Russian President Vladimir Putin called for an end to military action in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Kremlin website reported. As noted in the statement, prior to this, Putin held a series of telephone conversations with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Putin also invited the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia to Moscow on October 9 for consultations mediated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Vladimir Putin is stepping up Russia’s diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, calling on both sides to cease hostilities immediately. Full-scale fighting resumed in the contested region on September 27 and has escalated to levels not seen in decades. According to an announcement released by the Kremlin, Putin has conducted a series of phone calls with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

In Moscow on the evening of October 8, the awards ceremony of the Moscow International Film Festival took place. The main prize "Golden George" went to the film "Blockade Diary" by Andrey Zaitsev. Rishi Pelham (Hilda) won the Best Director award. Best Actor went to Gur Bentwich (“Like Cheese in Butter”) and Best Actress to Megan Purvis (“Hilda”). The Special Jury Prize was awarded to the film "In the Shadows" directed by Erdem Tepegez. Nocturne by Gwangcho Jeon won Best Documentary.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation announced that it had uncovered a plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. Thirteen people who shared the ideas of the US Militia Movement were arrested as part of the investigation.

Germany and France have reportedly settled on EU sanctions against nine Russian state officials in response to the poisoning of opposition figure Alexey Navalny. Sources familiar with the EU negotiations told the newspaper Le Monde that the sanctions will target nine Russian nationals, all either members of the Putin administration or high-ranking state security officials. These individuals will be banned from entering EU territory and any assets they own in the European Union will be frozen.

Germany and France have decided on the option of sanctions against Russia due to the poisoning of Alexei Navalny, which will be proposed to be adopted at the EU level. Le Monde writes about this, citing sources. According to the publication, the sanctions list includes nine names from among employees of the presidential administration and law enforcement agencies. They will be banned from entering Europe and their assets in the EU will be frozen.

Rosprirodnadzor presented the results of extensive analyzes of water samples for the content of pollutants from the Avacha Bay area in Kamchatka. This is stated in the press release of the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia. In the analyzed samples, an excess of phosphate ion by 10.8 times, total iron by 6.7 times, and total phenol by 2.9 times was noted.

Evgeny Sofichuk / AP / Scanpix / Leta Hospital in Omsk, where Alexei Navalny was delivered. August 20, 2020 The Department of Transport of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Siberian Federal District has published a new report on the audit related to the hospitalization of Alexei Navalny in Omsk on August 20.

Netflix published the first teaser for the film "Mank" directed by David Fincher. The picture will be released on December 4. Netflix Mank is a black and white biographical film about Herman Mankevich. He was one of the most influential Hollywood screenwriters in the 1930s and 1940s. For the script for the film "Citizen Kane" he received the Academy Award. The main role in the film was played by Gary Oldman. Mank is the first full -length work of Fincher in six years.

We explain whether it is necessary to vaccine against influenza in a pandemic. As the Moscow City Hall violates the laws and exceeds the authority. There are fewer free beds in regions Good evening, This is the Medusa newsletter about the coronavirus during the pandemic. She comes out on weekdays instead of the "evening jellyfish." If one of your friends sent this letter to you and you have not yet been subscribed to the newsletter, subscribe here .

Can you distinguish a piece of ham from the moon in the eclipse? If you can, you will earn two points in the All-Russian School Olympiad in astronomy for grades 10-11. If anything, this is a real task, we have not come up with anything. In early October, a schoolgirl from St. Petersburg, who decided to prepare for the Olympics, drew attention to him. Actually, the task itself sounds like this: a participant needs to compare the images below with the names of objects.

The fire at the ammunition depot in the Ryazan region, which began on the afternoon of October 7, was localized. This was announced by Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Dmitry Bulgakov. According to Bulgakov, over the next 24 hours, aircraft and helicopters will "spill the entire territory of the arsenal and its perimeter as much as possible." As a result of the fire, 16 people were hospitalized, more than 20 buildings were damaged.

Russia now rejects such talk as ‘color revolution,’ but Vladimir Putin and Bill Clinton discussed removing Slobodan Milošević from power 20 years ago Petar Vujanic / Newsmakers / Getty Images A protester rips up one of Slobodan Milošević’s campaign posters in Belgrade. October 6, 2000. Meduza is reviewing the recently declassified transcripts of phone calls and meetings between President Bill Clinton and Vladimir Putin between 1999 and 2001.

Her members publicly admired Hitler and killed people. This did not interfere with the party to sit in the parliaments of Greece and Europe - and even be friends with Russia Alkis Konstantinidis / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta On October 7, 2020, the Athenian court began to make a decision in the case of the neo -Nazi party "Golden Dawn", which lasted five years, since April 2015.

A passenger on the Moscow-Anapa train bought all the seats in the compartment for his cats. Animals (and there are at least three of them) lay comfortably on the upper shelves. Apparently, it is more convenient for them to look out the window. The owner himself is located on the bottom shelf. A picture of a compartment with cats was posted on VK by a resident of Moscow, Ilya Khangireev.