Russia filled the empty seats left by Western countries that boycotted the Saudi Davos in the Desert conference: Moscow sent more delegates to Riyadh, writes The Times . “About 40 politicians and businessmen from the US and Europe refused to participate in the Future Investment Initiative when evidence emerged that Saudi Arabia was involved in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

At the moment, the United States is not considering imposing additional sanctions against Russia, said Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security John Bolton. “The US imposed sanctions on Russia four months ago in connection with the Skripal case. US practice is such that the issue of additional sanctions is considered after six months. Sanctions are imposed or removed depending on the actions of the country.

Updated: CNN writes that due to a suspicious package in New York, the building where their office is located was evacuated. Also reported is the interception of a bomb directed at the White House. A homemade bomb was found in a package that was meant for Bill and Hillary Clinton. writes about it The New York Times . The bomb was similar to the one found in the mailbox of philanthropist George Soros on October 22.

Chinese banks are blocking or delaying the operations of Russian companies. Representatives of three Russian and two Chinese banks with branches in both countries explained to Kommersant that the problem initially appeared after the first rounds of sanctions at the end of 2014, by the end of 2015 it was “more or less resolved” and until the beginning of 2018 the situation remained stable.

The Commission on Legislative Activities of the Government of the Russian Federation approved a bill establishing a list of acceptable gifts for civil servants. The existing legislation allows giving ordinary gifts to civil servants and officials if their value does not exceed 3 thousand rubles, now it is proposed to limit gifts not by amount, but by a specific list, Interfax reports . The bill provides that gifts will be allowed in connection with protocol and other official events.

The FSB advocates limiting the work on the territory of the Russian Federation of the American OneWeb project, within the framework of which it is planned to provide the entire planet with broadband satellite Internet. This was stated by the representative of the department Vladimir Sadovnikov, reports Reuters .

On October 26, the Presidential Council for Interethnic Relations will approve a draft of a new version of the state policy strategy, developed by the Federal Agency for Nationalities. The provisions on the “state-forming role of the Russian people” and the “civilizational cultural code” that disappeared from the previous version will be returned to the document. It is reported by Kommersant .

Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, spoke about the growing level of terrorist activity and the high probability of the penetration of international terrorists into the regions of Siberia. According to him, 56 criminal cases on crimes of a terrorist nature have been opened in the Siberian Federal District in nine months, TASS reports .

Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security John Bolton did not rule out the possibility of a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington. “We expect a full-scale meeting to be discussed in Paris, and first there will be the possibility of a full-fledged summit in Washington next year, followed by a return visit by Trump to Moscow later in the year. But both leaders will have to discuss this, ”Bolton told Interfax .

According to a survey conducted by the Zoom market marketing agency, residents of Saratov, Khanty-Mansiysk and Perm topped the rating of the most drinking cities in Russia. Next on the list are Saransk, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Rostov-on-Don, Chelyabinsk, Khabarovsk, Novokuznetsk, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Voronezh, Lipetsk, Krasnodar, Moscow, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Samara, Omsk, Vladivostok, Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan.

The National Assembly of Armenia, at its special meeting on October 24, did not elect the only candidate, Nikol Pashinyan, as the country's prime minister. No one voted for his candidacy, 1 deputy voted against, 11 abstained, NEWS.am reports . Pashinyan resigned on October 16, directly stating the main goal - to provoke early parliamentary elections in December. According to the Constitution, Parliament can be dissolved if it does not elect the head of government twice.

Insurance companies have not applied for a tender to insure risks during the launch of the Soyuz-FG rocket with the Progress MS-10 transport cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station. According to Prime , the Center for the Operation of Ground-Based Space Infrastructure Objects (TsENKI) expected to insure the launch for 3.2 billion rubles, while the maximum cost of the insurance premium was 116 million rubles. However, no applications were submitted.

The court session in the case of the Seventh Studio was postponed due to the illness of the lawyer Ksenia Karpinskaya, Anna Shalashova, assistant to the artistic director of the Gogol Center, said. “The beginning of the trial will be postponed until next week due to the emergency hospitalization of lawyer Alexei Malobrodsky Ksenia Karpinskaya. We will announce the start date of the trial soon,” she wrote on Facebook. Consideration of the case on the merits was to begin on 25 October.

Unknown sent bombs to Obama, Clintons, Soros, and CNN US law enforcement intercepted several bombs that were directed at the White House, former US President Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton and billionaire George Soros. Due to a bomb threat, the building with the CNN office in New York was evacuated. The US Secret Service released an official statement in which it said that its employees intercepted two suspicious packages that were sent to Hillary Clinton and Obama.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation opened a case of abuse of office (part 1 of article 286 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) against Sochi Vice Mayor Ivan Bomberger. This is stated on the website of the UK.