The Spanish government has appointed Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as the new head of Catalonia, BBC Russian Service reports on Saturday, October 28 . also The newspaper El Mundo claims that the former president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, could face a prison term if he does not resign. The newspaper was told about this by sources in the Spanish government. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Puigdemont's resignation on 27 October.

Swedish rescuers found a Russian on the Grit archipelago, who laid out the word HELP with moss, SVT TV channel reports on Saturday, October 28 . On October 23, the man went by boat to the coast of Spain. Contact was soon lost with him. Relatives of the missing man contacted the Swedish rescue service. On October 27, rescuers found his belongings and parts of the boat near Hartsen Island. The Russian is now in the hospital, nothing threatens his life and health.

The Ministry of Education and Science refused to deprive the academic degree of Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, according to the website of the Ministry of Education and Science . Minister of Education and Science Olga Vasilyeva signed the relevant order on the night of October 28. The document says that the decision is made on the basis of the conclusion of the expert council of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) on history.

In St. Petersburg, at the Serafimovsky cemetery, on Saturday, October 28, a monument was opened to the victims of the A321 plane crash over the Sinai Peninsula, reports . the Smolny press service The memorial is called "Folded Wings". It is installed at the burial site of the unidentified remains of the victims of the terrorist attack. An alley with thujas is planted near the memorial. Flowers were laid at the monument by the governor of St. Petersburg Georgy Poltavchenko.

A parody of an interview with Ksenia Sobchak to Yuri Dudya was filmed in the program “Evening Urgant”. The video is posted on the transfer page in Youtube . Urgant performed in the same wig that the presenter wore when he parodied Sobchak's video in which she announced that she was running for president.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky will not financially help TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak in the presidential elections. The former head of Yukos spoke about this in a video posted on his Facebook page . According to Khodorkovsky, there will be “elections without a choice” in 2018, so there is no point in sponsoring Sobchak. At the same time, the businessman noted that the TV presenter is not a "creature of the Kremlin" and plays the game that she is allowed to play, like all other politicians in Russia.

In Syria, 131 citizens of the Russian Federation died in the first nine months of 2017. This is evidenced by a document from the Russian consulate, which was at the disposal of Reuters . The document is a certificate of death of Sergei Poddubny, issued by the consular department of the Russian Embassy in Syria. The reference number is 131. The consulate confirmed to Reuters that the number is issued sequentially with each new certificate about the deceased Russian.

The Spanish government has fired Catalan police chief Pere Solera, BBC reported on Saturday, October 28 . Soler's dismissal was the first action taken by Madrid since the Spanish government stripped Catalonia of its autonomy. Meanwhile, in Barcelona, ​​there are demonstrations of supporters and opponents of independence from Spain. Madrid introduced direct control of Catalonia on October 27 after the declaration of independence of the autonomy was adopted in the local parliament .

A federal grand jury upheld the first charges filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the case of Russian interference in the presidential election, CNN reports on Saturday, October 28 . The accused can be detained as early as Monday, October 30th. What kind of charges and to whom they are brought, is still unknown. According to CNN, we can talk about financial fraud discovered during the investigation. During the 2016 US presidential election, the mail of the Democratic Party was hacked.

Mandatory discos are being held in schools in the Kursk region in order to prevent students from attending the rally of Alexei Navalny. On Saturday, October 28, the oppositionist announced this in his blog . According to Navalny, 51 schools in the region will have a paid disco from 17:00 to 19:00. At the same time, attendance is strictly required. Absence is allowed only on a note from the parents, but schoolchildren will be called home and checked on the spot.

A parody of an interview with Ksenia Sobchak to Yuri Dudya was filmed in the program “Evening Urgant”. The video is posted on the transfer page in Youtube . Urgant performed in the same wig that the presenter wore when he parodied Sobchak's video in which she announced that she was running for president.