at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre Ksenia Sobchak on Tuesday, October 24, held the first press conference on participation in the presidential elections in 2018. On it, the TV presenter spoke about her headquarters and a number of key points of the election campaign. The head of Sobchak's campaign headquarters will be Igor Malashenko, a political scientist who worked with Boris Yeltsin in 1996.

A council of 15 doctors drew up a treatment plan for the Ekho Moskvy journalist. The vocal cords of the radio presenter are not affected, doctors are counting on a favorable outcome of treatment, the editor-in-chief of the radio station Alexei Venediktov said after talking with Moscow Vice Mayor Leonid Pechatnikov. Boris Grits, who was detained during the attack, has been assigned a forensic psychiatric examination, the investigative committee of the Russian Federation said .

The information system of the international airport in Odessa was subjected to a hacker attack on October 24, the press service of the air harbor reported. According to the Front News portal , the work of Kiev metro systems was disrupted. In addition, the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine reported that in connection with receiving a number of reports about the growth of the cyber threat, measures are being taken to improve information security. The ministry website is temporarily down.

The Presnensky Court of Moscow sent Boris Grits under arrest to a pre-trial detention center, who attacked Tatyana Felgenhauer, the host of Ekho Moskvy. During today's meeting, he asked not to deprive him of his freedom, while partially admitting his guilt. “Gritz partially pleaded guilty to committing the crime he was accused of. He stated that he had inflicted bodily harm on the journalist, but explained that he had no intent to kill, ” Interfax quotes an investigator who spoke in court.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, October 24, approved the order to legalize cryptocurrencies by July 1, 2018, according to the website . Kremlin The government and the Central Bank are instructed to prepare amendments to the legislation that will define such concepts as "digital mortgage", "token", "cryptocurrency", "smart contract". Mining entities will be subject to registration and taxation.

Ekho Moskvy journalist Tatyana Fengelgauer, who survived the attack, regained consciousness. Relatives were admitted to her room, through whom she gave the letter to friends. The attack on the journalist took place on the afternoon of October 23. A man with a knife came to the office and hit her in the throat. The presenter was taken to the Research Institute. Sklifasovsky, where the operation was performed.

Ekho Moskvy journalist Tatyana Fengelgauer, who survived the attack, regained consciousness. Relatives were admitted to her room, through whom she gave the letter to friends. The attack on the journalist took place on the afternoon of October 23. A man with a knife came to the office and hit her in the throat. The presenter was taken to the Research Institute. Sklifasovsky, where the operation was performed.

This information was announced during the trial on changing the measure of restraint to the ex-director of the NK Berdyaush company, Ekaterina Krasnikhina, who is accused of embezzlement committed by a group of people and on an especially large scale, Novaya Gazeta writes . As it turned out in court, the deal on the acquisition by Artem Chaika of Non-metallic Company Berdyaush LLC was not closed.

In Chechnya, a senior lieutenant, dissatisfied with his dismissal from military service, opened fire on the National Guardsmen. Five people were killed in a shootout on October 23, including the perpetrator. On the same day in Armenia, a Russian serviceman shot himself after killing a colleague.

The agency cannot disseminate its information, told Ekho Moskvy Aleksey Gorshkov, First Deputy General Director of the Interfax Agency, . All services are unavailable for use. Every step is being taken to restore the agency and deliver information to subscribers. The website of the online publication Fontanka is also unavailable. “Hack attack on our server. We have serious technical problems, the site may be unavailable for several hours.

Amendments allowing blocking the websites of undesirable organizations without trial may be adopted by deputies as early as Thursday, October 26, RBC reports , citing Leonid Levin, head of the State Duma committee on information policy. On October 24, the Council of the Duma supported the bill, on October 25 it will be done by the Committee on Information Policy.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov expressed his sympathy to the journalist of "Echo of Moscow" Tatyana Felgenhauer. He stated that she "was attacked by a madman, " Interfax reports . When asked if the attack on Felgenhauer was connected with the growth of aggression against independent journalists, Peskov answered in the negative.

reports on Tuesday, October 24 The Communist Party of China (CCP) entered the name of General Secretary Xi Jinping into the Party Charter during his lifetime, equating him with Mao Zedong, The Guardian . The decision was made at the 19th CPC Congress in Beijing.

Igor Malashenko received an offer to head the headquarters of Ksenia Sobchak shortly before the press conference. about this The political strategist told Dozhd on Tuesday, October 24. Malashenko added that he had been talking about his position with Sobchak for an hour. “It took Yeltsin about fifteen minutes for me to leave his office as the head of his headquarters,” the political strategist noted.

Updated: according to the director of the Sklifosovsky Research Institute, Sergey Petrikov, Tatyana Felgenhauer in consciousness. All consequences associated with a wound are eliminated. This was reported by the telegram channel Varlamov News with reference to Interfax. On the air of Echo of Moscow, Elena Felgenhauer said that Tatyana was transferred to intensive care. In this case, this indicates an improvement in the condition, she noted.