The mayor of the city of Volokolamsk, Moscow Region, Pyotr Lazarev, resigned "for health reasons." First Deputy Mayor Tatyana Mozyr will act as head, TASS reports . In an interview with Meduza, Lazarev did not answer whether he himself resigned or was forced to leave. Regarding the state of his health, he said that he undermined it, including when, together with the residents, he fought against the Yadrovo landfill.

A Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 on a Jakarta-Punkalpinang flight crashed off the coast of the western tip of Java on Monday, October 29. The plane disappeared from radar screens 13 minutes after takeoff. It is reported that the crew requested to return to the airport, after which communication with them was interrupted, TASS reports . There were 188 people on board, including 7 crew members.

Olga Shalina, an activist of the unregistered Other Russia party, who opened her veins at the Interpolitech exhibition of police and military equipment, was charged with hooliganism based on hatred of the social group “FSIN employees”. This is reported by Mediazona with reference to Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina. According to Alyokhina, Shalina will be discharged from the Sklifosovsky Research Institute today and will be brought in for interrogation tomorrow.

The entry into force of the new rules of the International Maritime Organization of the United Nations, which prohibit the use of fuel oil with a sulfur content above 0.5% as marine fuel, will lead to Russia losing billions of dollars. writes about it Bloomberg . The publication notes that the new rules will lead to a sharp drop in demand for high-sulphur fuel oil.

The Investigative Committee, as part of the investigation of a criminal case on the death of people as a result of a flood in the Krasnodar Territory, opened a case on the negligence of officials of the administration of the Apsheron District, whose inaction led to human casualties. According to the investigation, officials, having information about the possible occurrence of an emergency, did not take the necessary measures to organize and carry out measures to protect the population.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that she will leave the post of head of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party after poor results in elections to the parliament of the federal state of Hesse. It is reported by Bloomberg . Merkel has already told the party leadership that she will not run for chairmanship in December. However, she intends to keep the post of Chancellor.

The Kremlin considers the participation of Acting Governor Alexander Beglov in the 2019 elections as the main option for organizing the future government in St. Petersburg. “The system is not designed in such a way that a person appointed by the president as interim president would spend some time in office, and then would not go to the polls - these are too complicated technologies,” a source close to the Kremlin explains to RBC . Beglov 15 years ago was already the acting head of St.

Jair Bolsonaro wins the second round of the Brazilian presidential election with over 55% of the vote Far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro has won the Brazilian presidential election and will take office on January 1, 2019 for a four-year term. Bolsonaro promised to uphold the principles of democracy, but added that he wanted to change the direction of the country. “We cannot continue to flirt with socialism, communism, populism and left-wing extremism...

This is her last term. Angela Merkel will not run for a fifth term as German Chancellor in 2021 after her current term ends. She stated this at a press conference, reports Bloomberg . Merkel added that she would not choose her successor or hold any other political post after leaving. One of the reasons for her decision, the politician called the protracted negotiations on the creation of a ruling coalition in the government.

An attempt to revive a political life without the admission of a real opposition to it will be a response to the fall of the ratings.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Saratov ordered the regional organization of disabled people with diabetes to register as a "foreign agent". Write about it "Free News" . The court granted the corresponding civil claim of the prosecutor's office.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that he may order the introduction of prohibitive duties on oil and petroleum products to resolve the situation with fuel prices. This is reported by Interfax . Medvedev ordered the energy ministry to hold consultations with domestic oil companies over the next few days. “We have agreed that a work plan and a certain agreement will be adopted to maintain the current level of prices for petroleum products in the domestic market.

Those who today talk about “non-entry” were either born later, or completely frostbitten, or from such families that they wanted and could afford to get out One hundred years of the Komsomol. Long story. Everything was. Of course, not that and not as much as the direct heirs of the executioners - "clean-handed Chekists", but there was also enough ... When I was there - I did not know, when I found out - I had not been ...

Unprecedented fine for The New Times angered the journalistic community in Russia and caused an international outcry The repression of an independent Russian socio-political journal attracted the attention of the OSCE . Harlem Désir, a spokesman for the freedom of the media organization, called the court's decision "unprecedented". “Such a large fine against The New Times is an unprecedented decision that harms media freedom in the Russian Federation.

The second round of voting will take place in the presidential elections in Georgia, since in the first one none of the candidates won the 50% of votes necessary for victory. According to preliminary data from the CEC of Georgia , independent candidate Salome Zurabishvili, supported by a pariah of power, will take part in the second round, who won 40.05% of the vote, and Grigol Vashadze, a candidate from the opposition United National Movement party, who received 37.9 votes in the first round.