The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to completely break the Eucharistic communication with the Patriarchate of Constantinople. This, according to RIA Novosti , said the chairman of the department of external church ties of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropol of Volokolamsk Halarion, on Monday on Monday. "At a meeting of the Holy Synod, a decision was made on a complete breakdown of communication with the Patriarchate of Constantinople," he said.

“By the way, the cries about the destruction of the Orthodox Church in Ukraine are parked with a simple thesis - be such that people do not want to leave you, moreover, the new ones come to you,” writes a philosophy teacher on Facebook . "Good, loving, saints, spiritualized, gospel. Corresponding to what they must preach. There may be problems with part of the property, there may be questions with possible re -registration of parishes, even with the preservation of the previous name.

In the Khakassia, problematic for United Russia and the Kremlin of Khakassia, the representative of the growth party, Alexander Myakhar decided to withdraw his lawsuit to withdraw from the elections of the Communist Party of the Communist Party Valentin Konovalov and at the same time withdraw from the election himself. The second round of voting in the region should be scheduled for November 11.

The foreign ministers of 28 EU countries have approved a new regime for imposing sanctions against individuals and legal entities that, in the opinion of the community, are responsible for the creation and use of chemical weapons. The press service of the EU Council, whose meeting is taking place in Luxembourg, reported this on Monday, October 15.

British Prime Minister Teresa May London stated that London and Brussels have reached clarity under the conditions in which the UK will leave the EU. The prime minister’s statement was made on Monday during her speech in the House of the British Parliament communities, TASS reports. “The conditions for our exit from the EU are now clear,” she said.

Samara traffic police officers detained the second consecutive football player of the Local Club of the Wings of the Soviets on suspicion of driving vehicle. After the drunken midfielder Evgeny Bashkirov, they came across 23-year-old defender Georgy Tigiev, who was supposedly under the influence of drugs.

China announced the completion of the construction of its part of the first railway bridge crossing Nizhneleninskoye (Jewish Autonomous Region) - Tunjiang (North -East Chinese Province of Heilongjiang) across the Amur River, TASS reports. China began to build its part of the bridge in February 2014, and the other day the workers installed the last steel beam between the supports of the bridge, completing the construction of 17 spans.

US President Donald Trump in his big interview with CBS said on Sunday, October 14, which allows the possibility of involvement of Russian President Vladimir Putin in murders and poisoning. Answering the question of the correspondent of the “60 minutes” program Leslie Stal, whether Trump agrees that Putin is related to murders and poisoning, the US president replied: “Yes, probably has.

Ex-Minister of Labor and Employment of the Saratov Region Natalya Sokolova, who stated that pensioners can live 3.5 thousand rubles a month, received material assistance from the budget of the region every year. This was reported by the Medials 64 publication with reference to the response of the authorities to the chief editor of the local publication "Stroysar" Elena Nalimova.

Russian warships and aircraft are trying to provoke the British and Dutch marine infantry during the teachings of NATO for a polar circle. This was reported by The Telegraph newspaper with reference to the words of the head of the Military Directorate of the Netherlands Corps, General Jeff Mac Mutrie.

Alexei Navalny was released from the Ministry of Internal Affairs without charges. The opposition was reported in his Telegram channel . “Here, the power of the media. It is obvious that due to the noise in the media, which began after my post, the authorities began to sharply invent some new concept,” Navalny writes. According to him, he was given to sign "standard paper with an explanation of rights" and released without presenting anything. “It took everything for three minutes.

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo went with visits to Riyadh and Turkey in connection with the mysterious disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (other spelling options - Hakadzhdi, Khashukji, Kashikchi) after visiting the Saudi Arabic General Consults on October 2. On the afternoon of October 15, Pompeo flew to the capital of Saudi Arabia to personally meet with King Salman Ben Abdel Aziz Al Saud, CNN reports.

“The peculiarity of the current moment is that in the four years that have passed since the annexation of Crimea, anti-Russian sanctions have become a routine foreign policy of Western countries. Yesterday they were introduced because of Russian intervention in Ukraine, tomorrow they will be introduced because of attempts to interfere in the American elections,” - writes the editor-in-chief of the Daily Journal .

The Kensington Palace announced that the Duke and Duchess of the Sussex Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are expecting a child. Their firstborn will be born in the spring of 2019, according to the official Twitter of the Palace. The child of Prince Harry, if this is a son, will become the seventh in line for the British throne.

In the Omsk colony of maximum regime N6 on the night of October 7 , a massive fight of prisoners occurred . According to the FSIN, more than 150 people participated in the riots. The next day, riot police were introduced into the colony, more than 40 people were injured, at least one got into intensive care, some were taken to other colonies. According to the authorities, the prisoners demanded a serious relief of the regime - permission to use mobile phones and free movement between units.