The new defendant in the "Moscow case", Vladimir Yemelyanov , who is in pretrial detention, made an appeal in which he stated that he did not use violence against the Rosgvardiya officer. The text of the appeal, transmitted through a lawyer, was published by Dozhd. "As my lawyer told me, they will drown me and others, and our cases will be transferred from the Basmanny Court to the Moscow [City Court], then to the Supreme Court, and then to the European Court of Human Rights.

The final episode of the series Andrei Loshak “Holivar” about the history of Runet was released The seventh and last episode of the documentary series “Kholivar” was released on the YouTyub channel “Real Time”. Runet history. " In it, journalist Andrei Loshak talks about the formation of Russian YouTube and his heroes.

The Moscow City Court reduced the sentence handed down to former Interior Ministry Colonel Dmitry Zakharchenko on charges of taking a bribe, Interfax reports. The court decided to reduce the sentence to twelve and a half years in a strict regime colony. Earlier, Zakharchenko was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

The investigation charged Colonel General Khalil Arslanov, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, with major fraud. He pleads not guilty, Interfax reports, citing a source. According to the REN TV channel, Arslanov is accused of complicity in the theft of more than two billion rubles in public procurement. This information has not been officially confirmed.

Dutch police have arrested the 67-year-old father of a family that had been living in an isolated room on a farm in the province of Drenthe since 2010, Algemeen Dagblad reports. The publication cites his name as Gerrit-Jan van D. He is suspected of false imprisonment, money laundering and cruelty. The police believe that the people who lived on the farm were not there of their own free will. During the inspection of the house, the police found a large sum of money.

Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant Vasily Piskaryov The State Duma’s commission on foreign interference in Russia’s internal affairs has openly accused a number of news outlets based outside Russia of election violations. The committee’s chair, Vasily Piskaryov, first announced the accusations to the state-owned wire service Interfax .

US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have agreed that Turkey will suspend military operations in Syria for 120 hours. According to Reuters, citing Pence, during this time, the Kurdish military formations (YPG), created with the support of the United States, will have to withdraw their troops. The meeting between Pence and Erdogan in Ankara lasted twice as long as planned - more than four hours.

October 17. Türkiye - stubborn, Great Britain - shows flexibility ✉️ Erdogan, don't be a fool . Donald Trump wrote an emotional letter to President Recep Erdogan , in which he urged him to “not make himself a cool guy and not be a fool” and turn his operation against the Kurds, otherwise threatening to destroy the Turkish economy. Erdogan pretended not to be scared - and demonstratively threw the letter into the garbage bucket .

US President Donald Trump will host the 2020 G7 summit at his Trump Doral Golf Resort in Miami, Reuters reported. The summit will take place June 10-12, 2020, Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said. Mulvaney stressed that there is no conflict of interest in hosting the summit at Trump's resort, writes The New York Times. Mulvaney also noted that there is an ongoing discussion about whether Trump will invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the G7 summit.

The European Court of Human Rights has declared that the Ukrainian authorities violated the rights of five Ukrainian officials dismissed under the lustration law . This was reported on the court's website. The Court found that Ukraine had violated the right to a fair trial in respect of the first three applicants, as well as the right to respect for private and family life in respect of all plaintiffs. Each official was awarded compensation in the amount of five thousand euros.

Kenzo Tribouillan / AFP / Scanpix / Leta British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission Chairman Jean-Claude Junker announced that the parties had reached a new Brexit agreement. It implies a new way of resolving the issue of the border between the Republic of Ireland (EU country) and North Ireland (part of the UK).

Ivan Lyubshin was accused of three criminal cases due to comments on social networks, and now it has been opened by the fourth. His father believes that this is the revenge of the FSB Page of Ivan Lyubshin in VKontakte On October 17, in Kaluga, 36-year-old Ivan Lyubshin was sent under house arrest. In 2017, he was immediately accused of three criminal offenses: arousing hatred, rehabilitation of Nazism and the spread of pornography. The accusations were based on posts on VKontakte.

“St. John's wort” appeared in telegram - catalog of cats and dogs that need help The team of volunteers “Two Dogs” , attaching homeless animals, launched the St. John's wort-wing telegram. This is an interactive catalog of animals that can be taken home (for good or temporarily) or support with money - for example, pay for treatment. The creators claim that the “St. John's wort”, perhaps the first such project created for Telegram. The catalog is divided into several categories.

YouTube, LiveJournal, 2ch and fishki.net, following notification from Roskomnadzor, restricted access to materials that described how to illegally cross the state border of Russia. Roskomnadzor reported that Russian courts in 2019 declared illegal information published on 11 Internet pages. It talked about places where you can cross the border, and also described how to hide such actions.

Dmitry Dukhanin / Kommersant Vasily Piskarev The State Duma Commission to investigate the facts of foreign interference in the internal affairs of Russia accused the foreign media of violation of the electoral legislation. About this with reference to the head of the commission, Vasily Piskareva, reports Interfax .