The explosion thundered in the Swedish city of Helsingborg, as a result no one was injured, but the building was badly damaged, the local edition of Expressen reports. The windows are knocked out even in the building opposite. After the explosion in the police station, a fire occurred, which was extinguished. The police in the city were transferred to an enhanced regime, checkpoints are exhibited. But nothing is reported about the detention of the suspects.

Soviet gymnast, two-time Olympic champion Tatyana Gutsu said that in 1991, when she was 15 years old, she was allegedly raped by team partner Vitaly Shcherbo. According to her, this happened during the competition in Stuttgart. “Vitaly Shcherbo is a monster, because of which I lived in captivity of my own fears for so many years. I know you'll be defensive, but my details are much stronger than your words. I am stronger now than ever.

The Russian government has submitted a draft law on currency regulation and control to the State Duma, according to the website of the parliament. The document proposes to consider all citizens of the Russian Federation abroad as currency residents. At the same time, those who live in another country for more than 183 days will be relieved of currency control. Under current legislation, Russians who permanently or temporarily reside abroad for at least one year are recognized as non-residents.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping, speaking at the opening of the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CCP), promised to make China a superpower by 2050, The Guardian reports on Wednesday, October 18 . According to the General Secretary of the CPC, China has made a "historic breakthrough" in national defense and military reform. Xi Jinping spoke out against isolationism, saying that no country can hide on its own island.

Director of the Sobesednik publishing house, businessman Levon Hayrapetyan has died at the age of 67. Since 2016, he has been serving a sentence in a general regime colony in Mordovia. According to the editors of Sobesednik , the day before, on October 17, he had a pressure of 84/44, but he was not placed in a medical institution of the IK, limited to an examination. The death of a businessman was reported by the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan.

The artist Peter Pavlensky, who set fire to the Bank of France, was transferred to a psychiatric hospital. His ally, also detained at the place of arson, is still in conclusion, reports Le Figaro . Pavlensky was detained by the police in Paris during the action, during which he set fire to the Bank of France.

Four months before the presidential elections in Russia, the Kremlin decided on the main intrigue of the election campaign: what will be the rivals of President Vladimir Putin. Officials have decided that Putin's main opponent, Alexei Navalny, founder of the Anti-Corruption Foundation, will not be registered as a candidate, BBC Russian Service reports .

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny, in his blog on Wednesday, October 18, responded to a BBC report that the Kremlin had decided not to allow the politician to participate in the 2018 presidential elections. In his blog, Navalny, who is serving an administrative arrest for calling for participation in an uncoordinated action, writes that he heard the news about his inadmissibility on the radio in the morning. “Even my cellmate is laughing: what did they decide for everyone?

reports on Wednesday, October 18 The Russian State Library (RSL) in Moscow was evacuated while trying to get an abstract from the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation Vladimir Medinsky, RBC . The library's public relations department said the evacuation began at around 11:30 a.m. Andrey Zayakin, co-founder of Dissernet, told RBC that people were taken outside “under the appearance of a fire” at the moment when an attempt was made to gain access to Vladimir Medinsky’s abstract.

American writer George Saunders won the 2017 Booker Prize for his novel Lincoln at the Bardo. The name of the winner was announced at a ceremony in London on the evening of October 17th. Saunders will receive a £50,000 bonus. Lincoln in the Bardo is based on historical events - in the winter of 1862, during the Civil War, President Lincoln's son, Willie, died.

FSB officers detained Svetlana Alekseeva, deputy head of the financial and economic department of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia. She may be charged in the case of the deputy director of the service, Oleg Korshunov, RBC reports .

The Investigative Committee of Russia found that there was no alcohol in the blood of a six-year-old child who died in an accident in Balashikha. This was reported on the website of the department on Wednesday, October 18. The investigation opened a case under Part 1 of Art. 293 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (negligence) against the doctor of the Bureau of Forensic Medical Examination Mikhail Kleimenov, who did a blood test of the child.

reports on Wednesday, October 18 In the Krasnodar Territory, a criminal case was opened against the poet Maxim Drozdov for insulting the feelings of atheists, RTVI . According to Drozdov's lawyer Alexei Avanesyan, the criminal case was opened on October 4. We are talking about two poems by Drozdov, which he published in the Patriotic Creativity community on VKontakte.

TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak on Wednesday, October 18, on the air of the Dozhd TV channel , said that she could withdraw her candidacy in favor of Alexei Navalny if he obtained registration from the authorities.

The Government of the Russian Federation approved the postponement of holidays in 2018. The document, prepared by the Ministry of Labor, was signed by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, Dmitry Medvedev. New Year and Christmas holidays for residents of Russia will last from December 30 to January 8. In February, it is proposed to celebrate Defender of the Fatherland Day from February 23 to 25.