One of the last classics of Russian literature writer Vladimir Makanin died on November 1, 2017. Recently, he lived in the village of Krasny Rostov Region. NT published an interview with the writer before presenting him with the National Literary Prize “Big Book -2008” for the novel about Chechnya “Asan” Vladimir Makanin. Photo: Lentka.com Asan has just come out, the work was large. I have just moved away a little from the text.

In the United States, an unidentified gunman shot and killed three people in a Colorado supermarket, according to Thursday, November 2, CNBC . The shooter has not yet been identified. His motives are also still unknown. According to eyewitnesses, they were fired about 30 shots. At the same time, witnesses say that he chose his targets by chance, shooting the first visitors to the shopping center he saw. The police blocked the streets leading to the supermarket.

US President Donald Trump believes that Saifullo Saipov, who hit people in New York with a car, deserves the death penalty. “He killed 8 people, seriously injured 12. He should be executed,” Trump said. Previously, he also called for the abolition of the green card draw, as the terrorist came to the states by winning a visa in such a lottery. The FBI also found 32-year-old Muhammadzoir Kadyrov, presumably also an immigrant from Uzbekistan, in the case of the terrorist attack, BBC reports .

The Tretyakov Gallery's Twitter account was hacked on the night of Thursday, November 2. Unidentified people posted a video filmed by the team of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. “Our twitter was hacked last night, after which materials were posted that have nothing to do with the museum and its activities,” the museum said .

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, spoke in favor of burying the body of Vladimir Lenin. To bury, in his opinion, the body of Imam Shamil Hadji Murad is also necessary. “I am personally convinced that it is enough to stare at the corpse of Lenin. And it is high time to bury the leader of the revolution, this is both reasonable and humane. A whole research institute is working on Lenin's body. Near his body is on duty around the clock security.

Businessman German Sterligov on Thursday, November 2, announced on his VKontakte page that he was selling stores of the Bread and Salt chain because of the demands of the prosecutor's office to stop discrimination against gays. "Bread and Salt" became famous thanks to the signs in the windows, which said in a rude manner that gays were not allowed to enter the store.

Aslan Iritov, the head of the initiative group of residents of the Volny aul, and his brother Beslan, a criminal case was opened for an attack on a police officer, Dozhd reports , citing the words of the activist's daughter, Lilia Iritova. A police officer who allegedly suffered from Aslan Iritov's attack received four stitches. But the daughter of the activist, who has no hands, claims that it was the police who beat their family.

The Directorate of the FSB of Russia for the Republic of Crimea opened three criminal cases on the facts of sabotage on two gas pipelines and power lines in the south of the peninsula, Interfax reports . “There are no detainees, accused, suspects yet,” said a spokesman for the UFSB press service. As the head of the Crimea Sergey Aksyonov said , emergency and restoration work on the damaged areas in the area of ​​gas distribution stations has been completed.

November is a gloomy month, pre-winter. In our cold country, officialdom in November always celebrated its official holiday: the Day of Blood, the coup, the day of military parades, bloody flags and ballistic missiles rolling around Red Square.

The Russian authorities reacted to the statement of politician Alexei Navalny about a lawsuit against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin reported that they were not involved in issuing permits for public actions and did not give any instructions to city administrations, reports Dozhd . “We do not give permission (to hold rallies). Not our prerogative, ”the channel quotes the words of the press secretary of the president, Dmitry Peskov.

Kirill Serebrennikov, director and artistic director of the Gogol Center, was nominated for the Golden Mask award for staging the play Akhmatova. A poem without a hero" and the opera "Chaadsky". For the opera Chaadsky, he also claims to receive an award in the nomination “The work of a costume designer in a musical theater,” according to the Golden Mask website . Forming the list of nominees, the experts watched 832 performances from various Russian cities.

Spain's National Court ordered the arrest of eight former members of the regional government of Catalonia, reports on Thursday, November 2, the newspaper El Pais . The former vice-president of Catalonia Oreol Junqueras will also be taken into custody. Everyone, except counselor Santi Villa, was denied bail by the court. Villa can avoid imprisonment for €50,000.

reports on Thursday, November 2 Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the retired governors at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, TASS . For some unknown reason, the former governor of the Pskov region Andrey Turchak was absent from the meeting. Putin promised state awards to all retired heads of regions.

Elections of the President of the Russian Federation - from coronation to farce Unlike world news, Russian news breathes peace and tranquility: " Gordon said she would take Putin's advice if she became president." So, the coming of President Ekaterina Gordon does not promise us shocks, President Gordon will take into account the experience of his predecessors, there is no reason for concern.

Writer Vladimir Makanin died on November 2 at the age of 81, according to the Eksmo publishing house . The funeral will take place on November 3 at the cemetery of the village of Krasny, Rostov Region, where the writer lived. Vladimir Makanin published his first novel, Direct Line, in 1965. In 1971, his story "Fatherless" was published. Subsequently, almost every year he published a new book. One of his most famous works is the novel Underground, or a Hero of Our Time (1999).