to the ground.