The Spanish authorities, which last week demanded an unambiguous response from Catalonia regarding the proclamation of the region’s independence and received a vague statement from Barcelona about the need for dialogue, nominated a new ultimatum. Deputy Prime Minister of Spain Sorai Saenz de Santamaria said that the head of the autonomous region, Carles Puchdemon, is obliged until Thursday, October 19, to declare that he did not proclaim the independence of Catalonia.

The Valaam Spaso-Preobrazhensky Stavropigial Monastery announced the “unwanted” presence on the island of the participants of the Blog Tour “Valaam Archipelago: People, the State, the Russian Orthodox Church”, which organized the magazine “7x7”. Earlier, this publication published investigations dedicated to the income of the monastery and conflicts between the monastery and the inhabitants of the island.

In the French resort of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, the most expensive private house in the world has been put up for sale. The early 19th century mansion was owned by King Leopold II of Belgium, French winemakers and an Italian international alcohol company.

According to the CEC of Kyrgyzstan, during the presidential election in the Republic on Sunday, about 1.7 million citizens of 3.025 million people, included in lists with the right to vote, took part in the vote (this is how much the necessary procedure for registration on biometric data from more than 6 million of the population of Kyrgyzstan).

In Russia, it is believed that the ex-prime minister Uzoronbai Jeenbekov, the successor of the current head of state Almazbek Atambayev, will continue to develop friendly and allied relations between Russia and Kyrgyzstan, since, while still the Prime Minister, he did a lot to this.

In the Kazakhstan city of Petropavlovsk, the sewer broke through, and sewage fell into the Ishim River flowing through Western Siberia. In the Tyumen region, control over the quality of drinking water has been strengthened, according to the website of the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor on October 16. The study of laboratory samples of water selected in settlements along the Ishim river showed a short -term excess of ammonium ions in river water by 1.5 times.

The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) on Monday updated the rating of national teams as of October 2017. The Russian national team sank in it from the 64th to the record low for itself 65th place. The wards of Stanislav Cherchesov held in the reporting period two control matches with the teams of South Korea (4: 2) and Iran (1: 1) and have 563 points in their asset.

The Air Force of the Israeli Defense Army (IDF) on Monday, October 16, at about 10 a.m. destroyed the east of Damascus from the Syrian anti-aircraft battery of the Russian-made S-200 SPRK, reports Newsru Israel with reference to the press service of the IDA. Four missiles were released by the target. The Haaretz newspaper reported that the attack was an answer to the shelling of Israeli aircraft that made an intelligence flight.

Mobile device chip maker Qualcomm has filed a lawsuit in Beijing's intellectual property court demanding a ban on the production of Apple smartphones in China, Bloomberg reports. It is reported that the Qualcomm lawsuit, which continues the patent war between Qualcomm and Apple, was filed on September 29, but it became known only last Friday. Qualcomm spokeswoman Christine Trimble said the company accuses Apple of using patents it owns without paying any royalties.

Mikhail Vinogradov “Yesterday I watched half of these “Sleepers” of yours. Since I was already prepared by watching the film “Crimea” last week (where everything is also not so linear), nothing distracts from the essence. I was expecting, of course, an obvious hell. And here, they write in social network statuses, “everything is complicated,” notes political scientist and president of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation Mikhail Vinogradov on Facebook .

In Kerch, at the opening of the Yekaterinburg exhibition "Living Pictures", artists made installation, drawing on the pavement a portrait of the last Russian emperor Nicholas II. The next day, October 15, the portrait turned out to be painted with black paint, the photo was published in the Kerch group on the VKontakte network. As indicated in the message, the portrait, which was part of the poster of the exhibition, ruined two hooligans.

Former head of the Office of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Maksimenko, accused of receiving a bribe from the criminal authority of Zachariah Kalashov nicknamed Shakro Molot, said on October 16 in court, where the investigation was considered to extend him an arrest that FSB investigators threatened him with a long term in the “most terrible” Russian colony if he refused to testify.

The Ka-52 Alligator Combat Helicopter, which during the Learning of the West-2017 launched an uncontrollable aviation missile towards the audience, gave a volley through a warehouse at the Pushkin airfield several hours later. This was reported by RBC with reference to a source close to the Ministry of Defense, as well as to the interlocutor in the aviation industry. Recall, on September 16, a group of helicopters flew out of the Pushkin airfield in the Leningrad Region at 14:00.

A long-time participant in the comedy show Comedy Club on the TNT channel, Garik Kharlamov, voiced warnings from the Yandex. Navigator mobile application for motorists, TASS reports. According to the channel's press service, Kharlamov voiced 130 phrases for the application that will help navigate the road. “For example, at an intermediate point, he suggests not to linger if there is no food there, and if you leave the given route, to find a turnaround yourself,” the press service reported.

The Moscow Football Club "Spartak" made an appeal to the fans before the match of the third round of the group stage of the UEFA Champions League with the Spanish Seville. "We convincingly ask to comply with the rules of behavior of fans during a sports competition and not use pyrotechnic products during the game. We remind you that from April 27, 2017, a law entered into force providing for a tightening of punishment for such offenses.