Former German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder will sue the Bild newspaper for publishing an interview with Alexei Navalny, where he called Schroeder "Putin's errand boy." In an interview published on October 6, Navalny said he had no doubt that Schroeder was "receiving secret payments" from the Russian authorities. At the same time, Navalny emphasized that he had no documents that could prove this.

Updated . The detainees were released on a promise to appear. They will be brought to administrative responsibility for participating in an unauthorized rally, told Interfax . Mansur Gilmanov, a lawyer for the Protest Apologia, In Moscow, two members of Pussy Riot were detained, who on the morning of October 7 hung rainbow flags on government buildings in the center of Moscow. It is reported by "Rain" with reference to Maria Alyokhina.

Former police officer Derek Chauvin, accused of killing African American George Floyd , has been released from prison on $1 million bail. It is unclear where Chauvin got the money to pay his bail. The officer is now scheduled to appear in court on March 8, 2021. The former police officer has been in custody since late May. He is charged with second-degree murder ; if convicted, the former police officer faces up to 40 years in prison.

ODD andersen / AFP / Scanpix / Leta; Stephen Lam / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta The Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020 received pioneers of the method of editing genomes using the CRISPR/CAS9 system - Emmanuel Charpentier and Jennifer Dudna. This method is one of the most famous breakthroughs in biology in recent years, and in science in general. He discovered a direct path to the technology of real (and not symptomatic) treatment of genetic diseases.

Writer-satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky will no longer be engaged in concert activities. This was reported to RIA Novosti by his representative Oleg Stashkevich. Artists need to have the courage to leave the stage in time. Zhvanetsky has this courage - to leave the stage in time, not to delay. He is a realist and said that it is not necessary to go on stage. Get old at home. A person loses some kind of working capacity, his usual, why demonstrate it?

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs — Russia, the United States and France — will hold talks in the coming days to resolve the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced. According to Le Drian, the meetings will take place on October 8 in Geneva and on October 12 in Moscow. He did not specify in what composition the negotiations will be held.

What Putin revealed in the long-awaited finale of his ‘TASS’ interview, in brief On Wednesday, October 7, Vladimir Putin’s 68th birthday, the state news agency TASS released the final part of a lengthy interview with the Russian President. Here’s what he said during the finale, in a nutshell. In high school, I wanted to be like [Soviet intelligence officer] Richard Sorge . Who was an influential figure for my children ? Me, I hope. My grandchildren are still small.

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Germany and France are planning to share proposals for additional sanctions against Russia with their European partners, in response to the poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny . This was announced in a joint statement from the two countries on Wednesday, October 7. “France and Germany have repeatedly called on Russia to fully investigate the circumstances of this crime and to account for the perpetrators. No credible explanation has been provided by Russia so far.

In South Africa, an insight joined the highway, passing along Cape Cape Point, and almost won! One of the participants in the competition shot the bird. The ostrich managed to bypass all his rivals, but he was never depressed behind the leader. At some point, ostrich reconciled with the second place and went about his business. Daniel SASS

Germany and France will offer EU partners to impose sanctions against Russia due to the poisoning of politician Alexei Navalny. This is stated in a joint statement by the foreign ministries of the two countries. France and Germany have repeatedly called on Russia to investigate the circumstances of this crime and bring those responsible to justice, but Russia has not yet provided a convincing explanation.

‘Novaya Gazeta’ releases audio version of Anna Politkovskaya’s report on her first meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov To mark the fourteenth anniversary of journalist Anna Politkovskaya’s murder, the producers of Novaya Gazeta’s podcast “Chto Novogo” (What’s New) released an audio recording of her report on her first meeting with Ramzan Kadyrov. The voiceover, including quotes from both Politkovskaya and Kadyrov, was recorded by Russian actress and director Yulia Aug.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Surprisingly, in Kyrgyzstan the revolution is again. Why did it happen? And why no one was waiting for a new uprising, although they take place in the country once every few years? On October 5, parliamentary elections were held in Kyrgyzstan. It was announced that the victory was won by parties related to the country's president, Naroronbai Jeenbekov and the former deputy head of customs, Ramim Matraimov.

English football club Arsenal have fired the green dinosaur Gunnersaurus, the team's mascot, which has entertained fans since 1993. The point, of course, is the coronavirus. The man who portrayed the dinosaur is called Jerry Quai. He has been a fan of Arsenal for almost 60 years. Once, for the sake of a home match, he even missed his brother's wedding. At the same time, Kuai worked part-time at the club. Arsenal earn around £3.2 million per match from spectators.

Rosnano head Anatoly Chubais has contracted the coronavirus. He wrote about it on Facebook. After a business trip, I got a positive test for covid. There is a slight fever and cough. I switched to self-isolation, but the working capacity is fully preserved. <...> Do not underestimate the danger, take care of yourself, wear masks and gloves. In recent weeks, a new rise in the incidence of COVID-19 has been observed in Russia.