In Russia, bread may rise in price: against the backdrop of rising prices for wheat and, accordingly, for flour, producers are asking retail chains to raise selling prices. According to Kommersant , we are talking about an increase of 8-12%. Thus, the large Krasnoyarsk bread producers Yarkhleb LLC and Dikhleb LLC warned retail chains about an increase in selling prices by an average of 8-12%.

The collapse of the INF will mean the collapse of the entire defense strategy of Russia Another "outstanding politician of our time," President Trump, announced his withdrawal from the key Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty). This treaty, signed by the USSR and the US in 1987, significantly reduced the likelihood of a major war in Europe.

2018 became the leader in the number of arrests of peaceful protesters in Russia For the first six months in Russia, 1,492 people were involved in violations during mass actions, almost one in ten was arrested. According to the "Apology of Protest" , basically the defendants in the cases received various fines (1227 people), 142 people were arrested, 123 were assigned compulsory work.

The head of the Turkish opposition Rodina party, Dogu Perincek, announced the discovery of the remains of The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared after visiting the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. It is reported by Haberler . The remains of the journalist were allegedly found in the well of the garden on the territory of the residence of the ambassador of the kingdom. This information has not been officially confirmed. Khashoggi disappeared on 2 October.

The management of news agencies and TV channels asked their employees not to mention the shooting at the American Columbine school in connection with the events in Kerch. This is reported by the "Project" with reference to the employees of three publications. According to one of the editors of the state media, at the morning meeting on October 18, it was said that it was forbidden to draw analogies with Columbine, reports the Project.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill allowing to recognize foreign non-governmental organizations as “undesirable” for interfering in elections “If an international or foreign non-governmental organization violates the ban and tries to influence the choice of our citizens, it is recognized as undesirable and must immediately stop its activities,” said State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin, noting that this is an initiative of all political factions.

Secretary of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate Igor Yakimchuk said that the Russian Orthodox Church is not obliged to obey the decisions of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. “The Orthodox Ecumenical Council does not provide for special privileges for the Patriarchate of Constantinople. Except for privileges of honor, which do not give any authority outside the boundaries of this church.

The Sirius Educational Center, founded on the initiative of Vladimir Putin, is given the status of a "scientific valley" and transferred to the Olympics arena in Sochi writes Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the initiative to create an innovative scientific and technological center on the territory of the Sirius educational center and the Olympic Park in Sochi, RBC with reference to the head of Sirius, Elena Shmeleva.

Ella Pamfilova invited me to the office and said that she had heard my arguments and was ready to help Today I spoke at the Central Election Commission as part of a discussion on changing election laws. My task is simple: to defend the right of independent candidates to participate in elections. In particular, in the elections of the Moscow parliament, which will be held next year.

The “Police Ombudsman” public page, which previously posted a vote on who is right - Alexei Navalny or Viktor Zolotov, is being closed for political reasons. Navalny wrote about this in his blog . “A group of police officers, apparently, at the direction of their superiors, wrote complaints that their personal data was posted in this public, and they demand to block it on this basis. The judge there, Marina Vasina, is the one who considered Usmanov's claim against me.

Russian President Vladimir Putin received US National Security Adviser John Bolton in the Kremlin. This was reported on the Kremlin website . From the Russian side, the meeting was attended by Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of the Security Council Nikolai Patrushev.

The former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's headquarters in Kaliningrad, the hero of Andrey Loshak's film "The Age of Disagreement", Yegor Chernyuk, asked for political asylum in the United States. This is reported by MBKh Media with reference to lawyer Maria Bontsler, who previously defended Chernyuk in court. “Yegor wrote to me yesterday, saying that he applied for political asylum in the United States, hired a lawyer and he needs my petition.

Norilsk Nickel, together with the foundation of Ekaterina Tikhonova, who is considered the daughter of President Vladimir Putin, became a co-founder of the ANO Innovative Engineering Center. According to the BBC Russian Service , the main activity of the center is advising on commercial activities and management, and Nikolai Kolpakov is listed as its general director. According to The Bell, investments in the pilot version of the project will amount to 1.05 billion rubles.

The Krasnodar Regional Court released lawyer Mikhail Benyash from a pre-trial detention center on bail of 600,000 rubles. The day before, President of the Federal Chamber of Lawyers of the Russian Federation Yuri Pilipenko asked the prosecutor of the Krasnodar Territory to facilitate the release of Benyash and take his case under personal control, RAPSI reports .

Russia has appealed against the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague to award compensation to Ukrainian investors for the loss of assets in Crimea. It is reported by RBC with reference to the Ministry of Justice.